The new finding suggests that some cases may result from healthy carriers.

He added, "We welcome applications from other foreign carriers under this program."

Most of the aircraft were more than 15 years old, many obtained from other carriers.

So these days, most of the competition is to win over business travelers from rival carriers.

These or similar services are also available on phones from other carriers.

Companies that provide their own insurance for employees, rather than buying it from commercial carriers, also would not be covered by the bill.

Both local and long-distance companies worry about competition from wireless carriers.

Investors seemed to take the news in stride after earlier warnings from other carriers.

However, since the growth of air travel within the region, there has been speculated interest from other private carriers.

It does, of course, face competition from foreign carriers on most routes.