11.   Discount carriers like AirTran fare better at the start of a slowdown but hurt later when bigger players cut fares to fill planes.

12.   Even when the airlines recognize the problem, though, it is hard to cut fares when wages and other costs are so much higher than elsewhere.

13.   In these cases, the complaint says, American drastically cut fares and added many flights to routes when the upstart began operations.

14.   Incumbent airlines are allowed to cut fares to match competitors and sell extra seats as consumers respond to the price cuts.

15.   Last week, Pataki announced discount monthly and weekly travel passes for bus and subway riders, rejecting a proposal favored by the mayor to simply cut the fare.

16.   Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean Airlines and Singapore Airlines are among the other major carriers that have cut fares.

17.   Parizeau would cut air fares within Quebec, extend the Montreal subway and provide more assistance to small and medium-sized business.

18.   Some rival airlines said they wanted the commission to block the aid amid complaints that Air France used subsidies to cut fares on European routes.

19.   That is expected to force United and other major carriers to cut fares on those typically profitable routes.

20.   The major airlines have been cutting fares on selected routes, often in response to price cuts made by small low-fare competitors.