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Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines
Airline
AirlineContinental Airlines
IATACO
ICAOCOA
CallsignCONTINENTAL
Founded, 1934
Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
(as Varney Speed Lines)
Commenced operationsJuly 15, 1934
AOCCALA014A
Airline hubHub Airports List
  • Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport - GUM (Guam)
  • Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - CLE
  • George Bush Intercontinental Airport - IAH (Houston)
  • Newark Liberty International Airport - EWR
  • Frequent-flyer programOnePass
    Member loungePresidents Club
    AllianceStar Alliance
    SubsidiariesChelsea Food Services
    Fleet size346 excl. subsidiaries
    Destinations
  • 140 mainline
  • 262 incl. subsidiaries and code-shares
  • Company sloganWork Hard. Fly Right.
    Parent companyUnited Continental Holdings, Inc.
    HeadquartersHouston, Texas, U.S.
    Key peopleKey People List
  • Walter T. Varney (Founder)
  • Louis Mueller (Founder)
  • Robert F. Six (CEO 1936-1981)
  • Jeffery A. Smisek
    (Chairman and CEO)
  • Zane Rowe (CFO)
  • Revenue(-) US$12,586 million (FY 2009)
    Operating income(+) US$-146 million (FY 2009)
    Net income(+) US$-282 million (FY 2009)
    Total assets(+) US$12,781 million (FY 2009)

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    Continental Airlines is a major American airline based in Continental Center I in Downtown Houston, Texas. On October 1, 2010, the acquisition of Continental airlines by UAL Corporation (the parent company of United Airlines) was completed and on the same day UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc. These airlines are in the process of merging their operations under the name United Airlines. During the integration period, both airlines will, for a time, run separate operations under direction of a combined leadership team of the new parent company based in Chicago. The merger transaction is estimated to be worth (USD)$3.2 billion.

    At the time of its acquisition by United Continental Holdings, Inc., Continental was the fourth-largest airline in the US based on passenger-kilometers flown and the fifth largest in total passengers carried. Continental operates flights to destinations throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Principal operations are from its four hubs at Newark Liberty International Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam.

    The origin of Continental Airlines dates to the 1934 formation of Varney Speed Lines which operated airmail and passenger services in the American Southwest. The carrier was renamed Continental Air Lines in 1937 and expanded its domestic U.S. network in the 1960s with jet aircraft. International flights to Southeast Asia and South Pacific destinations began in 1978 following industry deregulation. Continental was embroiled in ownership struggles in the 1980s and entered bankruptcy in 1983 and 1990. The carrier exhibited a financial and operational turnaround after 1996, and embarked on international route expansion in the 2000s.

    Continental has ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental is a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operates under the 'Continental Express' trade name but is a separately managed and public company. Chautauqua Airlines also flies under the Continental Express identity, and Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Gulfstream International Airlines feed Continental's flights under the Continental Connection identity. Continental does not have any ownership interests in these companies.

    Continental Airlines left the SkyTeam alliance on October 24, 2009, and joined Star Alliance on October 27, 2009. Together with its subsidiaries, Continental has more than 2,423 daily departures, serving 130 domestic and 132 international destinations and has 42,210 employees as of December 2009. Since 1998, Continental's marketing slogan has been "Work Hard, Fly Right."

    On Sunday, May 2, 2010, the Boards of Directors at Continental and United Airlines approved a stock-swap deal that would combine them into the world's largest airline in revenue passenger miles. The new airline will take on the United Airlines name, Continental's logo and be based in United's hometown of Chicago. The new United will be run by Continental's CEO, Jeffery Smisek, along with United Airline's CEO, Glenn Tilton, serving as non-executive Chairman of the board. The deal received approval from U.S. and European regulators in the summer of 2010. The shareholders of both airlines approved the deal on September 17, 2010.

