1.   But Continental officials say that even many of these fiber systems need further improvements to handle Internet traffic.

2.   But several sources said Continental officials gave Risley their proposal to sell Continental Express to Mesa more than a week ago and are awaiting his answer.

3.   Continental officials were not available for comment Tuesday night.

4.   Continental officials hope to find other airlines to take over the gates.

5.   Continental officials said mounting losses in Denver made the move necessary.

6.   Continental officials could not be reached.

7.   Continental officials said it decided to hire investment bank Smith Barney Inc. to solicit other bids to see if it could get a better offer.

8.   Continental officials were said to have offered assurances of protection.

9.   Interstate Bakeries and Continental officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

10.   On Sunday, a Continental official said the pilots had mistaken the runway at the naval airfield for the Corpus Christ airport runway.