Open Skies

Chutzpah: When Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier asks the U.S. to operate cargo flights directly from Europe and the Saudi government denies similar rights to U.S. carriers.

The U.S. and Kazakhstan have signed a tentative Open Skies agreement. That’s a fancy way of saying free trade in the aviation market.

SF Airlines isn’t from San Francisco. It’s an all-cargo carrier from Shenzhen, China, and it’s coming to a U.S. airport near you – near someone – soon.