So far only one other carrier, Kansas-based Vanguard Airlines, has applied for a loan.

Midway was a focus city for Vanguard Airlines from 1997 to 2000.

Vanguard Airlines was an airline based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Vanguard Airlines started service in 1994.

It also was paying close attention to National Airlines and Vanguard Airlines, until they recently stopped operating.

Federal officials said yesterday that they had rejected an application by Vanguard Airlines for a $13.5 million guarantee on a $15 million loan.

Vanguard Airlines filed a revised application yesterday asking the government for $35 million of backing on a $40 million loan.

The latest entry in the growing low-cost, no-frills airline sweepstakes is Vanguard Airlines.

The board has denied applications from Vanguard Airlines and Frontier Flying Service.