41.   The carrier, founded last year, is among dozens of low-cost startups seeking to take advantage of a deregulation of European Union air routes.

42.   The Clinton administration is also threatening to act against Japanese airlines in a dispute over international air cargo routes.

43.   The commission has already stepped up its scrutiny of air routes within the EU where there is limited competition.

44.   The Clinton administration is also threatening to take action against Japanese airlines in a dispute over international air cargo routes.

45.   The dispute over air cargo routes is one of four key trade issues dividing the U.S. and Japan.

46.   The plane was flying in a corridor set aside for general aviation pilots to bypass the heavily trafficked air routes in New York.

47.   The result, by most accounts, has been an unparalleled lobbying campaign for an air route.

48.   The Russian government also recently rejected a United proposal to use a new air route that passes over the Russian far east.

49.   The three, however, have failed to agree on this and other issues, ranging from establishing air routes to setting rules for citizenship.

50.   The soggy habitat provides stops on the Pacific Flyway, the continental air route for migrating shorebirds and ducks.