11.   Employees of the regional airlines will go back to work as soon as they ratify each contract.

12.   Geneva will retain its European flights, and regional airline Crossair AG plans to extend its European network from Geneva.

13.   Hall said the problem was made more severe by the rapid growth in regional airlines that has brought in large numbers of new pilots.

14.   He also likes regional airline stocks, particularly Mesaba Holdings Inc.

15.   If good regional airlines existed, it might help.

16.   In what appears to be an attempt to get the most value out of its regional airline, Continental Airlines said Tuesday it plans to sell Continental Express.

17.   Instead, United has agreements with four independent regional airlines, which fly some of their planes as United Express but which also may serve other airlines.

18.   Instead, it said it would concentrate on improving passenger service on its current carriers, Swissair, Sabena and the regional European airline Crossair.

19.   It is the first time a national regional airline has purchased the new jet.

20.   It transformed the economics of the medium-distance, low-density routes operated by regional airlines, which hitherto had flown mostly noisy, slow turbo-props.