How do the various ‘Open Skies’ agreements with foreign nations affect the Fly America Act and Uniformed members/DoD civilian employees?
The various ‘Open Skies’ agreements allow certain foreign nations’ airlines the right to transport passengers and cargo on scheduled or charter flights for U. S. Government procured transportation. These agreements do not apply to the DoD Uniformed Services, nor to DoD civilian employees unless their travel is funded by a non-DoD agency IAW that Agency’s/Service’s policy if a city-pair flight is not available for the scheduled official travel between the origin and destination. The agreement is not valid for travel funded by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department (DoD Uniformed Services and DoD civilian employees and other civilians traveling on DoD funds) per DoD policy. See Q10/A10 of this FAQ. More ‘Open Skies’ agreements information are found at GSA website, http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/103191 and State Department website, http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/rls/othr/ata/114805.htm.
