31.   National airlines have also been forced to reduce service as a lack of foreign currency has made it difficult to import spare parts, officials said.

32.   On a chartered jet from the national airlines, bin Laden came because his hosts in the Sudan were pressured to disassociate themselves with his terrorist network.

33.   Only clever updating made the imperial eagle acceptable for the logo of Lufthansa, the national airline.

34.   Other companies scheduled for sale after this year include El Al, the national airline, and the Industrial Development Bank.

35.   Plinton helped organize Andesa, the national airline of Ecuador.

36.   Poland said it will announce a two-part competition to choose an adviser for the sale of a minority stake in national airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA.

37.   Saudis love to trade tales of royals muscling in on profitable businesses, appropriating land or flogging their grace-and-favor tickets on the national airline.

38.   TAP, the Portuguese national airline, says it may return to Boston next year after a two-year hiatus.

39.   Taser International has been in discussions with other national airlines, though none has signed order units.

40.   Talks resume in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, this month between the Saudi national airline, Saudia, and representatives of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.