International Business

Open Skies Talks Begin in London: Officials from the United States and Britain opened a three-day session of negotiations intended to free up airline competition and ticket prices between the two countries. Industry sources said the first talks at the Department of Transport in London appeared to be going well but that it was too early to say whether a widely expected “mini-deal” over Europe’s biggest transatlantic air market could be decided on this week. “I am not sure a deal will be agreed at all. It’s a case of wait-and-see,” said one source close to the talks. “As far as we are concerned, the talks seem to be going extremely well. Both sides are behaving very amicably,” another source said.