Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
You can have open skies, but what about landing slots? Not everyone can get in. And that Open Skies has really opened up Haneda, not. It is all about the slots.
Agreed, but boxes do not care about the truck ride from NRT to down town, ppl do. Point is that Open-Skies will open the Fifth Freedom rights completely for Cargo. The protectionist elements of the Open Skies pack in regards to Haneda will have little effect on curbing many carriers to operate their Cargo OPS they see fit, ala AF/KLM.