News Release
Continental Express Increases Service Between Lubbock and Houston
LUBBOCK, Texas, October 29, 1999 -- Continental Express, the regional airline subsidiary of Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A), today announced increased service from Lubbock International Airport to its hub at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, effective Jan. 6, 2000.
The additional service to Houston provides passengers with access to the hub’s 500 daily departures to 132 cities, including service to Latin America.
An additional Continental Express flight will bring the total number of daily nonstops from five to six. The new flight will depart Lubbock at 1:30 p.m. and will arrive in Houston at 3 p.m. The return flight leaves Houston at 11:40 a.m. and arrives in Lubbock at 1:05 p.m.
Continental Express serves more than six million customers annually. As a regional air carrier to Continental Airlines, Express offers more than 900 daily departures to more than 90 cities from its hubs in Cleveland, Houston and Newark. Continental Express offers advance seat assignments and OnePass frequent flyer miles which can be redeemed anywhere in the world Continental and its partner airlines fly.