1.   BA and American say theirs is simply the latest in a series of pacts between European and U.S. carriers that seek to draw international passengers through key airport hubs.

2.   For now, Ramirez is looking to get the magazines into grocery stores first, with bookstores and major airport hubs to follow.

3.   McCain said he envisions that all passengers and baggage from small airports would be screened again when passing through airport hubs.

4.   Other companies chose to base their warehouses in Chicago or other Midwestern airport hubs so delivery can be held down to three days.

5.   Siberian Airlines, based in Novosibirsk, an airport hub for Asian destinations including four major Chinese cities, has grown quickly.

6.   The hub system provides more flights and a variety of routes, but a few airlines control airport hubs and tend to drive out the competition, Klein said.

7.   The main airport hubs for heading east are Frankfurt and Vienna, not Berlin.

8.   Airbus believes the larger aircraft will be needed to offer increased capacity on long-range flights between major airport hubs.

9.   In the second stage of the plan, Alitalia intends to build a second airport hub at Milan-Malpensa Airport to serve northern Italy.

10.   Its overseas airport hubs are at Amsterdam and Geneva.