United States and the United Kingdom, says Transport Minister Wayne Furbert.

And Bermuda has also been asked to take over the processing of air carrier fare changes from Britain, the Royal Gazette has learned.

Bermuda has been excluded from talks which led to air service agreements like the Bermuda II agreement, Mr. Furbert said.

And trade-offs were made between the US and UK with little thought given to Bermuda, said civil aviation director Mr. Herman Tucker.

Now, "we can be involved in the negotiation team, but only in so far as it affects Bermuda, not as it affects everything else,'' he said.

The 1977 US-UK deal called Bermuda II replaced the 1946 Bermuda Agreement which controlled air traffic between the two countries and British colonies.

It got its name because it was signed in Bermuda.

The new arrangement should improve Bermuda's position, Mr. Tucker said.

"At least we can represent our point of view there at the time,'' he said.

"In the previous negotiations (the UK) may have traded off something at our expense.'' Bermuda can sit as observers on the talks that do not directly affect the Island, he said.

Mr. Furbert said the pact was reached on a recent trip to London he made with Mr. Tucker and Airport general manager Mr. Jack Gordon.

The UK has also asked Government to take over the job of processing air carrier fare applications involving Bermuda, Mr. Furbert said.

"We have agreed to do that at some point in time,'' Mr. Tucker said, adding that the Transport Ministry was being reorganised following the Airport takeover.