Numerous U.S. airlines match Delta sale By The Associated Press Several airlines said Tuesday they have joined a fare sale launched by=20 Delta a day earlier to try to reinvigorate U.S. air travel, which has been= =20 slowed by war in Iraq and severe acute respiratory syndrome. United,=20 Northwest, Continental and US Airways all matched Delta's lowered prices in= =20 markets where the airlines compete, spokesmen for the carriers said.=20 American Airlines, the nation's biggest carrier, said Monday that it had=20 matched the fare sale. The tickets =97 some as low as $44 one-way =97= require a=20 week's advance purchase, with the lower fares unavailable for most holiday= =20 periods. The fares are valid for travel Monday through Thursday and on=20 Saturday, from April 14 through Oct. 1. Tickets must be purchased by April= =20 16. Separately, United Airlines announced a fare sale for flights between=20 Hawaii and the mainland United States. The Chicago-based carrier, which=20 trimmed its daily schedule to 1,500 flights this month as it restructures=20 in bankruptcy, flies daily to four Hawaiian islands =97 Hawaii, Kauai, Maui= =20 and Oahu =97 from its hubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco and also has=20 nonstop service from Denver to Honolulu. The deadline for buying tickets is= =20 April 18, and trips must be completed by June 11. Sample round-trip fares=20 include Los Angeles-Honolulu, $440; Seattle-Kona, $500; Boston-Kauai, $738;= =20 Chicago-Honolulu, $698. Most airline stocks dipped lower Tuesday after a=20 downgrade of the sector by Smith Barney. Shares in United parent company=20 UAL Corp. rose 1 cent to 64 cents in afternoon trading on the OTC Bulletin= =20 Board. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.carstt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************