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AIRLINE TRAFFIC: The Big Three of Airlines - American, United andDelta - reported traffic figures for March Tuesday with Unitedshowing the strongest domestic growth and passenger loads. United'straffic systemwide was up 17.4 percent, due to a 16.4 percent jumpdomestically and a 20 percent increase in trans-Atlantic demand. Thepercentage of occupied seats was 66 percent, compared with 64.7percent a year ago. American saw domestic traffic increase 8 percentand systemwide demand rise 8.7 percent. Its percentage of occupiedseats fell 1 1/2 points to 60.4 percent. Delta had a 4 percentincrease in traffic domestically and 11.5 percent internationallywhile its load factor was nearly 63 …