The Federal Aviation Administrationfined Delta Air Lines Inc 140,400 dlrs for alleged violations
of federal air safety rules, FAA officials said.
    The FAA had reviewed Delta safety and maintenance
operations early last year as part of a series of special
inspections of U.S. air carriers.
    The Delta fine is the smallest to come out of the special
inspections, the officials said.
    As a result of the inspections, Eastern Air Lines was fined
a record 9.5 mln dlrs, American Airlines was penalized 1.5 mln
dlrs and Pan American World Airways 1.95 million dlrs.
 Reuter
