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There is no contract city pair in place between the origin and destination reflected on the travel order, or the traveler is not eligible to travel on the GSA city-pair fare, and |
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Airlines of the European Community and its Member States (hereinafter "Community airlines"), from points behind the Member States via the Member States and intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond; for all cargo service, between the United States and any point or points; and, for combination services, between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area (hereinafter the "ECAA") as of the date of signature of this Agreement; and |
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For an EU Community airline, substantial ownership and effective control of that airline are vested in a Member State or States, nationals of such a state or states, or both, and the airline is licensed as an EU Community airline and has its principal place of business in the territory of the European Community |
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The flight can originate, transit, and or end in an EU member nation, then equal consideration should be given to conducting travel on U.S-flag and EU member-flag carriers. |
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Operating carrier must be the EU Community airline, code shares are not allowed. IE Lufthansa flight, operated by Turkish airlines. |
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Business class fares are not regulated or mandated by the city pair fare program and EU open skies member airlines should be used and offered as a lower fare option. |
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So, if the EU-flag carrier is less expensive, the EU carrier flight may be purchased. If the U.S.-flag carrier is less expensive, the U.S. carrier should be used. |
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If the EU-flag carrier is used, the traveler must still submit a signed DS Form 3093 (or the appropriate required document as directed by your agency or bureau) citing the U.S.-EU Open Skies, Agreement as a multilateral treaty (Reference 14 FAM 583 |
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Note: Although they are not members of the EU, Norway and Iceland were added to this agreement in 2012 |
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Turkish Air does not qualify under the U.S.-EU Open Skies the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement (Turkey is not part of the EU.) |
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Current member countries include, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hellenic, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland. |