Industry analysts said the transaction was part of an effort by European airlines to increase their size to compete with giant American and Asian carriers.

Either system could be changed, although the Bell companies and other giant carriers have an interest in maintaining the pricing for the conventional network.

To the contrary: opening the domestic market would dilute the power of the giant carriers, which have made American skies so unfriendly to start-ups.

The giant carrier owns Sabre, the most successful of the computerized airline reservation systems.

Many of the giant European carriers still shoulder high costs that limit how aggressively they can compete with upstarts.

Below, he could see the white foaming wake left behind by the giant nuclear-powered carrier.

Two or three giant carriers dividing the U.S. market may make for healthy airline profit sheets.

USAir came late to the acquisition wave that is leading to consolidation of the airline industry into a small number of giant carriers.

He casually referred to the giant carrier as if he were on another ship.

And never before have I realized that we have a huge problem with just one giant carrier when the stakes are so high.