The information was passed on to the FAA who warned individual airlines.

Another question is why the British Department of Transport waited until Nov. 22 to warn British airlines and airports, but no others, of the bomb threat.

Now the Transportation Department is warning airlines not to mask the bottom-line cost of fares, at the risk of facing tens of thousands of dollars in fines from the federal government.

They want tighter airport security, and they demand to know why passengers were not told of terrorist threats, particularly after this week's revelation that the British Government twice warned airlines.

North Korea warns airlines over satellite fears.

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned airlines in Europe of a possible hijacking threat this weekend, according to a report in The Daily Express in London.

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner is warning airlines not to undermine competition in the industry by selling off their prized international routes, which they operate under special Government authority.

The police initially blamed a dispute with taxi drivers for the incident, but later a Tamil militant group claimed responsibility and warned foreign tourists and airlines it would strike again soon.

British and American officials said today that they warned major airlines and airports of suspected terrorist plans, in writing, in the month before the Pan Am jet was struck.

Mary Schiavo, the former inspector general for the Department of Transportation who conducted the investigations, said there was no system in place at that time to warn airlines about the parts.