1.   Delayed flights have a ripple effect.

2.   Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.

3.   Another government effort at reinforcement collapsed when a munitions supply flight to Matadi had to be aborted after rebels fired on the cargo plane.

4.   As a result, some flights had to be told to stay away.

5.   Because of this, one flight had a problem which the crew handled and another flight was aborted.

6.   After less than a year in service, the flights have higher occupancy rates than the Abidjan-Paris or Abidjan-New York connections.

7.   Airplane flights had to wait.

8.   But the flight had to be canceled when all but four of the Vietnamese announced that they had changed their minds.

9.   But remember that your new flight may have a higher fare, too.

10.   But the train never arrived, and the flights had to be canceled, aid workers said.