
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The government decided to privatize civil aviation. For each of the 127 cities in the country, the connecting airline between them is sold to one of the private airlines. Each airline must make all acquired airlines one-way but in such a way as to ensure the possibility of travel from any city to any other city (possibly with several transfers). What is the maximum number of companies that can buy the airlines?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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