News Release
Continental Airlines Launches Service Between New York and Oakland
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2000 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A) today inaugurates new service between Newark International Airport and Oakland International Airport.
Service to Oakland, Calif., will operate twice daily with a 124-seat Boeing 737-700. The first flight out of Newark will depart at 7:10 a.m. and arrive in Oakland at 10:20 a.m. The second flight departs Newark at 8:40 p.m. and arrives in Oakland at 11:59 p.m. Return flights will leave Oakland at 11:10 a.m. and 11:05 p.m., and arrive in Newark at 7:35 p.m. and 7:17 a.m., respectively. In addition, Continental serves San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and Orange County non-stop from New York. Continental is the only carrier to serve all three of California’s Bay area airports from New York.
Continental Airlines is the fifth largest airline in the U.S., offering more than 2,300 departures daily to 138 domestic and 94 international destinations. Operating major hubs in Newark, Houston and Cleveland, Continental (www.continental.com) serves more international cities than any other U.S. carrier, including extensive service throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Continental is in the top quarter of FORTUNE magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work for in America," and is ranked the nation’s No. 1 airline in customer satisfaction for long and short-haul flights by Frequent Flyer Magazine and J.D. Power and Associates. Continental has received numerous awards for its BusinessFirst premium cabin (Condé Nast Traveler, OAG, Entrepreneur and Smart Money magazines), OnePass frequent flyer program (InsideFlyer’s Freddie Awards) and overall operations and management (Air Transport World’s 1997 Airline of the Year).