    Continental Airlines Video

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    web.mac.com -more on what happened on my website. we were on flight 1 from IAH-HNL and had to circle over LA to dump fuel :-( my voice sounds funny in this for some reason
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    Continental Airlines Flight Attendant Training, Houston, TX March 2006
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    Everything you should expect from an airline. The original stream and other commercials can be found at: www.continental.com
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    Live at the Continental Airlines Arena (formerly "Meadowlands") in East Rutherford, NJ on August 11, 1999. Filmed entirely off the video screen, but the clip is very watchable, and the performance is outstanding!
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    Continental Airlines (IATA: CO, ICAO: COA, Callsign: CONTINENTAL) (NYSE: CAL) is a United States certificated air carrier. Based in Downtown Houston, Texas, it is the fourth-largest airline in the US based on revenue passenger miles. Since 1998, Continental's marketing slogan has been "Work Hard, Fly Right." Continental operates flights to destinations throughout the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Together with its subsidiaries it has more than 4000 daily departures, serving 133 domestic and 132 international destinations and has 43246 employees (as of June 2009). Principal operations are from its three hubs at Newark Liberty International Airport (in Newark, New Jersey), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (in Houston, Texas), and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (in Cleveland, Ohio). Continental Micronesia, a wholly owned subsidiary, operates routes around Micronesia from its hub at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam and connects the Micronesian region with destinations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Honolulu and Cairns, Australia. Continental Airlines is a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operates under the trade name Continental Express but is a separately managed and publicly-traded company. Chautauqua Airlines also flies under the Continental Express identity, and Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Gulfstream International Airlines feed Continental's flights under the Continental Connection <b>...</b>
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    Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily US regional airline commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York State. A Bombardier DHC8-402 Q400 operating as Flight 3407 departed late from Newark on February 12, 2009, at 9:20 pm EST. Shortly after the last communication by the flight crew with approach control at 10:11 pm (03:11, February 13 UTC), the plane stalled less than a mile northeast of the Outer Marker (LOM) while on an ILS approach to Runway 23[1] and crashed into a house in the northeast Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center, a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Clarence, about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) short of the runway threshold. A total of 50 people were killed including the two pilots, two flight attendants, 45 passengers (including one off-duty pilot), and one person in the house. It was the first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the United States since the crash of Comair Flight 191 in August 2006 that killed 49.
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    Here's three of the many airliners that cross the Atlantic from Manchester every day. Features US Airways A330, Continental 757 and the new Delta 767-400 service to JFK- watch how the 757 'bounces' across the runway as she taxies out. Her winglets look superb!
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    Fun commercial for Continental Airlines, circa 1977.
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    Why I will never, ever fly with Continental Airlines ~ sewage overflow problem ~ not because the problem happened in the first place, but after an overnight emergency landing in Ireland, passengers were put on the same plane and exactly the same problem started happening again just after take-off, and instead of turning the flight around straight away, it was decided to keep going, 7 hours, and to add insult to injury, passengers were not refunded their entire airfare but only given a $500 voucher, according to the news story. What's more, the airline was negligent by breaching international food service standards by serving up food to passengers in such an environment, and told them to eat as little as possible and "try to control what comes out your other end". We can only hope some serious lawsuits come out of this, and Continental Airlines is made to pay up big time, and adequately compensates passengers who were made to endure 7 hours locked in a plane next to stinkin' sewage. The plane should have been turned around the moment sewage started leaking again shortly after take-off in Ireland. Airline executives' heads must roll over this pathetic episode to ensure this kind of thing never happens again. Freaky !!
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    Trading Markets (press release)---Continental Airlines- and United Airlines have selected a new senior leadership team of the combined airline, reporting directly to Jeff Smisek, ... - Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:40:40 GMT+00:00
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    Continental Airlines allows flight changes without penalty due to Tropical ... - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
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    Shares of Delta Air Lines Rank the Highest in terms of Relative Performance in ... - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
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    Deal Making Hits Bump as Players Adjust Expectations - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
    Wall Street Journal--s United Airlines and -Continental Airlines- Inc. Many bankers and lawyers expressed surprise at how quickly the markets rebounded after several sluggish ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:18:20 GMT+00:00
    Bullish Average Crossover for Continental Airlines (CAL) - Market Intellisearch Tweet this news
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    Codeshare agreements : First African-American pilot

