71.   Leisure travelers with reservations on other carriers will not lose their seats, despite the crush of fliers displaced by a strike, the airlines say.

72.   Major U.S. airlines said it was too early to tell whether the merger between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will affect aircraft prices or their airplane-buying strategies.

73.   Many other airlines say they do not favor their pilots carrying guns.

74.   Meantime, the airline said, mileage is being credited correctly.

75.   Meanwhile, the airlines say agents are just following federally mandated procedures.

76.   Major hamburger chains said they would no longer serve it and airlines said they would offer alternatives.

77.   Monday, the airline said it did not plan to consider other offers for the Washington assets that it planned to sell.

78.   Most leading airlines said they had no immediate plans to change their policies.

79.   Most airlines said that gate agents would have no rational way to select which stranded passengers should get priority over passengers on the new flight.

80.   Most intriguing are routes out of Washington to be flown by DC Air, which other airlines say would only be a proxy for United.