Luxembourg, 05/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Transport Council unanimously gave a mandate to the European Commission for negotiation with the United States on the creation of an "open airspace" to replace the eleven bilateral open skies agreements signed by Member States. "Kick-off for the negotiation process could be given at the EU/US Summit in Washington on 25 June", Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio said. "The United States has already told us that it is ready to...