111.   Civil servants, social workers, the national airline El Al, the Stock exchange, the Bank of Israel and the commercial banks were also closed.

112.   Code-sharing on Finnair and the Swiss national airline will begin immediately on flights between Helsinki and Zurich, Finnair said.

113.   Crossair, the company that is forming the new Swiss national airline, said Tuesday it wants to find a North American partner for trans-Atlantic flights.

114.   Croatia and Malaysia signed an air services agreement Thursday that allows their national airlines to operate seven flights a week between the two countries.

115.   Croes left for the Netherlands Saturday to meet with Dutch national airlines KLM and Martinair, the official said.

116.   Crossair is being groomed as the new Swiss national airline in the wake of the October collapse of Swissair.

117.   El Al, the national airline, the stock exchange, the Bank of Israel and the commercial banks were also closed.

118.   European Commission President Jacques Santer criticized Britain Friday for not immediately applying a European Union flight ban on the Yugoslav national airline and is considering legal action.

119.   Europe has more than a dozen national airlines, although industry analysts agree there is only room for three or four to operate profitably on a global scale.

120.   Felgueiras made the announcement after a three-hour meeting with Transport Minister Joao Cravinho, who warned that the action could bankrupt the ailing national airline.