Continental Airlines, based in Houston, has announced that on March 27, 2010, the airline will launch daily non-stop transatlantic service between their New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Munich, Germany.
This service comes just after Continental is officially integrated into the Star Alliance and is further evidence of their full participation in the [...]
Air Canada has announced new flight service connecting Western Canadian city Calgary, Alberta and Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan.
The new flights will commence on March 27, 2010 and will be operated on 211-seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft. Air Canada also will focus on connections in Tokyo to a number of Star Alliance partner airline flights [...]
Although airline mergers are always percolating in the industry rumor mill, there has been a noticeable uptick in recent weeks as analysts talk about possible tie-ups. With the acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines by Delta Airlines looking like it should be a success, creating the world’s largest airline, and capacity still over-pacing demand, the [...]
United Airlines, already serving Brussels, Belgium from their hub at Washington Dulles International Airport, will add a daily flight beginning March 28, 2010 from Chicago O’Hare.
The Brussels flight is time to connect well with Brussels Airlines, a new Star Alliance member after being acquired by Star Alliance founding member Lufthansa. Connections are available in Brussels [...]
United Airlines has announced a spring International expansion into three new countries. United will fly non-stop between Washington Dulles Airport, their east coast hub, and Accra in the western African nation of Ghana. From there, the Boeing 767 will fly on to Lagos, Nigeria. The return flight to Washington Dulles will stop again in Accra, [...]
Houston based Continental Airlines starts three new non-stop markets from their Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport today in recognition and support of their new entry into the Star Alliance that occurred earlier this week.
The three new routes will better match Star Alliance partners Air Canada, United and Lufthansa. Continental will augment connecting possibilities with Air [...]
Continental Airlines, just inducted into the Star Alliance yesterday, has announced that they have signed alliances with two Asian airlines that are also Star Alliance members. The new alliances with Asiana of South Korea and ANA of Japan will commence in 2010.
The new alliances will include full partnership benefits such as code-sharing, frequent-flyer benefits, operational [...]
Continental Airlines officially leaves SkyTeam and becomes a member of the Star Alliance today joining United Airlines, US Airways and other International carriers including Lufthansa.
By landing in the Star Alliance Continental will bring a much needed emphasis on two markets for that global airline alliance. Many have said for some time that the Star Alliance [...]
Now that bmi and Austrian Airlines are solidly in the Lufthansa family of airlines, TAM Airlines of Brazil has expanded their code sharing agreement with the European airlines to include Frequent Flyer cooperation. Now, passengers can earn and redeem miles on each others flights for their preferred program.
This agreement could pave the way for TAM [...]
The stakes just got raised in the Japan Airlines partner negotiations. Until now, it was Delta Airlines, the world’s largest, combined with fellow SkyTeam partners Air France/KLM that seemed to hold many of the cards in their quest to get JAL to jump ship from OneWorld and join SkyTeam. But now, American, for a while [...]
JetBlue and Lufthansa of Germany today announced their intention to form a code-sharing agreement focusing on the JetBlue hub of New York JFK Airport. The application to the Department of Transportation calls for unlimited code-sharing between the two carriers on all of their flights.
This agreement would open up Europe and beyond to JetBlue customers offering [...]
Air Canada has announced its intention to operate flights to both European cities of Barcelona, Spain and Athens, Greece. The new flights to both destinations will operate from both Toronto and Montreal and on a seasonal basis. The flights will begin June 3, 2010 and operate through October 18, 2010.
Air Canada will use their 244-seat [...]
In another effort to better coordinate with Star Alliance partners operations as it enters the airline consortium later this year, Continental Airlines has announced new flight service to Washington Dulles International Airport from both the Houston and Cleveland hubs for the airline.
This move will allow Continental passengers better access to United and Lufthansa flights operated [...]
As Continental moves closer to joining the Star Alliance that features neighbor Air Canada, some jockeying of route structure is expected in order to provide greater synergy and cooperation between the two carriers.
Continental earlier this week announced first-ever new flights to operate between their Houston hub in Texas and Edmonton, Alberta in central Canada. On [...]
The Star Alliance airline partnering group has continued to fare well and expanded its roster of members in recent years. I wanted to take a look at the current members since Continental Airlines was just granted regulatory permission to join, making it the third US airline to be a Star Alliance member. Their web site [...]
Continental Airlines has announed they will be prepared to officially join the Star Alliance on October 27, 2009. Continental received antitrust immunity from the Department of Transportation in July allowing them to work closely with the Star Alliance partners in pricing, schedules and operations including code-sharing.
Continental, currently a member of SkyTeam, will transition away from [...]
Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, just a few days after announcing that their senior executive CEO Kellner was stepping down at the end of this year, announced that their second quarter loss was a whopping $213 million. This includes a $44 million special item previously announced (write-off of declining 737 values) making the real [...]
