101.   The Comair order is the third major one for the regional jet from a U.S. carrier this year.

102.   The Delta union, which is in contract talks, has said it will seek tighter limits on how many regional jets ASA and Comair can operate.

103.   The economics of regional jets are being pressed on three sides.

104.   The emergency board report set limits on the number of regional jets AMR could operate, the length of the flights and the cities they can fly to.

105.   The legislation sought to bring in new competitors and to provide New Yorkers with flights to previously underserved markets on a new generation of regional jets.

106.   The major carriers also hope to swap larger jets with regional jets on flights that do not sell out.

107.   The measure was intended to create more takeoff and landing slots, mostly for smaller regional jets that fly to underserved cities.

108.   The negotiated settlement also woulld link any potential shrinkage of the American jet fleet to a corresponding shrinkage of the American Eagle regional jet fleet.

109.   The orders are going primarily to the two big makers of regional jets, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, or Embraer, of Brazil and Bombardier of Montreal.

110.   The pilots said the regional jets should have been theirs to fly.