But Croatia's minister of transport says that unless the airline revives, a merger with Adria is possible.
"I certainly understand as minister of transport the importance of a safe road network in Scotland, " he said.
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The minister of transport, John Spellar, has chosen to ignore his own department's research showing, unsurprisingly, that hidden cameras work best.
There are incipient potential oligarchs, such as Alexei Mordashov of Severstal, a steel firm, one of whose former executives is now minister of transport.
The bribe at issue was allegedly paid in 2001 to Patricio Tombolini, a deputy minister of transport, in exchange for a permit to operate a vehicle-testing plant.
The figures brought criticism from a major rail users group and a warning from Minister of Transport Lord Macdonald that poor performers risked their franchises to run services.
Mr Barak's latest political blow came on March 6th when Yitzhak Mordechai, the minister of transport and leader of the Centre Party, was charged by a young woman on his staff with sexual assault and harassment.
The mayor, who was minister of transport at the time the offences are alleged to have taken place, added that it was regrettable that "80 people who did their duty honestly have been brought before the courts".
In the June 2003 reshuffle he became a minister at the Department of Transport, and in September 2004 moved on to become an education minister.
Panelists included Mr Shigeru Kikukawa, Vice Minister of Land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of Japan, Mr Thomas P Bostick, Chief of US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Bai-mass Taal, Executive Secretary of AMCOW, Mr Rae-kwon Chung, from UNESCAP, and Dr Florika Fink-Hooijer, from the European Commission, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the new bridge was "the most expensive SNP press release in history" and warned Scotland would end up with two bridges for private cars, when the transport minister of the day was forced by angry motorists to open the old bridge to more than just public transport.
The job of transport minister has never been a route to political fortune.
This gratitude was echoed by Mr Hirofumi Hirano, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Mr Ken Okuda, during meetings with the Director-General in Tokyo on 16 February 2012.
The committee went walkabout to meet coastguards at Falmouth and Stornoway this week, and as a result there may be some interesting exchanges with their guest of honour, the Transport Minister Mike Penning - who was being accused of trying to stop Coastguards from speaking directly to the Committee.
Yet another of Mr Rubinstein's political hot potatoes is a police investigation, now nearing completion, into allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment by yet another coalition member, Yitzhak Mordechai, transport minister and leader of the Centre Party.
Maehara was most impressive as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a post he assumed as held for one year, before being appointed Foreign Minister, in the first cabinet of the newly-elected Hatoyama government in September 2009.
His original title was deputy prime minister and first secretary of state for environment, transport and the regions - "the only minister with a job title bigger than his vocabulary", according to Sir Norman Fowler.
Transport Minister Carl Sargeant called it "a crucial artery of our transport network and the principal road link between west Wales and the Midlands".
At the time both John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, and Gavin Strang, the transport minister, spoke out in favour of a lower limit.
She became a junior minister at the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.
The chaos led to the resignation of the Scottish transport minister Stewart Stevenson.
But the former Tory transport minister and head of the Road Hauliers Association, Steven Norris described his meeting with MR O'Brien as constructive.
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For the government, transport minister Norman Baker said he supported many of the campaign's objectives and was determined to move cycling further up the transport agenda.
But in the bulky shape of John Prescott, the transport lobby now has the ear of a senior minister who takes the issue seriously and is determined to make a mark.
Their reward was a batch of concessions from the transport minister, Jean-Claude Gayssot.
Minister for Transport Tony McNulty announced approval of the plans on Thursday.
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For example, on February 20, a former Japanese transport minister and a leader of the conservative wing of the Liberal Democrat party reportedly advocated scrapping the codevelopment project and embarking on an indigenous program.
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Transport Minister Stephen Hammond said the Department for Transport remained committed to the use of private finance in transport projects "where it provides value for money and fits with our timetables for planned investment".
Mr Gough said the peaceful protest came to an end following the arrangement of a meeting with the transport minister.
Scotland's transport minister has apologised after hundreds of motorists were stranded overnight after heavy snow brought chaos to main routes.
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