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US cargo airlines up in arms over Saudia flying rights request

A white jumbo jet with teal green tail and Saudia Cargo on side comes in for landing with wheels down. View is looking up at plane in sky.

The three largest U.S. all-cargo airlines are opposing a request by Saudi Arabian Airlines for permission to operate cargo flights from Liege, Belgium, to New York and Chicago because the kingdom of Saudi Arabia doesn’t grant similar flexibility to U.S. carriers to fly there from third countries.

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX), UPS (NYSE: UPS) and Atlas Air said in separate responses to the Department of Transportation on Tuesday that they support expansive air traffic rights but that the Saudi...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-cargo-airlines-up-in-arms-over-saudia-flying-rights-request

Report to Congress on Open Skies Treaty

The following is the April 7, 2021 Congressional Research Service Insight Report, The Open Skies Treaty: Background and Issues.

From the report

The United States announced its withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies on May 22, 2020; this withdrawal took effect on November 22, 2020. The United States no longer participates in flights or shares data collected by others. Russia also announced its plans to withdraw, while beginning the domestic procedures for withdrawal on January 15, 2021. It has...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/08/report-to-congress-on-open-skies-treaty