61.   A day after regional airline Crossair officially took over collapsed national carrier Swissair, new financial difficulties threatened to ground planes again.

62.   A new Barbados-based regional airline took to the skies Wednesday with an inaugural flight to St. Lucia.

63.   A year-old, money-losing regional airline halted operations indefinitely on Thursday until it could find more funding.

64.   AccessAir has shut down, just two weeks before it was to present a reorganization plan to keep the regional airline flying.

65.   Air Afrique employees expressed relief Wednesday after African leaders said their decision to relinquish control of the cash-strapped regional airline will not be accompanied by forced layoffs.

66.   Air France had also bid for the regional airline, which would have expanded its services in France and to French overseas territories.

67.   After those audits are done, he added, inspectors will turn their attention to the larger regional airlines and cargo carriers.

68.   Airline authorities said Tuesday they are prepared to prevent two regional airlines from flying into Australia unless they fix potential safety problems quickly.

69.   Also to be discussed is how to privatize the money-losing regional airline Leeward Islands Air Transport, known by its acronym LIAT.

70.   Another budget airline, Easyjet, has an option to buy regional German airline Deutsche BA.