A Saudi-led bloc is seeking to move a case on reopening its airspace to Qatari planes to the International Court of Justice from a United Nations aviation agency. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt say the ICAO "was not competent to consider that dispute”. The nations cut diplomatic and transport links with Qatar in June last year, accusing the country of supporting terrorism and cosying up to Iran, charges Qatar denies. They also barred Qatar-registered planes from their airspace. Qatar filed a case with the ICAO, seeking to force the boycotting countries to reopen their airspace using a dispute resolution mechanism in the Chicago Convention. The ICAO’s council agreed to hear the case. Qatar Airways CE Akbar Al Baker said in March that the boycott will push the carrier to a “very large loss,” <br/>