News Release
Continental Express Begins Nonstop Service Between Houston and Hermosillo, Mexico
HOUSTON, July 31, 2000 -- Continental Express, the regional airline subsidiary of Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A), will begin daily, nonstop service from its hub at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Hermosillo, capital of the northwestern Mexico state of Sonora, tomorrow.
Hermosillo is the 21st Mexican destination for Continental, already the leading U.S. air carrier to Mexico.
Flights from Houston depart at 8:35 p.m., Monday-Friday and Sunday, arriving in Hermosillo at 9:28 p.m. On Saturdays, the flight will depart Houston at 5:35 p.m., arriving in Hermosillo at 6:28 p.m. Return flights will leave Hermosillo each day at 7:15 a.m. and arrive in Houston at 11:59 a.m.
Continental Express will operate the 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet, known as the ExpressJet, on the daily, nonstop flight to Hermosillo. The Embraer ERJ-145 offers amenities such as jet-bridge loading, a fully equipped galley, spacious lavatory, leather-covered seats and carry-on luggage storage.
"Our new flight to Hermosillo provides a direct connection to this rapidly-growing business area of Mexico," said Jim Ream, president, Continental Express. "A major agricultural and industrial city, Hermosillo is also a transportation hub for some of Mexico's main highways and railroads." Continental Airlines, the second-largest U.S. air carrier to Latin America and the Caribbean in number of passengers and destinations, offers more than 250 weekly flights to Mexico. Operating major hubs in Newark, Houston and Cleveland, Continental (www.continental.com) has extensive service throughout the Americas, and to Europe and Asia.
Continental Express serves more than eight million customers annually. As a regional air carrier to Continental Airlines, Express offers more than 1,000 daily departures to more than 100 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.