Sentence examples for third major carrier from inspiring English sources

That move would have put a third major carrier in bankruptcy.

If the Continental-United talks result in a deal, American Airlines would end up as the third major carrier with both domestic and international operations.

With the request, United, the U.S.'s No. 2 airline and a unit of UAL, becomes the third major carrier to seek federal guarantees, following America West and US Airways.

Hoping to begin resuscitating consumer confidence in air travel, Southwest Airlines today became the first major carrier to resume advertising since the attacks last week in Manhattan and Washington.

Continental Airlines said last week that it would begin nonstop jet service between Cleveland and Atlantic City on June 14, becoming the first major carrier in six years to serve the city.

The Major Carriers T-Mobile was the first major carrier to do away with standard contracts, and the other carriers have started to offer no-contract plans of their own, either directly or through brands or subsidiaries.

Recently, American Airlines upped the ante when it became the first major carrier to announce that it would charge a $15 fee for the first checked bag for most of its coach customers.

US Airways, crippled by the attacks on Sept. 11 and burdened by high costs, filed yesterday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first major carrier to do so since the events last fall.

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became the first major carrier to revamp its frequent-flier program, introducing a three-tier system that will require as many as 60,000 miles for a last-minute domestic coach ticket.

Weirdly, T-Mobile's press announcement left out what may be the biggest, best news of all: T-Mobile is the first major carrier to eliminate the ridiculous, unnecessary, airtime-eating, 15 seconds of prerecorded instructions that you hear when you want to leave a message.

AT&T was the first major carrier to start a developers program, in 2002.