51.   The national airline said it plans to eliminate services, expand its main flight operations, and bring costs in line with its primary competitors, among other things.

52.   The national airline, Garuda, is named after a Hindu god.

53.   The powerful national airlines themselves are leery of exploiting new freedoms like flying in other domestic markets.

54.   The new carriers are taking advantage of deregulation, which allows new entrants to compete head-to-head against long-cosseted national airlines for the first time.

55.   The protest in Caracas was led by disgruntled public industry employees, including striking university professors and employees of the bankrupt national airline.

56.   The once monolithic national airline, Aeroflot, has splintered into hundreds of weaker, fledgling offshoots.

57.   The remarks were made in India where the two rivals are wooing the Indian national airline Air India.

58.   The rest of us must probe the Egyptian charge that the American media has rushed to judgment in condemning a senior pilot of their national airline.

59.   The Polish national airline, LOT, has upgraded its fleet.

60.   The sale of shares in national airline Air France is expected to follow.