Concept

Open skies proposals

Properties

SES ID
  • 13947
Notation
  • 13947
In scheme
Broader
Scope note
  • For "open skies agreements" - commercial flights between countries - use Air transport agreements.
Definition
  • Proposals initiated in 1955 at a conference in Geneva, whereby the US and the Soviet Union discussed proposals for mutual reconnaissance flights over each other's air space; eventually led to the Open Skies Treaty in 2002.
History note
  • Scope and indexer notes added after discussion on 15/02/2018. EM.