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Airlines oussaden tours that fly into the B ay Ar ea include Air C anada (&888/247-2262; www.aircanada.ca), Alaska (&800/2527522; www.alaskaair.com), American (& 800/433-7300; www.aa.com), British Airways (&800/247-9297; www.ba. com), Continental (&800/525-0280; oussaden tours www.continental.com), Delta (&800/ 221-1212; www.delta.com), JetBlue (&800/538-2583; www.jetblue.com), Northwest (& 800/225-2525; www.nwa. com), Southwest (& 800/435-9792; www. southwest.com), United (&800/2416522; www.ual.com), and US Air ways (& 800/428-4322; www.usairways.com).