Under the "open skies" deal, US airlines would be free to fly to major airports in the European Union and from there to other internal destinations.
The commission is likely to get its way eventually, but it may be some time before airlines are truly free to fly where they want within and from Europe.
America has signed 33 open-skies deals around the world, which free airlines to fly where and when they want without government interference.
With airlines free to merge, airport slots bought and sold rather than allocated by committee, and airline bosses free to decide where and when to fly, aviation on the world's busiest international route could have become like any other business, shaped and fostered by market forces.
Delta Air Lines allowed Arnold and his team to fly to Boston for free with 50 racks of ribs and 15 briskets.
Some continue to fly even in their free time, while others cherish "staycations" or find ways to globe-trot without getting on a plane.
With its old program, flight credits expired if you didn't fly enough to reach a free ticket.
Too many journalists now find themselves in hock to the charities that fly them around free.
When we got there Sudanese officials there said the U.N. couldn't fly even though commercial aircraft were free to come and go as they needed.
There is even a plan for a naval port in Nanisivik, in the territory of Nunavut, and up to eight Arctic patrol vessels to fly the flag in the increasingly ice-free far north.
"I think the best thing we can do is say we're sorry and give them their money back, and give them a free ticket and then kind of plead with them to come and fly again, " he told CNN.
Stephen Jones' kick-off epitomised the Scarlets' season thus far - off kilter as the ball ran dead, bringing a scrum on half-way at which the Wales fly-half must have been relieved to see a free kick awarded against Ulster.
But driving the Model S was so fun, convenient and carbon-and-cash free that I was reluctant to hand the car over and head to LAX to fly back to San Francisco.
Not to mention that employees and their spouses, eligible dependent children and parents fly for free.
The visitors' lacklustre play was epitomised when a well-worked free-kick saw Nani play in Evra on the left only for his low whipped ball to fly across the Villa goalmouth without a team-mate showing a desire to get to it.
In the spring Herrick plans to fly in a decompression chamber so that divers can spend more time clearing the plane free from the bottom's anchoring debris.
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