2000 News Releases

December 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Reduces Flights Due to Severe Weather in the Northeast
December 20, 2000 Continental Express Announces Nonstop Service Between Madison, Wis. and LaGuardia
December 19, 2000 Continental Airlines to Inaugurate Daily Flights to Argentina
December 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Jumps to No. 18 In FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For" List
December 14, 2000 Continental Initiates Service to New Destinations and Winter Resorts
December 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Special Stockholders Meeting
December 12, 2000 Continental to Increase Flights on Houston-Sao Paulo Route
December 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Daily Service Between New York and Melbourne, Fla.
December 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports November Load Factor
December 1, 2000 Continental Airlines and Pilots Union Set Process And Timeline for 2002 Pilot Negotiations
December 1, 2000 Continental Airlines and CommutAir Launch Continental Connection Service in Eastern U.S.
November 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Switches To Its New Boeing 767-200ER On Zurich Route
November 29, 2000 Continental Applauds Important Aviation Pact with Argentina
November 20, 2000 Continental Express Announces Service Between Montrose/Telluride, Colo., and Houston
November 16, 2000 Continental, Northwest Reach Definitive Agreement on Stock Repurchase
November 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Postponement of Detroit Trial Until Nov. 16
November 10, 2000 Continental Airlines Takes Delivery of Its First Boeing 767-200ER Aircraft
November 7, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Daily Service Between New York and Aruba
November 6, 2000 Continental Airlines Prices Convertible Preferred Securities
November 6, 2000 No Need to Lose Sleep Over Elite Upgrades With Continental's New, Automated System
November 6, 2000 Continental, Northwest Reach Agreement in Principle on Stock Repurchase
November 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports October Load Factor
October 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Breaks Ground On A $350 Million International Expansion Program
October 30, 2000 Continental Connection Announce Increased Service to Up-State New York
October 23, 2000 Continental Express Announces Service Between Daytona Beach, Florida and Cleveland
October 16, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Earnings Per Share Increase of 56 Percent
October 12, 2000 Continental Airlines to Add Seasonal Service Between New York and Anchorage, Alaska
October 11, 2000 Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines Form Largest Interline E-Ticket Network
October 10, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces New Daily Service Between New York and London/Stansted
October 6, 2000 Continental Airlines' CFO Larry Kellner Wins 2000 CFO Excellence Award
October 5, 2000 Continental Airlines Commends Congress for Appropriating Funding for IAH Runway Expansion Project
October 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Order for 15 Boeing 757-300s
October 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Provides Extra Seats from Belize City in Wake of Hurricane Keith
October 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Daily, Nonstop Service Between New York and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
October 4, 2000 Continental Express Opens New Regional Jet Maintenance Facility
October 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports September Load Factor
September 28, 2000 Continental Airlines Plans Flights Direct to Colorado Ski Resorts
September 26, 2000 Continental Airlines Named Top U.S.-Based Global Carrier in FORTUNE Magazine Survey
September 21, 2000 Continental Airlines Ranked No. 1 Airline Innovator of Information Technology
September 19, 2000 Continental Airlines to Add Second Flight Between New York and Portland, Oregon
September 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Celebrates Record Summer with Barbecue Lunch for 52,300 Employees
September 14, 2000 Continental Airlines to Acquire More Boeing 777s and 737-800s
September 12, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Temporary Operations Impact From Interruption In Power Supply
September 12, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Another Increase in Stock Repurchase Program
September 8, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Summer 2000 On-Time Performance Exceeds Summer 1999
September 6, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Service From LaGuardia
September 5, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record August Load Factor
September 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Cooperates with Authorities Investigating Concorde Accident
August 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO to Fly the Company's First Boeing 767-400ER from the Factory;Airline Continues with Industry's Youngest Jet Fleet
August 28, 2000 Continental Airlines Web Site Again Ranked No. 1 In Customer Satisfaction
August 22, 2000 Continental Airlines Cancels Tuesday's Flights Between Puerto Rico and St. Maarten and the U.S. Due to Hurricane Debby
August 14, 2000 Continental Airlines Activates Automated System for Corporate Client Discount Programs
August 9, 2000 Continental Airlines Reaches Commitment with TNRCC To Achieve Clean Air Goal
August 9, 2000 Continental Airlines' Newark Global Gateway Project Ahead of Schedule; New Presidents Club Opens
August 8, 2000 Continental Airlines Launches Co-Branded Japanese Credit Card
