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Sat 03 Mar 2007Ahern may seek bilateral flights deal with USOpen skies:The Government will push for an early decision on the proposed EU/US open skies deal, or else seek a one-to-one agreement with the US, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.A provisional package agreed between EU and US officials last week is in trouble following stiff opposition from Britain, which fears that it is too heavily weighted in favour of US airlines and could damage British Airways.