He shares this responsibility with the Carrier Air Group (CAG) Commander, who is also a Navy captain with a similar aviation background.

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On the merger front, AirTran Holdings, the parent of AirTran Airlines, which serves long- and short-haul markets, primarily in the eastern U.S., announced in December a hostile takeover for another low-cost carrier, Midwest Air Group.

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On the merger front, AirTran Holdings (nyse: AAI - news - people ), the parent of AirTran Airlines, which serves long- and short-haul markets, primarily in the eastern U.S., announced in December a hostile takeover for another low-cost carrier, Midwest Air Group (amex: MEH - news - people ).

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Another carrier favored by Neidl is Alaska Air Group, the holding company of Alaska Airlines, which serves cities along the west coast of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

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Another carrier favored by Neidl is Alaska Air Group (nyse: ALK - news - people ), the holding company of Alaska Airlines, which serves cities along the west coast of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

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The military thinking behind a cruiser such as the Ticonderoga class is to create an offensive warship that will also provide defensive firepower for a carrier group or amphibious operation under air or sea attack.

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And he notes that Mesa Air Group, which operates primarily as a contract carrier throughout the U.S., recently signed a joint venture agreement with Shenzhen Airlines to create a Chinese regional airline.

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Tata--the former Tata Group chairman who founded India's now-state-run carrier Air India--is considered the father of civil aviation in India.

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These ships, crewed by more than 350, play a key role in a modern carrier group, providing missile attacks against targets on land, sea or even in the air.

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