1.   At that point, said Brian Harris, an airline industry analyst at S.G. Warburg, management will gain the upper hand in negotiations.

2.   At any rate, TWA has become a hot topic, airline analysts said.

3.   Between one-third and one-half of Germans who fly to vacation destinations use charters, said Juergen Pieper, an airlines analyst with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell.

4.   Airline analyst Edward Starkman of Warburg Dillon Read said America West is performing well, but not quite as good as the earnings report showed.

5.   Airline analysts said the new contract, which was tentatively approved last month, was necessary for the St. Louis-based carrier to recover from its financial predicament.

6.   Airline industry analysts say that the collective memory of passengers tends to be short.

7.   Airline industry analysts said Wednesday that they applauded the move by USAir, but wondered why the airline had not moved sooner to shed unprofitable routes.

8.   Airline analysts say that such disputes could become more commonplace.

9.   Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa and perhaps KLM are described by government ministers and airline analysts as the ones most likely to survive.

10.   Airline analyst Julius Maldutis of Salomon Brothers in New York agreed.