U.S.-Israel Open Skies Agreement

Under the agreement, airlines from both countries will be allowed to select routes and destinations based on consumer demand for both passenger and cargo services, without limitations
 
On December 1, the United States and Israel signed an agreement establishing an Open Skies air transportation relationship between the two countries. Open Skies will strengthen and expand the strong bonds of trade and tourism between the two countries, and demonstrates the shared commitment to an open, competitive, market-based international economic system.
 
Under the new agreement, airlines from both countries will be allowed to select routes and destinations based on consumer demand for both passenger and cargo services, without limitations on the number of U.S. or Israeli carriers that can fly between the two countries or the number of flights they can operate. It will also provide unlimited opportunities for U.S. and Israeli carriers to serve the market through cooperative marketing arrangements, including code-sharing.
 
The previous U.S.-Israel agreement, while liberal in many respects, contained restrictions on code-sharing opportunities and limits on the cities that could be served. Open Skies will remove these restrictions and provide important new third-country code-share opportunities for the carriers of both sides.