DAGLI OPEN SKIES AI «FAIR SKIES»: QUESTIONI EMERGENTI NEL MERCATO LIBERALIZZATO DEL TRASPORTO AEREO

International relations in the air transport field have been based on the model of open skies proposed by the United States. To date, over a hundred such agreements have been concluded. These treaties recognize to carriers having the nationality of the Contracting States free access to all routes, with no limits of capacity and frequencies, in order to allow them the exercise of third and fourth freedom and the execution of connecting flights to third countries, beyond their respective territories, ensuring the fifth freedom rights. The large deregulation originated by these alliances has involved an increased offer of services and rates increasingly lower at the same time. This process could be compromised by the new reorganization of the air transport market, nowadays characterized by the prominent role assumed by Persian Gulf companies. The paper aims to reconstruct the new framework, focusing the attention inter alia on latest ownership structure.