21.   Few carriers make money in the domestic market, and a profusion of airlines and types are blamed for maintainence and safety problems.

22.   The Belgian carrier has made good progress in the past three years under changed management, he said.

23.   The carrier made a port call in southern France over the Christmas holidays.

24.   He said antitrust immunity allows the two carriers to make savings through coordinated marketing and sales, service standards and procedures, advertising programmes and cargo operations.