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9 unusual facts about Continental Airlines


Air route authority between the United States and China

In June 2005, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded American Airlines authority to fly between Chicago and Shanghai as well as authority to Continental Airlines to fly between Newark and Beijing.

Audrey Meadows

On August 24, 1961, Meadows married her second husband, Robert F. "Bob" Six, President of Continental Airlines, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

British Rail Class 488

Some sets were later reliveried with Continental Airlines advertisements, including units 488203/04/07/08/10, 488304/05/10/14/19.

CityMusic Cleveland

CityMusic Cleveland has been reviewed and/or featured in The Plain Dealer, "Symphony Magazine", Gramophone, Northern Ohio Live, and the Continental Airlines magazine, among other publications.

Jonathan G. Ornstein

Mr. Ornstein joined Continental Express as President and Chief Executive Officer in July 1994 and, in November 1994, was named Senior Vice President, Airport Services at Continental Airlines.

Michael J. Lotz

Previously, Mr. Lotz was employed by Continental Airlines, most recently as Vice President of Airport Operations, Properties and Facilities at Continental Express.

Site59.com

In addition to its own web site, Site59 operated a private label distribution (ASP) product, powering last-minute sections of Travelocity, AOL Travel, CheapTickets, Yahoo! Travel, American Airlines Vacations, Delta Air Lines Vacations, Continental Airlines Vacations, Northwest's nwa.com, and Bestfares.com, among others.

Villahermosa

The city is served by several national air carriers as well as by a direct international flight to Houston via Continental Airlines.

William W. Winpisinger

He negotiated the union's first collective bargaining agreement with Continental Airlines in 1961, and was appointed Automotive Coordinator in 1965, overseeing the contracts of more than 100,000 auto mechanics.


Boeing 737 Classic

September 16, 1998: Continental Airlines Flight 475, using a 737-500, received windshear while landing in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Colgan Air

Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Q400 operated for Continental Airlines crashed into a house located at 6038 Long Street in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, resulting in 50 deaths.

Happy Hunting

After marrying her third husband, Continental Airlines executive Robert Six, in 1953, Ethel Merman retired from performing and happily embraced the life of a Colorado housewife.

Jack E. Robinson III

Robinson has worked in a variety of executive positions in the airline industry with Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines, and became the youngest airline president in modern U.S. aviation history when he served as president of Eastern Express – at the time one of the largest regional airlines in the country.

Lynx Aviation

Former Western Airlines pilot and Chief Operating Officer of ATA Airlines Inc., Bill Beal; former Sun Country Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines executive Nick Wangler, and, Steven Westberg, former chief financial officer of Midway Airlines and a former vice president of Continental Airlines are trying to raise $40 million to buy Lynx Aviation and rename it Fly Smart.

Michael E. Levine

As an airline executive, Levine served at Continental Airlines (1981–82) and Northwest (1992–99) as an Executive Vice President and was President and CEO of New York Air (1982–84), guiding that post-deregulation airline to its first profit.

Mitigation of aviation's environmental impact

A number of airlines have operated biofuel test flights including Virgin Atlantic Airways, which flew with one engine operating on a blend of 20% coconut oil and 80% traditional jet fuel, and Continental Airlines which flew with one engine operating on a blend of 44% Jatropha oil, 6% Algae oil and 50% traditional jet fuel.

Montgomery Regional Airport

Past airlines since 1955 have included Eastern Air Lines, Eastern Metro Express, Southern Airways, Republic Airlines, Piedmont Aviation, Sun Airlines, Southeast Air, South Central Air Transport (SCAT), Air Illinois, Ocean Airways, Continental Airlines, Continental Express and Northwest Airlink.

Rebecca Gernhardt Cox

During her tenure as an executive with Continental, the airline emerged from bankruptcy and rose from being ranked last in every measurable performance category to winning more J. D. Power and Associates awards for Customer Satisfaction than any other airline in the world.

Stephen Wolf

He joined Pan American World Airways as a senior vice president in 1981 and became president and chief operating officer of Continental Airlines in 1982.

Victoria Osteen

Sharon Brown, a Continental Airlines flight attendant, accused Victoria Osteen of assault before a December 19, 2005 flight from Houston, Texas to Vail, Colorado.

William S. Price III

Price would be involved with all of TPG's investments, most notably Beringer, Continental Airlines, Petco, Ducati and Grohe.


see also

Leading Edge Aviation Services

In 2010, Leading Edge was contracted to repaint 631 planes in the United and Continental Airlines merger, expanding the company's Amarillo, Texas location.

Robert Six

In 1981, Texas Air Corporation, controlled by airline industry entrepreneur Frank Lorenzo, acquired a controlling interest in Continental Airlines following a contentious battle for control with Continental's management, including Six and then-president Al Feldman, who were adamant in their resistance to Lorenzo.