But with layoffs mounting in the airline industry, the stock market skittish and the world economy weakening, the president and Democratic and Republican leaders made clear that the government was moving toward some concrete response -- beyond a multibillion-dollar bailout for the airlines that could be passed this week.
But, with every day of closings, the cost and disruption mounted and airlines pressured governments to reconsider their assessment of the risks.
As pressure mounted from airlines, European civil aviation authorities were holding a conference call Monday about what steps could be taken toward opening airspace.
Even without the aggravating effects of budget cuts, the costs of air travel are mounting, especially as airlines struggle with fuel prices that are expected to rise to record average levels this year.
Comair is reducing its fleet of aircraft as a pilot strike causes mounting losses for the airline, the nation's second-largest regional carrier, the company said today.
A number of Indian carriers also look vulnerable.Yet despite the mounting crisis within the airline business, the mood at Boeing and Airbus, the two firms that own the market for large commercial aircraft, is oddly sanguine.
The airline and Mr. Rayan have drawn mounting criticism from opposition newspapers and the airline's own pilots over mismanagement, corruption and safety lapses.
Pressure to limit airline emissions is mounting in Britain, mainly because the industry is producing an ever-larger share of the country's greenhouse-gas output.
Japan Airlines flight 123, also called Mount Osutaka airline disaster, crash of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on August 12 , 1985 in southern Gumma prefecture, Japan, northwest of Tokyo, that killed 520 people.
