41.   Japanese airlines have traditionally favored American company Boeing-built aircraft for their fleets.

42.   Japanese airlines have traditionally favored Boeing aircraft for their fleets.

43.   Japan Airlines is merging later this year with Japan Air System, another Japanese airline.

44.   Japan responded sharply Tuesday to U.S. plans to impose sanctions on two Japanese airlines, saying it would weigh countermeasures.

45.   Japanese airline companies need to change their dependency on the government and increase competition.

46.   Japanese airlines have had to temporarily stop some flights especially to the United States.

47.   Japanese airlines on Saturday resumed U.S.-bound flights canceled after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington earlier in the week, officials said.

48.   Japanese airlines, faced with increasing international competition, are being forced to cut costs amid domestic moves to deregulate the industry.

49.   Leading Japanese airline unhappy with new aviation pact.

50.   Labor disputes have flared up as Japanese airlines are forced by deregulation to cut costs to compete with leaner U.S.-based carriers.