21.   The highlight might have been the four-man Bermuda contingent, whose flag carrier wore Bermuda shorts.

22.   The former Swiss flag carrier sold Nuance at auction, and said the sale would be completed by the end of June.

23.   The Japanese government has balked at the idea of open skies, which would force its flag carriers to compete directly with lower-cost U.S. carriers.

24.   PAL majority stockholder Lucio Tan has been negotiating with Lufthansa officials in Germany principally to help manage the Philippine flag carrier.

25.   PAL warned the strike could be a fatal blow for the troubled flag carrier.

26.   Philippine Airlines will try to convince major foreign creditors to approve a plan to rehabilitate the financially troubled flag carrier, an official said Tuesday.

27.   Philippine Airlines has blamed unfair competition from the flag carriers of Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea for many of its financial problems.

28.   A one-time gain from the sale of Northwest Airlines shares boosted first-quarter net profit for the Dutch flag carrier KLM, the company announced Tuesday.

29.   Alitalia, the Italian flag carrier, was expected to announce an alliance with KLM Wednesday after a meeting of its board of directors.

30.   Another example of the same revolutionary activity is to this day annually commemorated by Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier.