This Airline Wins the Most From 'Open Skies'

For Northwest (NWA Quote), the skies truly have turned out to be open.

The fifth largest U.S. carrier is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of two key liberalized aviation agreements reached this year. As a result of the open skies pact approved by the European Commission in March, Minnesota-based Northwest will operate three new flights to London's Heathrow Airport.

And thanks to a similar arrangement reached with China in May, Northwest will be able to maximize service to the world's most populous nation from its hub at Tokyo's Narita Airport once deliveries of its Boeing 787s begin. ...