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Continental Initiates Service to New Destinations and Winter Resorts

HOUSTON, Dec. 14, 2000 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A) is starting new service, including flights to island destinations and ski resorts.

Beginning today, Continental is flying these routes:

New York/Newark nonstop to: New York/LaGuardia nonstop to: Houston/Bush Intercontinental nonstop to: Cleveland, Ohio, nonstop to:

Continental Airlines is the fifth largest airline in the U.S., offering more than 2,400 departures daily to 138 domestic and 92 international destinations. With hubs in Newark, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, 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 SmartMoney magazines), OnePass frequent flyer program (InsideFlyer’s Freddie Awards) and overall operations and management (Air Transport World’s 1996 Airline of the Year).