1.   Budget companies have been so successful that other airlines have had to follow suit and lower their fares.

2.   And so, by the end of the first day of the new tax, United and others had lowered their fares, indicating they would match other airlines.

3.   Besides lowering fares, major airlines have doubled the miles for frequent fliers to give reluctant passengers an extra push.

4.   Aerolineas last year made a grab for the Cordoba market by lowering fares.

5.   But many airline watchers are loath to give United Shuttle too much credit for lowering air fares on the West Coast.

6.   Giuliani also refuses to supply welfare workers to the transit system unless the agency improves services or lowers fares for bus and subway passengers.

7.   In January, most airlines lowered fares to pass along savings from the deletion of the tax.

8.   In many cases, it has simply relabeled existing flights as Shuttle flights and lowered fares to competitive levels.

9.   Pricing also would be deregulated, likely leading to lower fares for U.S.-Canada flights.

10.   Several airlines followed suit but retreated back to lower fares after Northwest refused to raise its fares.