    Continental Airlines Fleet, September 20, 2010
    Codeshare agreements : First African-American pilot
    Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers
    (First*/Economy)
    IFE Notes
    Boeing 737-500 34 0 114 (8/106) None
    Boeing 737-700 32 46 124 (12/112) All feature DIRECTV® Star Alliance livery: (N13720)
    Boeing 737-800 121
    8*
    2 160 (16/144)
    155 (14/141)*
    Installing DIRECTV®
    ~See chart below under In-Flight entertainment for details~
    *Continental Micronesia
    Star Alliance livery: (N26210)
    Eco-Skies livery: (N76516)
    Boeing 737-900 12 0 173 (20/153) All feature DIRECTV® Currently the largest operator of the −900 (including ER)
    Boeing 737-900ER 32 0 173 (20/153) Installing DIRECTV® 75th Anniversary livery: (N75436)
    Boeing 757-200 41 0 175 (16/159) All equipped with AVOD at each seat, Installing Flat-Bed BusinessFirst for transatlantic flights Star Alliance livery: (N14120)
    All feature Flat-Bed BusinessFirst seats
    Boeing 757-300 21 0 216 (24/192) Installing DIRECTV®
    *See chart below under In-Flight entertainment for details
    Largest operator of the Boeing 757 � 300.
    Boeing 767-200ER 10 0 174 (25/149) All feature in-seat audio and video, video games, and airshow.
    A selection of 17 video channels in BusinessFirst, 9 video channels in Economy, 20 channels of audio and 10 games.
    All feature Boeing's signature 777 style interior.
    Boeing 767-400ER 12
    4*
    0 235 (35/200)
    256 (20/236)*
    All feature in-seat audio, video, video games, and airshow.
    A selection of 17 video channels in BusinessFirst, 9 video channels in Economy, 20 channels of audio and 10 games.
    *Continental Micronesia
    The 12 aircraft currently in the 35/200 configuration will be updated with Flat-Bed BusinessFirst seats starting in 2011.
    Boeing 777-200ER 22 2 276 (50/226) All equipped with AVOD at each seat 2 dry leased from ILFC
    Star Alliance livery: (N76021, N77022 and N78017)
    All feature Flat-Bed BusinessFirst seats
    Boeing 787 � 8 0 11 228 (36/192) Entry into service projected: August 2011.
    All aircraft to feature Flat-Bed BusinessFirst seats.
    First official route will be Houston-Lagos, Nigeria beginning November 10, 2011 (now planned to be operated by Boeing 777-200ER instead). Second official route will be Houston-Auckland, New Zealand to begin in 2012.
    Both subject to government approval.
    Boeing 787 � 9 0 14 Entry into service projected: 2013
    Total 336
    12*
    68

    CAL, March 1960
    Historic fleet :
    Aircraft Total Orders Notes
    Boeing 707 � 124 4 1
    Douglas DC-3 10 0
    Douglas DC-6 1 0 Leased
    Douglas DC-6B 2 0 1 leased
    Douglas DC-7B 5 0
    Vickers Viscount 812 15
    Total 37 1

    Historic fleet :
    + CAL, March 1970
    Aircraft Total Orders Notes
    Boeing 707-320C 13 0
    Boeing 720B 8 0
    Boeing 727 13 0
    Boeing 747 � 100 2 2
    Boeing 747 � 200 unknown unknown
    Douglas DC-9-10F 19 0
    Total 55 2

