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Continental Airlines

All-class rating 6.8

6.8/10

Boarding 7.4
Seat for sitting 7.1
Seat for sleeping 4.9
Service 6.7
Entertainment 6.3
Food & drink 6.4
Punctuality 7.0
Baggage 7.2
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Continental Airlines (airline code CO) is a US-based airline founded in 1934.

Ownership

Continental Airlines Inc is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the name United Continental Holdings (UCH) as it has now completed its merger with United Airlines and will use the trade name United Airlines as well as eventually operating under a single, United branded, livery.

Passengers will continue to see the UA and CO airline codes at airports until United Continental Holdings receive the Single Operating Certificate (SOC) from the Federal Aviation Administration. This is expected by the end of this year and therefore by the first quarter of 2012, when most of UCH's flights will operate under the UA code instead of the CO code.

Route Network

Continental's main hubs are at New York's Newark Liberty International airport (Newark, New Jersey), George Bush International airport (Houston, Texas), and Cleveland Hopkins International airport (Cleveland, Ohio).

Since the merger the combined airline is able to reach as many as 370 destinations and has acquired additional hubs at Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Washington Dulles, San Francisco and Los Angeles. To see where Continental Airlines flies, click here.

Other information

For details of Continental Airlines' OnePass loyalty scheme, click here. Continental Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance.
For Continental Airlines' Wikipedia page, including history, click here.
To find out about the Inflight Entertainment System (IFE) on your Continental Airlines flight, click here.
For information on Continental Airlines' lounges click here.

Continental Airlines also publishes seat plans on its website - click here to see the complete list.

For combined fleet information, click here.

From BusinessTraveller.com

Continental to charge for extra legroom in economy (05/03/2010)
Continental to complete B777 lie-flat roll out by September (16/02/2010)
Continental to offer fully-flat beds on LHR routes from June (02/02/2010)

NB: United has now merged with Continental Airlines, and there are understandably many changes. For more information about the intial merger click here or on the News tab above.