In previous years, the airline owned two Boeing 737-200 jet aircraft.

Regular schedules had been abandoned, and it seemed that which airline owned or was operating any particular flight no longer meant very much.

Deutsche Post owns five main airlines, which provide services by region:

The airline did not own any hangars or spare parts inventories.

While most leading airlines own only 50 percent of their fleet, United owns 80 percent.

The airline owns five planes and leases a sixth.

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The airline owns 11 airports, five of which have international status.

"In many parts of the world, the airline owns the hotels," he said.

The airline also owns real estate in Tokyo that is valued at about $300 million.