11.   But safety improvements, Soliday said, will continue only as long as the foreign airline wants them to.

12.   But other foreign airlines have not introduced sky marshals, though most are not ruling them out.

13.   But the United States is not likely to open its domestic market since no nation allows foreign airlines to make such domestic flights.

14.   FAA airworthiness directives are not binding on foreign airlines unless the aviation agencies in those countries issue similar orders.

15.   Ferrero seeks to refute the charge that Andava siphoned off fees collected from foreign airlines when they used Russian air space.

16.   For a foreign airline to fly into the United States, it is not enough to meet safety standards.

17.   He represented the FAA on issues of aviation safety with U.S. and foreign airlines, aircraft manufacturers and government agencies.

18.   If North Korea signs the international treaty allowing foreign airlines to use its air space, it could shorten the trip between Tokyo and Beijing by about an hour.

19.   In addition to Qantas, Virgin Atlantic and Air Zimbabwe were early among foreign airlines.

20.   In other testimony, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration described their sketchy system for assuring the safety of foreign airlines that fly to the United States.