71.   Without a thriving national airline, Jamaica, with its tourism-based economy, could be held hostage to the whims of foreign carriers.

72.   Pilots at Aer Lingus national airline called off their planned strike Sunday night, hours before it was to have begun.

73.   Polish national airline LOT signed a memorandum of understanding with British Airways Thursday that could lead to a cooperation agreement.

74.   Privatization of the national airlines LOT is scheduled for next year, Buzek said.

75.   Prosecutors said this week that Berezovsky could face arrest about a business deal involving the national airline Aeroflot.

76.   Pilots for Alitalia, the national airline, had also threatened a strike in their contract negotiations but canceled the Monday walkout over the weekend.

77.   A Cambodian millionaire who once expressed dissatisfaction with the national airline by shooting out a tire on one of its planes now plans to start his own air service.

78.   A larger strike is planned for Thursday among workers at utility companies, the state telecommunications giant and the national airline Olympic Airways.

79.   A new board was named last month by a special committee which is handling the creation of the new national airline.

80.   A government committee on Monday approved a proposal to allow a second national airline to operate alongside Thai Airways International.