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Continental Airlines is the world's sixth-largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 3,200 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 151 domestic and 137 international destinations. More than 400 additional points are served via SkyTeam alliance airlines. With more than 42,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 61 million passengers per year. Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture.
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Northwest Airlines (NW), and Continental Airlines (CO), are the two major American carriers to order the 787. With teh 767 fleets operated by Delta (DL), American (AA), US, and UA pushing retirement, the airlines need new airplanes. The next round of 787 v A350 is coming up, with about 30 airlines around the world expected to announce new fleet choices.
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Continental Airlines has a fleet of more than 365 planes covering more than 290 destinations. The Airline operates more than 3,000 flights a day from all its destinations. It carries about 65 million passengers a year.
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The Continental Airlines World MasterCard ... provides an excellent airline reward program. Through the program, cardholders to earn airline miles for every purchase made with the card. Every dollar spent earns one mile. In addition, new cardholders receive a bonus of 15,000 miles after the first purchase.
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On 25 July 2000, Continental Airlines flight 55, a DC-10 contributed to the crash of Air France Concorde Flight 4590 in Paris. The Continental jet dropped a strip of metal from its thrust reverser on the runway, which subsequently caused the Concorde's tires to explode as it began its takeoff roll. The exploding tires shot large pieces of the tires into Concorde's wing fuel tanks, starting fires in engines 3 and 4, leading to the crash which killed all aboard.
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Continental Airlines is based in Houston and is the fifth largest airline in the U.S. and the sixth largest in the world. From its hubs at Houston-Bush, Newark, and Cleveland, Continental flies to destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Continental has partnerships with Northwest Airlines, KLM, and Delta Air Lines.
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