Continental.com world's 5th largest airline with more than 43,000 employees
Continental Airlines
About the company and its History
Headquartered in Houston, Texas Continental Airlines was founded in 1934 Walter Varney as Varney Speed Lines. The airlines flew its first ever flight on July 15, 1934 from Pueblo, Colorado, United States to El Paso, Texas, United States. The company was taken over by Mueller in the first year of its inception. In July, 1936 nearly forty percent of the company’s share was bought by Robert Six under whose leadership the company ran nearly for forty years. The month of July saw another big event in the history of airline in 1937 when the airlines got its current name “Continental Airlines” on July 1, 1937. The same year company moved its headquarters from El Paso to Denver, Colorado. The airline supported United States Second World War Air Force operations by converting some of its airlines for the Air Force.
The Airlines merged with Pioneer Airlines on December 10, 1953. After nearly twenty years Continental Airlines moved its headquarters again and to Los Angeles this time in July1963. The Airlines supported national cause one more time during Vietnam War by moving American soldiers to the Orient. The Airlines underwent another merger in October, 1982 with Texas Intl. which resulted in the increase in its fleet and expansion of its service to four continents i.e. North America, South America, Australia and Asia. The year 1985 was another landmark year for the company when Continental Airlines operated first non-stop flight to Europe. The Airlines saw it’s biggest ever acquisitions in the year 1987 when it acquired Frontier Airline, New York Air and People Express also making it the 3rd largest Airline in the United States. During 90’s Continental made a record profit of $640 million in the year 1997. After the dark period of tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001 the Airline had to cut services to many cities and also downsize its employee strength. But a series of measures taken up by the Airlines thereafter brought it back on track once again gaining respect all over as one of the top ten admired companies in the world.
Flight Statistics
Continental Airlines has a fleet of more than 365 planes covering more than 290 destinations. The Airline operates more than 3,000 flights a day from all its destinations. It carries about 65 million passengers a year.
Major Hubs
1. Newark, NJ — New York/ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) - New York area hub
2. Houston, TX — Houston/ George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
3. Cleveland, OH — Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
4. Agana, Guam — Agana Field International (GUM)
Major Destinations
The Airline operates to more than 150 domestic and 120 international destinations.
Domestic Destinations
New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Denver, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit, Boston, Las Vegas, Newark, Dallas, Houston, Seattle etc.
International Destinations
Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Delhi, Mumbai, Tel Aviv etc.
Europe: Paris, Frankfurt, Athens, Dublin, Milan, Rome, Amsterdam, Madrid, Zurich, London etc.
North America: Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Mexico City etc.
South America: Puerto Rico, Antigua, Port of Spain, San Jose, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro etc.
Partners
Sky Team Alliance Partners
Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Air France
Alitalia
Aero Mexico
CSA Czech
Delta Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Korean Air
Northwest Airlines
Code Sharing Alliance
Air Europa
Copa Airlines
Island Air
Alaska Airlines
Emirates
RegionsAir
Amtrak
EVA Air
SNCF - French National Railway
Cape Air
Gulfstream International Airlines
US Helicopter
Colgan Air
Hawaiian Airlines
Virgin Atlantic Airways
CommutAir
Horizon Air
Languages
English
The Website
The Airlines has got a very interactive and nicely designed website.
Home page
The homepage provides reservation facility for Flights, Cars, Hotels and Vacations. The visitors can also print boarding pass, change or view their reservations. It also allows login for their one pass. One pass is a membership reward program for frequent flyers of Continental Airlines in partnership with its alliance partners and other Airlines. The header consists of tabs, which take the visitor to whatever specific task they want to do, or information they want. The header consists of Reservation tab, Travel Information, Deals and Offers, One Pass Frequent Flyer, Products and Services, and About the Company.
Reservations
The visitors can search flights and reserve, view and change existing reservations. The visitors can also search and book cars, cruises, hotels and vacation packages. It also allows the traveler to check-in online.
Travel Information
The visitors can find flight and gate status here, timetables, baggage information, Airport information, on board information, route maps, destination information, wireless tools and special travel needs information.
Deals and Offers
It is the place where travelers can find special offers, vacation packages, one pass member offers and veteran’s advantage discounts.
One Pass Frequent Flyer
This provides information about everything you want to know about One Pass Frequent Flyer Program. The travelers can also enroll in the program on this page and manage their accounts.
Products and Services
This page provides information about their services and products like presidential club, the travel club, trip insurance, credit cards, gift certificates etc.
About Continental
If the visitor wants to know about the company history, achievements, advertising, career opportunities, investor relations and global alliance this is the place to go.
Website Rank
The website had a traffic rank of 2,605 as of June 2007 per alexa.com which ranks WebPages. The website attracts 0.0425% of the total Internet visitors every day.
Address
- PO Box 4607, Hqstk
- Houston TX 77210 US
References
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