31.   It is now used by the private airlines that serve the Somali capital from Kenya, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

32.   It identified the plane as Cassa aircraft from Sabang-Merauke Air Charter, a private airline.

33.   Last week, Tanzania banned the private Kenyan airline African Airlines from crossing its air space on its weekly flights to Bujumbura, the Burundian capital.

34.   Many analysts believe all the national private airlines will collapse soon if the Indonesian currency does not strengthen and the government does not help them.

35.   Malaysian private airline Pelangi Air had been servicing the route twice a week, he added.

36.   Nigerian radio said the plane belonged to EAS Airlines, one of many private airlines operating in the West African nation.

37.   On Tuesday, Transportation Minister Haryanto Dhanutirto said Garuda and Merparti would serve routes temporarily shelved by other private airlines, the official Antara news agency said.

38.   Private airline companies like Sempati, Bouraq and Mandala are currently allowed to serve international flights only to neighboring countries including Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.

39.   Private airlines continued to fly on domestic routes.

40.   Private airlines flying between Pucallpa and Cusco have been advised to keep an eye open for the missing plane, the air force spokesman said.