text: UK-US open skies talks end , no date to restart . LONDON 1996-12-06 The UK Department of Transport on Friday said that the latest round of " open skies " talks with the U.S. had ended with no deal on liberalising the transatlantic flight market and no date set for when talks would restart . A spokesman for the DOT told Reuters " We have had talks towards concluding a new air service agreement which would produce liberalisation ... useful progress was made on a number of issues , but not all . No date has been set for further talks . "