Keep in mind the capitalized word you used twice in that sentence: Europe. Europe, as in EU. EU, as in the place that just adopted an "open skies" agreement. "Open skies'" is likely to change flight options in the EU a lot over the next few years; whether MA (or any other OW airlines) are posed to take advantage of that is another story, but keep in mind that the connection cities of this year may not be the same as the connection cities of a year or two from now...