OpenSkies gets green light for take off

British Airways’ new subsidiary OpenSkies has received approval from the US Department of Transportation to start flying from Europe to the United States. The new airline will offer flights between Paris Orly airport and New York JFK from next month.

OpenSkies will be a full-service carrier and will initially operate a single Boeing 757 transferred from the BA fleet with second Boeing 757 due to join later this year.

OpenSkies have also confirmed that they are looking at operating services from other European cities, including Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Milan to New York.