Paul, I'm not sure I agree with you. Remember that EU Transportation Ministers unanimously endorsed the agreement.

In part, it allows any EU airline to fly from any city in the 27 nations making up the EU to any city in the US. I'm not sure how you make that out to be "nothing".

Aer Lingus, for one, called it a momentous, long awaited for day.

Remember, competition is a good thing, a monopoly is not. One benefits the many, the other benefits the few.