Eased Restrictions Considered Mr. Sorensen made it clear that carriers owned or controlled by other non-community interests would generally not get the rights.

Air Afrique, a carrier owned by 11 West African governments, stopped flying in January and declared bankruptcy in February.

Northwest Airlines, the carrier owned by NWA Inc., said it would invest $422 million in the next five years to upgrade its service.

The airport is the hub of Firefly, a low-cost carrier wholly owned by Malaysia Airlines.

Mandala Airlines, a low-fare carrier partly owned by the Indonesian military, said the plane had 112 passengers and a crew of 5.

Comair, a regional carrier owned by Delta, said that it expected to resume a normal schedule of its 1,160 flights by Wednesday.

Shipping represents about 40% of the economy, with several international carriers owned and operated off Åland.

Operating between September 1951 and January 1952, Sydney was the first carrier owned by a Commonwealth Dominion to see combat.

Comair, a regional carrier owned by Delta, said that it would resume a regular schedule of 1,160 flights today.

Until a decade ago, it had a contract to help manage the operations of Saudia Airlines, a carrier owned by the Government of Saudi Arabia.