There will still be a place for turboprops, primarily on short flights provided by independent regional carriers.

In addition, the union then dominated an industry that has grown by more than 30,000 independent carriers since deregulation.

In 2000 the company ceased to be an independent carrier and became an operator.

The line operated as a toll road, so that independent carriers could place wagons on it, and pay for the facility.

He wants to lead the first successful independent European carrier.

Aeroflot's deficiencies have created a market for a new independent carrier, two Soviet legislators say.

Qwest could also buy a long-distance network operator like Level 3, one of the larger independent carriers.

From a technical standpoint, Northwest then ceased to exist as an independent carrier.

The Great Western cannot long survive as an independent carrier under these conditions.

It was the largest independent non-wireline cellular carrier in the 1990s.