1.   Buoyed by improving financial results, TWA had recently begun to upgrading its fleet, the oldest among major U.S. airlines.

2.   Carriers in the former Soviet Republics are upgrading their fleets and looking for Western partners.

3.   Czech defense officials plan to upgrade their fleet of MIG fighters with new electronics and weapons.

4.   It promised to upgrade its fleet and change its practices.

5.   The hydraulic failures started about the time the Navy upgraded its fleet of Sea Knights with new, more powerful hydraulic pumps.

6.   The people trying to buy the vans in question were from a car dealership that wanted the company to upgrade its fleet with new vehicles, Mihalko said.

7.   The Polish national airline, LOT, has upgraded its fleet.

8.   Another three years will be needed to actually upgrade the fleet.

9.   Vietnam Airlines, the state-owned national carrier, is upgrading its fleet by replacing old Soviet-built aircraft with leased Boeings and Airbuses.

10.   India has a licence from Russian to upgrade its fleet of hundreds of other warplanes.