August 8, 2000 Continental Airlines' Web Site Again Lands No. 1 Spot in Forrester PowerRankings
August 6, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Daily Non-stop Service Between New York and Hong Kong
August 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Ranks No. 1 in Customer Loyalty Survey
August 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces It Has Exercised Five Additional Options For The Boeing 737
August 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports 12 Percentage Points Improvement In July On-Time Performance
August 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Highest Load Factor in Company History
August 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Launches Service Between New York and Oakland
August 1, 2000 Continental Airlines' Senior Executives Sign Five-Year Employment Agreements
July 31, 2000 Continental Express Begins Nonstop Service Between Houston and Hermosillo, Mexico
July 25, 2000 Nine More Continental Airlines Employees Drive Home Free Ford Explorers
July 25, 2000 Continental Express Announces Order as Launch Customer for the New Embraer ERJ-145XR
July 21, 2000 Continental Airlines Gets High Rating From Aviation Week & Space Technology
July 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record Earnings Per Share and 21st Consecutive Profitable Quarter
July 7, 2000 Continental Express Aircraft Dispatchers Ratify New 48-Month Labor Contract
July 7, 2000 Continental Airlines Breaks On-Time Performance and Load Factor Record Over Busy July 4 Holiday
July 6, 2000 Continental More Than Doubles the Number of eService Centers in Houston and Newark
July 5, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Best Ever Load Factor in Company History
June 29, 2000 Continental Airlines Introduces New BusinessFirst Menus In July
June 29, 2000 Continental Airlines Marks Successful First Year of Service Between Cleveland and London
June 27, 2000 Continental Airlines is Rated Best and Cited for "Excellent Service" by Readers of Ziff Davis Smart Business
June 22, 2000 Continental Express Flight Attendants Ratify New 54-Month Labor Contract
June 20, 2000 Continental Airlines Inaugurates Service to Santa Cruz, Bolivia
June 19, 2000 Continental Adds Second Daily Tel Aviv Flight
June 19, 2000 Continental Airlines Chairman Calls for Relaxed Foreign Ownership Rules as Airline Industry Faces Global Consolidation
June 15, 2000 Continental Airlines and CommutAir Begin Code-Share Flights in Eastern U.S.
June 15, 2000 Continental Airlines and AT&T Form Frequent Flyer Agreement
June 14, 2000 Continental Airlines Inaugurates Non-Stop Service Between Austin and Cleveland
June 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Expands Route System With Two New Destinations
June 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Inaugurates New Non-Stop Service Between Cleveland and Austin
June 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Expands Houston Hub With Service to Two New Destinations
June 8, 2000 Continental Airlines to Operate Second Large Jet on Corpus Christi-Houston Route
June 7, 2000 Continental to Provide All-Jet Service to Buffalo, N.Y. and Daily Service to LaGuardia
June 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record May Load Factor
June 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Tops All U.S. Airlines for Business Class Service Across Atlantic, Pacific, According to Condé Nast Traveler Magazine
June 1, 2000 Continental Express Begins Service Between Dallas Love Field and Cleveland
May 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces New Service to Three Destinations in Mexico from New York
May 22, 2000 Continental Airlines Announce New Enhanced Animal Acceptance Policy
May 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Launches Non-Stop Service between Guam and Seoul, South Korea
May 17, 2000 Continental Airlines Launches Non-Stop Service between Guam and Seoul, South Korea
May 12, 2000 Continental Express Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement with Flight Attendants
May 12, 2000 Continental Express Opens $25-Million Training Center in Houston
May 11, 2000 Continental Airlines Adding New Non-Stop Service between New York and Oakland
May 9, 2000 Continental Airlines Sweeps Frequent Flyer / J.D. Power and Associates Awards, Taking Top Spots For Both Short and Long-Distance Flights
May 4, 2000 Continental Express Announces New Nonstop Service Between Houston and Hermosillo, Mexico
May 3, 2000 Continental Airlines' CEO Ranked Among Top 50 CEOs in America by Worth Magazine
May 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Waives Advance Purchase Restriction for Stranded Tower Air Customers
May 2, 2000 Continental Airlines Inaugurates Service to Sacramento, Calif.
May 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record April Load Factor
May 1, 2000 Continental Express Inaugurates New Nonstop Service Between Houston and Puebla, Mexico
May 1, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Regional Jet Service Between Portland, Maine, and Cleveland
April 24, 2000 Continental Airlines Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit against United Airlines and Airline Management Council over Baggage Sizers
April 20, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports 20th Consecutive Profitable Quarter
April 17, 2000 Continental Airlines to Offer New Service Between New York and Aruba
April 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Debuts New Latin Business Market Menus
April 10, 2000 Continental Airlines Named Top International Airline in National Airline Quality Rating Study; No. 2 in the U.S.
