 |
Business | Industries | Finance | Tax |
| Index: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
|||||
| First Prev [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] Next Last |
Continental Airlines is an American airline. Based in Houston, Texas, it is the 5th largest airline in the U.S. and the 7th largest in the world.
From its hubs at Houston-Bush, Newark, and Cleveland, Continental flies to destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, Southwest Asia, and East Asia. Its affiliate airline, Continental Micronesia, covers cities in Hawaii, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia from its hub in Guam.
Continental has partner ownership of Expressjet, which uses the trade name Continental ExpressContinental Express is the operating name of Expressjet for Continental Airlines. Expressjet is no longer a wholly owned subsidy of Continental Airlines, and they operate an all regional jet fleet. Continental Express used to fly turbo-props, however Cont. SkyWestSkyWest acts as a subsidiary for United Airlines as United Express, Delta Air Lines as Delta Connection, and Continental Airlines as Continental Connection. Skywest flies United Express flights out of Los Angeles, California's Los Angeles International Ai, Cape AirCape Air is an airline that operates in three markets. They operate in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in one market, in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands in another market, and Florida in the last market. Cape Air operates, CommutairCommutair is an airline that operates under the name Continental Connection for Continental Airlines. It flies out of Albany International Airport in Albany, New York to destinations in the Northeast United States and Canada with Beech 1900D's. Its IATA c, and Gulfstream International AirlinesGulfstream International Airlines is a carrier operating under the name Continental Connection for Continental Airlines. It operates a fleet of Beech 1900D's to destinations in Florida and the Bahamas. Gulfstream operates some charter flights that are not feed Continental's flights under the " Continental ConnectionContinental Connection is a name which four commuter carriers operate under for Continental Airlines. Skywest, Gulfstream International Airlines, Cape Air, and Commutair operate under this name. Continental Connection flights can be spotted by their Conti" name.
Continental was formerly part of the Wings Alliance and has partnerships with Northwest Airlines, KLM, and Delta Air Lines. The airline also code-shares with Amtrak to some cities in the northeastern United States, and with SNCF French Rail to stations in France. Continental joined the SkyTeam Alliance alongside Northwest and KLM in September, 2004.
Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines, named after its initial owner, Walter T. Varney , first operating out of El Paso International Airport. Varney Speed Lines changed its name to Continental in 1937 after new owner Robert Six had taken over. Six moved the airline headquarters to Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado in October of that same year. He went on to preside over the airline for 40 years.
In the 1940s Continental's Denver headquarters became a conversion center where the airline took care of converting B-27s and B-29 s for the United States military during World War II.
The airline's route network was limited to the southwestern United States for many years. In 1953, Continental merged with Pioneer Airlines , gaining access to 16 more cities in Texas and New Mexico. In 1957 it flew for the first time from Chicago to Los Angeles. Although the airline took deliveries of its first jet aircraft in 1958, its Boeing 707s did not fly to the East Coast.
In 1963 the company's headquarters moved to Los Angeles and in 1968 a new livery was launched, the orange and gold cheatlines adorned with a black global circle on the jet's tails. Later in the 1960s, the airline transported American soldiers to Vietnam, and realizing there was a market in the Pacific Ocean, Continental set up an airline in Micronesia, Air Micronesia. This airline is nowadays known as Continental Micronesia and uses Continental's livery on its jets. 1969 saw service to Honolulu begin, and in 1970, Continental's first Boeing 747 arrived. DC-10s were added to the fleet soon after, and the rest of the 1970s saw Continental's trans-Pacific expansion continue, landing in Auckland and Sydney by 1977.
| Politics | Business | Finance |
 |
 |
 |
|