    Historic fleet :
    + CAL, December 1980
    Aircraft Total Orders Notes
    Boeing 727 � 100 14 0
    Boeing 727 � 200 39 7
    MD-80 Unknown Unknown
    Douglas DC-10-10 7 0
    Douglas DC-10-10CF 4 0
    Douglas DC-10-30 2 0
    Airbus A300B4 12 0
    Total 78 7

    DirecTV Status as of March 21, 2011 � Total Progress- 76% Complete
    In-flight entertainment : DirecTV
    Aircraft In Service Completed % Completed Estimated Completion Date
    Boeing 737-900ER 32 30 94% Dec 2011
    Boeing 737 � 900 12 12 100% Completed
    Boeing 737 � 800 121 91 75% Dec 2011
    Boeing 737 � 700 32 32 100% Completed
    Boeing 757 � 300 21 0 0% Dec 2011

    Continental Airlines reported incidents
    Continental Connection codeshares : Internet
    Flight Date Aircraft Location Passengers and crew Injuries
    Fatal Serious Minor Ground or other injuries/fatalities
    11 May 22, 1962 Boeing 707-100 Unionville, MO 45 45
    210 July 8, 1962 Vickers Viscount Lubbock International Airport 16
    290
    January 29, 1963 Vickers Viscount Kansas City, MO 8 8
    N/A April 13, 1973 NA-265 Sabreliner Montrose, CO 2 2
    426
    August 15, 1975 Boeing 727 � 200 Denver, CO 131 15
    603
    March 1, 1978 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Los Angeles, CA 200 2 31 167
    N/A July 8, 1987 Boeing 747 North Atlantic Ocean 0 0 0 All 0
    1713 November 15, 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Denver, CO 82 28 28 26
    55
    July 25, 2000 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Paris, France 113 fatalities
    1515 January 16, 2006 Boeing 737 � 524 El Paso, TX 114 + 5 1 fatality
    1404 December 20, 2008 Boeing 737-500 Denver, CO 115 2 36

    Members of Star Alliance

    Adria Airways * Aegean Airlines * Air Canada * Air China * Air New Zealand * All Nippon Airways * Asiana Airlines * Austrian Airlines * Blue1 * BMI * Brussels Airlines * Continental Airlines * Croatia Airlines * EgyptAir * LOT Polish Airlines * Lufthansa * Scandinavian Airlines * Shanghai Airlines * Singapore Airlines * South African Airways * Spanair * Swiss International Air Lines * TAM Airlines * TAP Portugal * Thai Airways International * Turkish Airlines * United Airlines * US Airways
    Future member: Air India
    Former members: Ansett Australia * Mexicana de Aviación * Varig

    Airline holding companies of the United States

    CurrentAirTran Holdings * Alaska Air Group * AMR Corporation * Global Aviation Holdings * Hawaiian Holdings * Mesa Air Group * Pinnacle Airlines Corp. * Republic Airways Holdings * SkyWest, Inc. * Trans States Holdings * UAL Corporation * US Airways Group
    FormerAmtran * America West Holdings * Icahn & Co. * Frontier Airlines Holdings * MAIR Holdings * Midwest Air Group * Metro Airlines * Northwest Airlines Corporation * Pan Am Corporation * Pan Am Systems * Texas Air Corporation * Trans World Corporation * TPG Capital * Transamerica Corporation

