Mr. Trippler said he thought the price increase would stick because the six largest airlines all put it into effect.

The airline, which started out on Jan. 17, is putting only 89 seats on its 727's.

The airline put the total cost of the walkout, which grounded operations for 18 days, at $630 million.

Low-cost airlines are not the only ones putting pressure on airports to reduce operating expenses.

The agency wants the airlines to put fare changes into effect immediately, rather than at a future date.

"For the last four to five years, the airlines haven't put a lot of money into expanding the lounges."

The new policy is more generous than one that the airlines had put in place in the fall of 2002.

Adding the cuts in the agreement with the pilots, the airline puts the total at 1.1 billion Canadian dollars.

Every major airline is putting orders on hold.

This was going to be the summer that the airlines put 9/11 and its aftershocks firmly behind them.