61.   Hashimoto replied that JAL was a private company and that other Japanese airlines used planes made by the European consortium, the spokesman said.

62.   Hashimoto replied that JAL was a private company and that other Japanese airlines used planes made by the European consortium.

63.   He said Japan would propose that both nations liberalize their aviation markets so long as Washington agrees to grant equal rights to Japanese airlines.

64.   However the airline refused to confirm its talks with a Japanese airline.

65.   Airline and transport ministry officials said no other Japanese airlines had changed the routes of flights to Southeast Asia.

66.   Aerospatiale, which has done business in Japan for some three decades, is seeking in particular to penetrate the Japanese domestic airline market.

67.   Although no date was announced, Air France will also be able to switch its arriving flights at Narita to the second terminal used by Japanese airlines.

68.   ANA, which is the biggest Japanese airline, expected to report a group loss for the second consecutive year.

69.   But no Japanese airline operates flights to third countries from the United States.

70.   The threat to impose sanctions against the two Japanese airlines came ahead of high-level talks between the two countries in Washington next month.