British Airways' transatlantic subsidiary, OpenSkies, has been given permission to start operating its services on the route between Paris Orly Airport and New York JFK. This is very good news for passengers who want to fly to US from America, as they now have a signal of "go-ahead" form the authorities.

Passengers will soon be able to make bookings for the carrier's new service through travel agents and the airline's website at www.flyopenskies.com. So, you can visit the site to know more details about this deal.

The permission to 'go ahead' was granted by the US Department of Transportation officials late last week: the green light is one of the most significant moves since the 'Open Skies' agreement between EU and US came into force in the month of March.

That EU-US Open Skies treaty was welcomed as a key milestone in achieving free transatlantic air travel. The main objectives of this much-awaited agreement are to open up major locations such as London Heathrow Airport to a large competition and to permit airline companies to offer non-domestic services between the EU and US.

In addition to grant permission to start operations on the route, US transport officials also gave the green signal for OpenSkies' code-share deal with L'Avion, the French carrier.

The British Airways' subsidiary earlier gave a rough idea of its plans to operate more New York-bound flights from major European cities such as Milan, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.