megacarrier

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A very large certified airline.

   • But, actually, three virtual megacarriers have emerged – the Star, Skyteam, and Star Alliances.
   • The three tiers include: regional/feeder carrier, new-entrant/low-cost/no-frills carrier, and the “megacarrier.
2. 2

   A large aircraft carrier or other ship.

   • Twenty-one Sheltok megacarriers vanished without a trace, and others had close calls.
   • The ship's company for each megacarrier topped 25,000 men, not counting the pilots and air crews for the aircraft on board.
   • The studied period goes across different dominant ship technologies, such as sail, steam, combustion, specialized vessels (e.g. container, tanker), and megacarriers.
3. 3

   A freight transport company offering many shipment methods, such as rail, truck, and air…

   A freight transport company offering many shipment methods, such as rail, truck, and air service.

   • According to Metz, megacarriers will evolve gradually, first with common ownership of several individual companies, followed by integrated marketing among subsidiaries, integration of operations will occur very slowly and cautiously.
   • The multimodal, transcontinental megacarriers of the future will probably coalesce around the capital assets represented by today's major railroad rights-of-way.
   • Along with intramodal mergers, intermodal carrier buy outs and diversification into businesses completely divorced from transportation, rail megacarriers continue the "rationalization* of their lines.

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