FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2008, file photo showing planes of the Austrian Airlines, AUA, and Lufthansa standing at Vienna-Schwechat airport near Vienna. The European Union's antitrust chief says she will clear Lufthansa's bid for Austrian Airlines. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Friday July 31, 2009, that EU governments and the European Commission would still have to formally approve the takeover. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2008, file photo showing planes of the Austrian Airlines, AUA, and Lufthansa standing at Vienna-Schwechat airport near Vienna. The European Union's antitrust chief says she will clear Lufthansa's bid for Austrian Airlines. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Friday July 31, 2009, that EU governments and the European Commission would still have to formally approve the takeover.

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  1. Passengers check in in the depature area at the Lufthansa terminal of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Germany's interior minister Thomas De Maiziere said there will be a thorough investigation following a security breach at Munich airport, after a man was able to leave a screening area with his laptop after it had triggered an alert for possible explosives.
  2. An employee of the company EFM, who run aircraft towing and de-icing services at Munich airport, de-ices parts of a Dash 8 plane from the Lufthansa airline in Munich January 29, 2010.
  3. An employee of the company EFM, who run aircraft towing and de-icing services at Munich airport, de-ices parts of a Dash 8 plane from the Lufthansa airline in Munich January 29, 2010.
  4. An employee of the company EFM, who run aircraft towing and de-icing services at Munich airport, de-ices the wing of a Dash 8 plane from the Lufthansa airline in Munich January 29, 2010.
  5. An employee of the company EFM, who run aircraft towing and de-icing services at Munich airport, de-ices the wing of a Dash 8 plane from the Lufthansa airline in Munich January 29, 2010.
  6. An employee of the company EFM, who run aircraft towing and de-icing services at Munich airport, de-ices the wing of a Dash 8 plane from the Lufthansa airline in Munich January 29, 2010.
  7. PARIS - FEBRUARY 02: Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the European Union Pierre Sellal delivers a speech at the International 'Global Zero' Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France.
  8. Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) welcomes European Union President Herman Van Rompuy at Prague Castle in Prague January 29, 2010.
  9. Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) welcomes European Union President Herman Van Rompuy at Prague Castle in Prague January 29, 2010.
  10. Czech Republic's Prime Minister Jan Fischer (R) walks with European Union President Herman Van Rompuy before their meeting at government headquarters in Prague January 29, 2010.
  11. Czech Republic's Prime Minister Jan Fischer (L) welcomes European Union President Herman Van Rompuy before their meeting at government headquarters in Prague January 29, 2010.
  12. Czech Republic's Prime Minister Jan Fischer (R) welcomes European Union President Herman Van Rompuy before their meeting at government headquarters in Prague January 29, 2010.

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  1. Graphic shows market share and other statistics for Japan Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
  2. A tow tractors moves one of SAS MD-82 aircrafts from Terminal 5 to Terminal 4 at Arlanda airport north of Stockholm, Sweden, February 9, 2010. Scandinavian Airlines ( SAS ) presented the fourth quarter results Tuesday.
  3. The legs of a technichan seen under one of SAS MD-82 aircrafts parked at gate on Terminal 5 at Arlanda airport north of Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Scandinavian Airlines ( SAS ) presented the fourth quarter results Tuesday.
  4. United Airlines passengers wait in line for ticketing as over 500 flights have been canceled due to the major winter storm at O'Hare Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago.
  5. An American Airlines passenger checks the departure board for flight delays and cancellations due to the major winter storm which forced over 500 cancellations at O'Hare Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago.
  6. The final Southwest Airlines fliights to leave Chicago taxi to runways after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  7. A Southwest Airlines ticket agent waves good-bye to her co-workers where counters are empty after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  8. A departure board shows all Southwest Airlines flights canceled after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  9. Southwest Airlines ticket counters are empty after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  10. Southwest Airlines ticket counters are empty after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  11. Southwest Airlines ticket counters are empty after Southwest stopped all flights at Chicago's Midway International Airport as forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of Illinois., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. Southwest says it has canceled more than 140 flights at Midway through the end of Tuesday and expects to resume service Wednesday.
  12. Former employees of bankrupted KrasAir airlines company hold a rally in front of the regional administration headquarters in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk February 9, 2010. Protesters demanded from their former management to pay off arrears of wages for the last 18 months.
  13. Former employees of bankrupted KrasAir airlines company hold a rally in front of the regional administration headquarters in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk February 9, 2010. Protesters demanded from their former management to pay off arrears of wages for the last 18 months. The placard reads, "President Medvedev, defend our rights".
  14. In this Jan. 14, 2010 photo, a Japan Airlines airplane with a sign reading: "oneworld" takes off from Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and a broad global network, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines. The Japanese carrier said in a statement Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 it will strengthen its partnership with American and the two airlines will jointly ask the U.S. and Japanese governments for antitrust immunity on trans-Pacific routes.
  15. An Ethiopian woman, a relative of a passenger of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea on January 25, reacts at Rafik Hariri Hospital after the Lebanese army recovered eight bodies from the crashed plane, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the lebanese army said in a statement.
  16. Ethiopian women, relatives of passengers of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea on January 25, react at Rafik Hariri Hospital after the Lebanese army recovered eight bodies from the crashed plane, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.
  17. An Ethiopian woman, relative of passenger of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea on January 25, reacts at Rafik Hariri Hospital after the Lebanese army recovered eight bodies from the crashed plane, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the lebanese army said in a statement.
  18. Lebanese Red Cross workers, carry the body of one of eight victims who were recovered Sunday from the Ethiopian airplane that crashed in the sea on Jan. 25, into the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

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