Delta Air Lines and joint venture partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia raised by $6 roundtrip surcharges on North Atlantic routes, according to FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney, who attributed the hike to the new EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Last month, John Bruton, the European Union's ambassador to the United States, spoke at the German Marshall Fund to mark the availability of a new book on Open Skies. During his speech, Bruton laid out the now-familiar European perspective: the U.S. should allow more foreign ownership of its domestic carriers and give up its restrictions against non-U.S. airlines operating on domestic U.S. routes.
