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Old 03-25-2021, 09:09 AM
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So the legal entities which operate aircraft and are party to labor contracts are carriers.

An airline might be an umbrella company that subcontracts aircraft operations out to carriers. I don't think we've seen a pure subcontract airline in the us (yet). At least not for pax... Amazon.

"Airline" is also obviously a colloquial term for carrier in common usage, since most people in and out of the industry refer to carriers as airlines except maybe regulatory staff.
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