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Fri 03 Mar 2007Cheaper flights across the Atlantic predicted after dealAn era of more choice and cheaper flights for travellers has been predicted by EU transport ministers who yesterday signed a landmark deal to liberalise transatlantic air services.The agreement sweeps away existing national restrictions that limit the number of destinations which EU and US airlines can serve on transatlantic routes.