1.   Long-distance carriers are not allowed into that market in most states in the BellSouth region.

2.   The commission also negotiated rules that would, it hopes, allow other carriers into the market for phone calls that cross areas codes but not state lines.

3.   They say the Clinton administration may be leery of allowing the carrier back into the air and being embarrassed by any safety glitch.

4.   Clinton decides to allow one carrier in Gulf for a time.

5.   The SEC has allowed the carrier to stop payments on its debt pending a decision on the survival plan.

6.   Virgin Blue chief executive Brett Godfrey said Wednesday that the deal would allow the carrier to expand domestically and internationally.

7.   However, no international cargo carriers were allowed into the ports.