11.   Palestinians are also looking for Israeli approval to open their airport, which Israel says poses security problems for the Jewish state.

12.   Passenger services have been improving steadily since the airport was opened for commercial business last Monday.

13.   Airport officials have tried to make the best of things, pointing out the chaos suffered when Hong Kong and Oslo opened new airports this year.

14.   And the new pact opens airports outside London to more flights from the United States.

15.   Authority board member Peter Wong King-keung said a set of guidelines was on hand to assess whether it was appropriate to open the airport in April.

16.   Dutch and Austrian airliners landed at Orly Airport south of Paris Monday as France reluctantly opened the airport to further international and domestic competition.

17.   France, hoping to strengthen Air Inter and boost Air France before a planned selloff, had resisted European Union orders to open the airport.

18.   --Honoring a cease-fire around Sarajevo, which Karadzic does not control, and opening the airport, which is controlled by his forces.

19.   Hong Kong needs to open its airport to more airlines, reduce hotel costs and develop new attractions to reverse a tourism slump, a study released Thursday recommended.

20.   Hong Kong originally hoped to open the airport this year, but the project was delayed by an acrimonious battle between China and Britain over financing.