Not true my friend. Stick to trying to convince people that Brazil is booming, it is your specialist subject!

• I was in Dublin last week. The Air Transport Agreement has transformed the U.S.-Irish aviation market. It has allowed Aer Lingus to take its place among leading transatlantic air carriers by opening new routes to Washington, San Francisco, and Orlando; inking a deal with JetBlue; and, just last month, announcing an extensive codeshare agreement with United. Moreover, U.S. airlines wishing to fly to Ireland are no longer constrained by the Shannon stop requirement. This has allowed Continental Airlines, for example, to add a second daily non-stop flight to Dublin. The winners: consumers, airlines, our respective economies.

• At London-Heathrow, we’ve witnessed a market opening like no other in aviation history, a miracle that many considered impossible:

 Where once only four airlines were allowed to offer air service—and even then, only to some cities in the United States—today a free market thrives. New transatlantic service—service previously outlawed under Bermuda 2—is now being offered from Heathrow:

USEU : Traffic Rights, Environment and Investment To Top New U.S.-EU Air Transport Talks