Prohibited by the European Union. Possible exceptions (in practical terms) at present Alitalia and Olympic. Antoin Daltun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Wardlow" <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 28 September 2004 16:21 Subject: Re: Industry Changes I may be mistaken, and please correct me if I am, but... aren't a lot of the carriers in Europe heavily subsidized by their respective governments? Clay - SEA Fan of BA