Just in time for me to have just gotten back from a trip to Europe, the open-skies agreement is about to make getting there easier and cheaper. The article focuses on likely new direct flights to London from places other than New York, but I hope other destinations benefit too. The worst thing about our recent trip to Paris was the layover in London that, combined with two flights delayed and two not as delayed, resulted in two sprints through Heathrow and our luggage being lost in both directions.

Also, why do they make you go back through security for a connecting flight? Are we meant to have picked up something dangerous in the grim warren of hallways we're inevitable shuffled through? Ah, security theater.