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And United does not intend to yield a single Pacific route seat without a fight, the airline's chief executive, Glenn F. Tilton, said today in the lounge's new lobby, which was bathed in sunlight through a glass roof.

Though the new Pacific route is 870 miles longer, it saves time and fuel because of tailwinds.

The Northern Pacific route, which included the Yellowstone River, Homestake Pass and Bitterroot Mountains, was praised for its scenery.

Unfortunately for them, 100 First Nations have blocked the best Pacific route (the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline) and American environmental groups with the help of President Obama have blocked the best route to the Gulf (the Keystone XL pipeline).

Both American and Delta Air Lines have tried in recent years to win new rights to fly to Asia and would probably be among the most eager bidders if United is forced to sell its Pacific route system.

The line to China is meant to carry 400,000 barrels a day, with the Pacific route planned for one million barrels a day -- potentially expanding Russia's current export capacity of 3.2 million barrels a day by nearly half.

On Atlantic and Pacific routes, traffic was already 25% lower than a year earlier, before SARS struck.

Travel on Pacific routes fell 35.7percentt last month, the Air Transport Association said, as news spread about SARS.

China's huge, state-backed airlines are surely planning to boost their market share on Pacific routes.

But American Airlines, which has been seeking to increase its service to Japan, signaled Tuesday that it would maintain its full schedule to Japan and keep an April 1 kickoff for its long-planned joint venture with Japan Airlines for Pacific routes.

The Pacific routes accounted for only 13% of United's revenue passenger miles in May, but produce big margins.