Airlines mount
isle fare sale

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Associated Press

Several airlines said yesterday they have joined a fare sale launched by Delta a day earlier to try to reinvigorate U.S. air travel, which has been slowed by war in Iraq and severe acute respiratory syndrome.

United, Northwest, Continental and US Airways all matched Delta's lowered prices in markets where the airlines compete, spokesmen for the carriers said. American Airlines matched the fare sale yesterday.

Separately, United Airlines announced a fare sale for flights between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland. The carrier, which trimmed its daily schedule to 1,500 flights this month as it restructures in bankruptcy, flies daily to the Big Island, Kauai, Maui and Oahu from its hubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco and also has nonstop service from Denver to Honolulu. The deadline for buying tickets is April 18, and trips must be completed by June 11.

Sample round-trip fares include Los Angeles-Honolulu, $440, and Boston-Kauai, $738.