21.   This rating allows Venezuelan carriers to fly to the United States but requires Venezuela to come up with a plan for addressing the deficiencies.

22.   Three carriers now fly US-China.

23.   U.S. carriers are flying more paying passengers than at any time since World War II.

24.   U.S. carriers fly more international passengers north to south than across the Atlantic or across the Pacific.

25.   Tokyo wants to rewrite the accord to allow a second Japanese carrier to fly unfettered to American cities.

26.   Two U.S. cargo carriers also fly over Iran.

27.   United Airlines and Northwest Airlines are the only US carriers currently flying to Japan.

28.   As the national carrier flies only as far asthe Argentinian capital, the flight to Santiago was completed in two hoursaboard the Chilean national carrier LanChile.

29.   Such an agreement, for example, would allow an American carrier to fly into Tokyo, pick up passengers and cargo and bring them to Osaka.

30.   The carrier already is flying on Mondays and Fridays.