11.   Many analysts expect Continental to buy Boeing aircraft whether or not it makes the Seattle-based company its only supplier.

12.   Only two airlines, British Airways Plc and Singapore Airlines, publicly expressed interest in buying the aircraft.

13.   Passenger numbers have been rising, it is buying better aircraft and using them more efficiently, and it has learned to love its customers.

14.   Since then, airlines have focused more on reducing overhead costs, weighing decisions to buy new aircraft more carefully than ever before.

15.   Stevens proposed spending a portion of that money to buy new aircraft.

16.   The arrival of the planes renews debate over whether firefighting agencies should lease or buy firefighting aircraft and who should pay for them.

17.   The airline, which is managed by Iberia of Spain, is studying which aircraft to buy, said Aerolineas spokesman Alejandro Lotito.

18.   The Czech government says its considering several possibilities, including leaving its fleet alone, modernizing its Russian MiGs, buying used Western aircraft or buying new aircraft.

19.   The FAA eventually allowed ValuJet to buy the aircraft and expand service to the three cities, according to FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.

20.   The order comes as U.S. airlines join the worldwide rush to buy new aircraft.