51.   Older airports in Asia are handling more tourists and business travelers to the region, airline analysts say, and passenger taxes are an obvious way to fund modernization.

52.   Airline analysts here have commented that US airlines are able to continue operating in a state of insolvency under US legislation to protect companies from bankruptcy.

53.   Airline analysts agree that the industry must go through a period of consolidation in the years ahead.

54.   But some airline analysts question whether the fabled name can compensate for the pared-down services offered.