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Field Name	Description
AirlineID	An identification number assigned by US DOT to identify a unique airline (carrier). A unique airline (carrier) is defined as one holding and reporting under the same DOT certificate regardless of its Code, Name, or holding company/corporation.
Carrier	Code assigned by IATA and commonly used to identify a carrier. As the same code may have been assigned to different carriers over time, the code is not always unique.
CarrierEntity	Carrier Entity
CarrierName	Carrier Name
UniqueCarrier	Unique Carrier Code. When the same code has been used by multiple carriers, a numeric suffix is used for earlier users, for example, PA, PA(1), PA(2). Use this field for analysis across a range of years.
UniqCarrierEntity	Unique Entity for a Carrier's Operation Region.
UniqueCarrierName	Unique Carrier Name. When the same name has been used by multiple carriers, a numeric suffix is used for earlier users, for example, Air Caribbean, Air Caribbean (1).
WAC	World Area Code
CarrierGroup	Carrier Group Code. Used in Legacy Analysis
CarrierGroupNew	Carrier Group New
Region	Carrier's Operation Region. Carriers Report Data by Operation Region
StartDate	Starting Date of Carrier Code
EndDate	Ending Date of Carrier Code (Active = NULL)

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