1.   After an exchange of hard words last week, Tokyo and Washington apparently inched closer toward agreement on an expansion of air cargo flights across the Pacific.

2.   Departing and arriving cargo flights were not affected.

3.   Evilsizor also noted that JAL will offer five weekly cargo flights in Atlanta.

4.   FedEx takes exception with the way UPS portrays the company as having a monopoly on direct cargo flights to China.

5.   Fine said the FAA review of flight documents on cargo flights to and from two airports in South America will take between six months to a year to complete.

6.   Garvey said the solution involves better scheduling at airports, new technology and use of niche airports just for cargo flights.

7.   In other UPS news, the U.S. Transportation Department awarded three weekly cargo flights from Hong Kong to other Asian destinations on Friday to Polar Air Cargo.

8.   In the aviation case, Japan had threatened to retaliate against U.S. sanctions by blocking some cargo flights of Federal Express and Northwest Airlines.

9.   It was a cargo flight, too, so the front half of the plane was reserved for containers of supplies for these remote and isolated towns.

10.   Japan and the United States have reached agreement in principle on a dramatic expansion of air cargo flights to carriers of both countries.