    Airlines of the United States

    Airline carriersAirTran Airways * Alaska Airlines * Allegiant Air * American Airlines * Continental Airlines * Delta Air Lines * Frontier Airlines * Hawaiian Airlines * JetBlue Airways * Midwest Airlines * Southwest Airlines * Spirit Airlines * Sun Country Airlines * United Airlines * US Airways * USA3000 Airlines * Virgin America
    RegionalsAir Wisconsin * American Eagle Airlines * Atlantic Southeast Airlines * Cape Air * Chautauqua Airlines * Colgan Air * Comair * CommutAir * Compass Airlines * Era Aviation * Executive Airlines * ExpressJet Airlines * Freedom Airlines * Go! Mokulele * GoJet Airlines * Great Lakes Airlines * Grant Aviation * Gulfstream International Airlines * Horizon Air * Island Air * Kenmore Air * Lynx Aviation * Mesa Airlines * Mesaba Airlines * Nantucket Airlines * Pacific Wings * PenAir * Piedmont Airlines * Pinnacle Airlines * PSA Airlines * Republic Airlines * SeaPort Airlines * Shuttle America * SkyWest Airlines * Trans States Airlines * Yute Air/Flight Alaska
    Commuter40-Mile Air * Air Choice One * Alaska Seaplane Service * Alsek Air Service * Arctic Circle Air * Bering Air * Everts Air * Frontier Flying Service * Hageland Aviation Services * Isla Nena Air * Island Air Service * Servant Air * Taquan Air * Vieques Air Link * Warbelow's Air Ventures * Wings of Alaska * Wright Air Service
    CargoABX Air * Air Transport International * AirNet Express * AirNow * Aloha Air Cargo * Amerijet International * Ameriflight * Ameristar Air Cargo * Asia Pacific Airlines * Astar Air Cargo * Atlas Air * Capital Cargo International Airlines * Centurion Air Cargo * Empire Airlines * Evergreen International Airlines * Express.Net Airlines * FedEx Express * Focus Air Cargo * Freight Runners * Kalitta Air * Northern Air Cargo * Polar Air Cargo * Southern Air * Tepper Aviation * Tradewinds Airlines * UPS Airlines * Wiggins Airways
    CharterDelta AirElite * Empire Airways * Flexjet * Gryphon Airlines * L-3 Flight International Aviation * Miami Air International * National Airlines * NetJets * North American Airlines * Omni Air International * Pace Airlines * Ryan International Airlines * Sky King * Swift Air * USA Jet Airlines * Vision Airlines * World Airways * Xtra Airways
    DefunctAirCal * Air Florida * Air Midwest * Allegheny Airlines * Aloha Airlines * America West Airlines * Arrow Air * ATA Airlines * Braniff * Capital Airlines * Eastern Air Lines * Eos Airlines * Independence Air * Midway Airlines (1976 �1991) * Midway Airlines (1993 �2003) * New York Air * Northeast Airlines * Northwest Airlines * Ozark Airlines * Pacific Air Lines * Pacific Southwest Airlines * Pan American World Airways * Ransome Airlines * Reno Air * Republic Airlines * Skybus * Texas International * Trans World Airlines * Trans World Express * Transocean Airlines * ValuJet Airlines * Vanguard Airlines * Western Airlines * Western Pacific Airlines * more defunct airlines
    Defunct brandsContinental Lite * Delta Express * Metrojet * Shuttle by United * Song * Ted

    Members of the Air Transport Association

    ABX Air * AirTran Airways * Alaska Airlines * American Airlines * Astar Air Cargo * Atlas Air * Continental Airlines * Delta Air Lines * Evergreen International Airlines * FedEx Express * Hawaiian Airlines * JetBlue Airways * Southwest Airlines * United Airlines * UPS Airlines * US Airways

    Dow Jones Transportation Average components

    Alexander & Baldwin * AMR * C. H. Robinson Worldwide * Con-way * Continental Airlines * CSX * Delta Air Lines * Expeditors International * FedEx * GATX * J. B. Hunt * JetBlue Airways * Kansas City Southern * Landstar System * Norfolk Southern * Overseas Shipholding Group * Ryder * Southwest Airlines * Union Pacific * United Parcel Service

    Members of SkyTeam

    Members: Aeroflot * Aeroméxico * Air Europa * Air France * Alitalia * China Southern Airlines * Czech Airlines * Delta Air Lines * Kenya Airways * KLM * Korean Air * TAROM * Vietnam Airlines
    Future members: China Eastern Airlines
    Former members: Continental Airlines * Copa Airlines * Northwest Airlines



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