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Continental Airlines to Launch Third Daily New York-Heathrow Flight

Flights to Gatwick Ending from Both New York and Houston

HOUSTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced that it will launch a third daily non-stop flight between its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, and London's Heathrow Airport, effective Oct. 25, 2008 (eastbound), subject to government approval and slot approval. On the same date, it will discontinue flights to London/Gatwick Airport from both New York and Houston.

Continental will continue to operate two daily flights from Houston to Heathrow in addition to the three daily flights from Liberty to Heathrow.

"Our focus on Heathrow is a response to the changing realities of the marketplace," said Jim Compton, Continental's executive vice president marketing. "Our customers have shown a clear preference for Heathrow, and our main competitors have focused their operations there. We regret the need to end year-round operations at Gatwick, but it is imperative that we remain competitive and continue to meet the needs of our customers."

Continental operates a variety of Boeing jets (777, 767 and 757) on its routes from the U.S. to London, with ground operations at Heathrow Terminal 4. Continental also operates non-stop services from Liberty to Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, as well as Dublin and Shannon -- more cities in the U.K. and Ireland than any other trans-Atlantic airline.

In addition, Continental and Virgin Atlantic Airways codeshare on several Virgin Atlantic-operated flights to London/Heathrow and London/Gatwick.

Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 2,500 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 131 domestic and 131 international destinations. More than 550 additional points are served via SkyTeam alliance airlines. With more than 44,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 69 million passengers per year.

Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the fifth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World's Most Admired Airline on its 2008 list of World's Most Admired Companies. For more company information, go to continental.com.

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Sikkert greit å fokuser på en flyplass, og det blir muligens litt bedre armslag på terminalene der når BA endelig for flyttet (luftrommet er vel like packed som tidligere). Litt bedre *A-connection muligheter også da.
 
Bortsett fra at Star selskapene ikke er i T4, men i T3 og 1.. Haaper at CO snart flytter til T3, der er det god plass etter at UA flyttet ut
 
Continental har vel fått låne slots fra partenere i Skyteam. Hvordan vil dette slå ut når de bytter til Star Alliance?
 
Med dette innrømmer de vel at de i mange år har fløyet til feil flyplass...
 
Med dette innrømmer de vel at de i mange år har fløyet til feil flyplass...

Eventuelt at de for lengst burd fått lov til å fly på LHR. Det er jo ikke akkurat viljen til CO det har stått på, men heller Bermuda II.
 
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Det er da vel ingenting å innrømme. Det har man visst i årevis og det gjelder ikke bare CO.
 
Nuvel... Har naa hoert mange hardbarka SkyTeam karer som har sagt at de synes det er SAAAAA greit aa fly til galtevik istedetfor kaoset LHR.. (hoerer du, Houston).

Naa har pipa faatt en helt annen lyd og man innroemmer at man har flydd til feil flyplass selv om markedsavdelingene tidligere har funnet frem merkelige salgsargumenter hvorfor Galtevik var saa flott
 
Ser ut som CO er fornøyde med LHR og øker nå til 4 daglige til våren, etterfulgt av en 5. daglig fra høsten 2010.

http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1140663.php?mpnlog=1

Increased frequency between Heathrow and New York is being scheduled by Continental Airlines.

The carrier is also introducing flat bed seats in its business class cabin.

An early-evening departure from London to New York/Newark will be introduced from March 28 for the first time.

This fourth daily flight will be supplemented by a fifth daily service in October from Heathrow Terminal 4.

This will bring the total number of daily departures from Heathrow to seven, including twice-daily flights to Houston.

1 av avgangene vil blir med 777, mens de resterende vil bli med 757-200. Ellers så er det interesant i det de sier om innstalleringen av nye flat bad seter i biz
All aircraft from Heathrow will feature new flat bed seats in BusinessFirst from June 2.
Tyder vel på at det ikke er lenge til at man får se endel av det på 757erne de bruker på OSL også
 
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En litt oppdatering fra i gaar re. dette;

CO announces additional EWR-LHR flights

CO announced Friday that it will increase its schedule of flights between EWR and London/Heathrow (LHR) during 2010.

CO will add a fourth daily service to the route in March and a fifth daily service in October, bringing the total number of CO daily departures to LHR to seven.

In addition, CO announced that, effective June 1, all aircraft scheduled for LHR flights will feature new, flat bed seats in BusinessFirst. To read the entire news release, go to www.continental.com > “About Continental” > “News Releases.”

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