The group later bid for Air India, again with Singapore Airlines, when the government proposed to sell it in 2001.
Months ago the government proposed that a Royal Charter rather than a legally based system was the key to unlocking a deal.
Microsoft has also hoped that, given the speed of change in the technology business, any remedies that the government proposed might be rendered irrelevant by the passage of time.
Conservative peer Baroness Knight of Collingtree then asked whether the government proposed to fund research into more effective flu vaccines, in the light of the recent report in medical journal the Lancet.
Earlier this year, the government proposed changes to the 457 system alongside the "put Aussie workers first" slogan that many saw as aimed undercutting the perception that the opposition's policies were more Australia-friendly.
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Earlier this year, the government proposed changes to the 457-visa system. and its "put Aussie workers first" slogan that many saw as aimed at undercutting the perception that the opposition's policies were more Australia-friendly.
In 2003 the government proposed stripping the prime minister of the powers to decide how many peers are created, but the package was put on hold amid opposition to the idea of an all-appointed House of Lords.
Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Mr Miliband warned the prime minister that "this is the moment when our promises are being tested, " adding the big test was whether victims of phone hacking - the illegal press practice that sparked the Leveson Inquiry - would be happy with what the government proposed.
The government has proposed an increase in the minimum wage, but would make the increase retroactive to May 1.
The government has proposed taking over responsibility for the pension scheme as part of the proposed sell-off package.
The government had proposed sending 30 troops to the Gulf of Aden, but opponents said the bill compromised Switzerland's long-held neutrality.
The government believes the proposed changes will encourage more people into mediation and out of the courtroom.
The agency launched the contest in an effort to boost tourism following the earthquake, but retracted the offer after the government denied the proposed budget.
In Tanzania, the government has proposed a development project which could severely endanger the animal kingdom of the Serengeti.
In Jordan, the government has proposed one reform after another -- without ever curbing the monarchy's true power.
As the row over the government's proposed changes to the planning system continues the Communities and Local Government Committee takes its first look at one of the documents which will inform decisions in future, the Draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
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The government initially proposed to make stalking and voyeurism offences which won't get bail.
The government has proposed that abortion should be addressed in sex education lessons.
The UK government had proposed ending the contract, saying the safety of vessels and salvage operations was the responsibility of the commercial shipping industry.
Strict rules against firing will be dropped for new hires in companies with up to ten employees, and not merely five, as the government had proposed.
Counsel General and Leader of the Legislative Programme John Griffiths updated the chamber on his recent discussions with the UK government about the proposed election dates in 2015.
The government has proposed switching to a system of "presumed consent" for donation after death - meaning everyone would be regarded as a potential donor unless they had specifically opted out.
The government has proposed a mix of conservation, natural gas and non-hydro renewables to replace Barseback's power. (Large-scale hydro development was ruled out in the 1970s for environmental reasons.) None meets Sydkraft's criteria.
After the UK Supreme Court ruled that denying offenders the right of appeal was incompatible with their human rights, the government has proposed a system under which they could be removed if they proved they no longer posed a risk to the public.
Stung by such talk, in 2008 the previous Labour government proposed a new law updating the country's antiquated rules on backhanders and bungs, including those dispensed overseas.
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Besides, some of the government's proposed measures are ones the conservatives, too, have long advocated.
The Australian government has proposed a 40% tax on the profits of mining firms.
The federal government has proposed new rules that would push the standard to 62 miles per gallon by 2025.
But many of the demonstrators say their anger is no longer directed against the proposed government plan to demolish Gezi Park, the last green space in central Istanbul.
They can be expected to take to the trenches again over elected police commissioners, over the Government's proposed health and welfare reforms and over the future of their own chamber.
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