BA may ditch OpenSkies as transatlantic flights dive

is considering ditching its OpenSkies subsidiary, which operates from Paris and Amsterdam to the US, in a move that would reflect the ongoing severity of the recession and slump in business passengers on transatlantic routes. Scrapping the operation would represent a dramatic volte face for the group, which only a year ago acquired a French airline, L’Avion, for £54m as part of plans to increase flights between France and America. The acquisition followed an Open Skies treaty that allowed EU operators to fly to the US from any European country, not just their country of origin. The BA subsidiary was named after the 2008 treaty, signed by the US and EU after years of negotiations, and…

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