The EU is not, despite many attempts to prove the opposite, to be considered as one single domestic market. Thus, when Fed/UPS are flying BCN-CGN/CDG they're operating an international flight, and are as free to do that as DHL would be to fly CVG-somewhere not in the US.
FX can even operate BCN-MAD-CGN, and pick-up freight along the way in MAD for delivery anywhere outside of Spain. What they can't do, however, is pick-up freight in BCN and drop it off in MAD, if final destination of the freight is in Spain. At least not by a US registered aircraft. But they are free to do so on a surface going movement and trucks are really handy for those kind of situations.
Imagining how a DHL owned, US based, operation similar to the FedEX/UPS setup in Europe would get off the ground, is an interesting thought. One has an inkling it would spark quite a noteworthy reaction.
Besides that the quoted website is just a bit inconsistent. Not in the least by prominently displaying an EAT B757, an airline which is now domiciled in Germany and paints nice German flags on their aeroplanes. The irony is, if you don't mind me saying, '''ing hilarious.
Last edited by SMT Member; 25th Sep 2012 at 00:43.