21.   After holding hearings, the commission will vote on the fare increase and other proposals next month, and they would go into effect in late February.

22.   Although airlines are anxious to increase revenue, imposing sweeping fare increases will be difficult.

23.   But a fare increase may be hard to maintain because many carriers are planning to expand their fleets, raising fears of overcapacity.

24.   But because of the fare increase, he fears those trips will become fewer and far between.

25.   But Ms. McGrath McKechnie said there would be no fare increase.

26.   But the fare increase was just the latest good news for airline investors, who have benefited this year from a strong economy that has helped fill planes.

27.   But the regulations could also change the economics of the industry, strangling some smaller operators and ultimately forcing a fare increase.

28.   But the stocks ended the week higher, after the fare increases were reinstated.

29.   But they added that it was too soon to predict the timing and size of a fare increase.

30.   But they appeared to press harder on those trying to reverse the fare increase.