April 10, 2000 Continental Airlines OnePass Announces New Online Brokerage Partner, DLJdirect
April 7, 2000 Continental Express Increases Service Between Dayton And Houston
April 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record March Load Factor
March 31, 2000 Continental Express Announces New Service Between San Angelo And Houston
March 31, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Service Between Madison And Cleveland
March 31, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Service From Cleveland And Houston
March 30, 2000 Continental Airlines Switches To B-777 Aircraft On Houston-Paris Route
March 28, 2000 Continental Airlines Names Ned Walker Senior Vice President - Worldwide Corporate Communications
March 27, 2000 Continental Airlines To Offer New Service Between New York And Grand Cayman
March 24, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Ticket Policy to Accommodate USAirways Passengers
March 23, 2000 Continental Airlines Implements New, Faster E-Ticket Kiosks
March 21, 2000 Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines Enhance Seamless Service Through Joint Electronic Initiatives
March 17, 2000 Continental Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify New 54-Month Labor Contract
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Begin Service from Syracuse, N.Y., to New York's LaGuardia
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Begin Service from Rochester, N.Y., to New York's LaGuardia
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Begin Service from Richmond, Va., to New York's LaGuardia
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Begin Service from Greensboro, N.C., to New York's LaGuardia
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Begin Service from Buffalo, N.Y., to New York's LaGuardia
March 16, 2000 Continental Express to Provide Extensive All-Jet Service at LaGuardia
March 13, 2000 Continental and COPA Airlines Open Presidents Club in Panama City, Panama
March 8, 2000 Continental Airlines Expanding Service From Its Hubs This Summer
March 7, 2000 Continental Airlines' Hub at Newark Drives Local Economy According to New Economic Impact Study
March 6, 2000 Continental Airlines Moves Its Downtown Cleveland Ticket Office
March 2, 2000 Continental Airlines Introduces New Tools, Enhancements to Website
March 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports February Load Factor
March 1, 2000 Continental Express Begins Service Between Hamilton, Ontario, and Cleveland
March 1, 2000 Continental Express Begins Service Between Abilene, Texas, and Houston
March 1, 2000 Continental Express Introduces Jet Service Between Harlingen, Texas, and Houston
March 1, 2000 Continental and Continental Express Begin New Service from All Three Hubs
February 22, 2000 Continental Express Announces Order for 75 Additional Embraer Regional Jets
February 21, 2000 Continental Airlines Statement Regarding Flight 1416
February 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces NCAA Men's Final Four® Promotion on Website
February 17, 2000 Continental Airlines Reduces Friday's Flights Due to Winter Storm in Northern U.S.
February 17, 2000 Continental Airlines Named No. 2 Most Admired Airline by FORTUNE Magazine
February 15, 2000 Continental Express Introduces Regional Jet Service to Albany
February 15, 2000 Continental Express Announces Increased Service to Chihuahua and Tampico, Mexico
February 14, 2000 Continental Airlines Pays Profit Sharing to Employees
February 10, 2000 Final Hurdle Cleared for Continental Express to Start Love Field Service; Cleveland Service to Begin in June
February 9, 2000 Continental Airlines Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement with Flight Attendant Unit
February 9, 2000 Continental Express Begins Service Between Cleveland and Four New Cities
February 9, 2000 Continental Express Announces New Weekend Service Between Savannah, GA and Cleveland
February 9, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Service Between Houston and Mazatlán, Mexico
February 9, 2000 Continental Express Announces New Service Between Charleston and Cleveland
February 9, 2000 Continental Express Begins New Service from Three Cities in South Carolina
February 7, 2000 Continental Airlines Offers Spring Travel Sale
February 4, 2000 Continental Airlines Offers Spring Travel Sale to Europe Through Website
February 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Record January Load Factor
January 31, 2000 Continental Airlines Rewards Employees With New Vehicles
January 28, 2000 Houston Media Advisory - Continental Airlines to give away eight more Ford Explorers
January 28, 2000 Continental Airlines Global Gateway Financing Named by Institutional Investor as a Public Finance Deal of the Year
January 27, 2000 Continental Airlines OnePass Program Takes Top Freddie Awards
January 27, 2000 Continental Airlines Only U.S. Carrier to Win OAG Awards
January 25, 2000 Continental Airlines Reduces Flights Due to Heavy Snow in Northeastern Region
January 24, 2000 Continental Airlines Inaugurates Presidents Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico
January 21, 2000 Continental Airlines Ranks No. 1 in Smart Money Magazine's Business Travel Survey
January 21, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces New Service to Sacramento, California
January 20, 2000 Continental Airlines Reduces Thursday's Flights Due to Snow in New York Area
January 20, 2000 Continental Airlines Hosts Best of Europe Conference
January 18, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports Fourth Quarter Results and Fifth Straight Year of Profits
January 13, 2000 Continental Airlines Restructures Key International Routes, Adds Two New South American Destinations; Houston Gets Access to Chile; Second Daily Tel Aviv Flight Begins in June
January 12, 2000 Continental Airlines Summarizes Special Gains and Charges in 1999
January 12, 2000 Continental Airlines Offers Low Fares from Atlanta, GA
January 12, 2000 Continental Airlines to Offer New Service Between New York and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
January 6, 2000 Continental Airlines Offers Five Percent Discount on Fares Through Website
January 5, 2000 Continental Express Introduces Regional Jet Service to Grand Rapids
January 5, 2000 Continental Express Announces New Service Between Savannah, GA and Houston
January 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Reports December and 1999 Load Factors
January 3, 2000 Continental Airlines Announces Winter/Spring Travel Sale
January 1, 2000 Continental Airlines Successfully Completes Year 2000 Rollover