61.   The South American airline industry has been transformed in recent years as demand has been fueled by economic growth in the region and the sale of national airlines.

62.   There are plans to sell electrical plants, the national airline Garuda, a steel plant and sugar and rubber plantations in the next few years.

63.   This division, run by the former chief of security of the Israeli national airline, tracks whether there are security concerns at airports.

64.   Throughout the continent, national airlines in Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and other countries have been taken over by private companies, with varying degrees of success.

65.   Two also rode in the cockpit of the planes of one national airline, said a pilot who requested anonymity.

66.   Under a government-industry bailout, the remnants of Swissair are to be merged into Crossair at the end of March to form a new national airline.

67.   What happens when a sprawling island nation suddenly loses its national airline?

68.   Wegel said he is in the process of concluding negotiations to acquire the national airline of the Democratic Republic of Congo to create West African Airways.

69.   Workers at Sabena, the national airline, have also stopped work twice.

70.   Yet, the allure of controlling a national airline, even one as bedeviled as this one, proved irresistible.