News Release
Continental Express Increases Service Between Amarillo and Houston
AMARILLO, Texas, October 29, 1999 -- Continental Express, the regional airline subsidiary of Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A), today announced increased service from Amarillo International Airport to its hub at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, effective Jan. 6, 2000.
The new flight provides convenient connections to 132 cities via Continental’s Houston hub, including Latin America and Europe.
An additional Continental Express flight will bring the total number of daily nonstops from three to four. Using the Embraer ERJ-145, known as the ExpressJet, the new flight will depart Amarillo at 7:30 p.m. and will arrive in Houston at 9 p.m. The return flight leaves Houston at 5:25 p.m. and arrives in Amarillo at 7 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.