21.   Public ferries transport passengers between the islands, as do several small airlines, including St. Vincent Grenadines Air and Mustique Airways.

22.   Pilots at small airlines are taking a cue from their peers at the major carriers and getting tougher during contract talks.

23.   Russian pilots flying old Russian-built planes run small local airlines.

24.   She hopes a small airline, like Minneapolis-based Sun Country, might have jobs, or that Northwest will rehire.

25.   Small private domestic airlines, not bound by Sabbath strictures, do a busy weekend resort trade.

26.   Skyservice is a small commercial airline.

27.   Small airlines have complained for years that whenever they try to introduce competitive service, the big carriers match their low prices and flood the routes with additional flights.

28.   Small airlines took heart from the announcement, but the big airlines said that the policy would be impossible to comply with.

29.   The agreement does not cover small airlines like ValuJet, however.

30.   The aircraft, operated by Aero Ferinco, a small airline specializing in tourist charters, was destroyed except for its tail section, the witnesses reported.