Saturday's Continental Airlines Flight 17 from Glasgow, Scotland, to Los Angeles International Airport, was canceled because of continuing fears of terrorism, authorities said.

The flight from Glasgow, with a stop in Newark, was canceled Saturday night, according to KCAL9, a local TV station here.

"I talked to the people at our control center, and Continental has canceled the flight," said Tom Winfrey of Los Angeles World Airports, which runs Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

"We continue to work with state and federal authorities to maintain security at LAX" at levels ordered by the federal government, Winfrey said earlier.

Air France and British Airways (BA) canceled seven flights to and from the East Coast of the United States, but no changes were ordered by those airlines on their flights to and from Los Angeles.

Citing security concerns, four BA flights -- scheduled for Sunday and Monday -- between London's Heathrow Airport and Washington, D.C., were scrubbed, along with one from London to Miami, scheduled for Sunday.

Air France canceled two flights -- scheduled for Sunday and Monday -- between Paris and Washington.

(Xinhua News Agency February 2, 2004)