11.   Numerous carriers went into bankruptcy, including Continental.

12.   Northwest Airlines, which has foiled recent attempts to increase fares, quickly matched Delta, leading many to believe that the other carriers will go along.

13.   Nowadays long-distance carriers are going to great lengths to capture, and retain, customers.

14.   The industry is so price-sensitive that an across-the-board fare increase will not stick unless all the major carriers go along.

15.   United initiated the fare increase last week, and by Monday other big carriers had gone along, including Atlanta-based Delta.

16.   We have a tendency to let the puck carrier go by himself.

17.   A Montpellier court ruled that parent company SAirGroup is obliged to pay the sum because the deal was made before the Swiss carrier went bankrupt.

18.   Analysts say that without a huge bailout from the federal government, even the largest carriers could go out of business.

19.   Before the Swiss carrier went bankrupt, it signed a contract with Air Littoral promising funding that it never paid.

20.   Industry officials have said some major carriers would likely go out of business by next summer without the loans.