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Continental Airlines: Passengers
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In this video, Continental Airlines blames the river of excrement that passengers endured on a 8-hour international flight on some gloves flushed down the toilet. Eyewitness Collin Brock ... snagged a nice picture of a stewardess walking around in a DIY gag-mask [sic]. People, you know that sign with the syringes, towels, cups, cobrasnakes, etc etc going into the toilet? And there's that big ol red line across them all? Yeah, it's there for a reason. — BEN POPKEN more
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Houston, TX - "Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) on Sunday, Sept. 11, is operating a Louisiana evacuation flight carryingup to 100 passengers -- who are all dogs. The dogs are all homeless as a result of Hurricane Katrina..."
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To counter the bad publicity, Continental offered a $49 fare for any nonstop flight that the airline ran. The idea was to bring passengers aboard and let them see that the airline was capable of functioning as usual, with the hope that most would then return again. The promotion was a success; not only did it earn the company return passengers, but labor opposition dissolved and employees elected to return to work. Questionable strike tactics led the pilots to repudiate their union. Soon 4,000 of the original 12,000 employees were rehired at reduced pay with an increased workload. In response, by 1985 Continental's labor costs had been reduced significantly.
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BusinessFirst is the equivalent of business class on Continental Airlines' international flights.[25] It is currently available on Boeing 757-200, 767-200, 767-400, and 777-200 aircraft. On Boeing 757-200, 767-200, and 767-400 aircraft, seats have 55 inches of pitch and 156 degrees of recline. Boeing 757-200s feature Audio-Video-On-Demand (AVOD), which is planned to be added on the Boeing 767 family aircraft in the future which currently have personal TV's. On Boeing 777-200 aircraft, seats have 55 inches of pitch and 170 degrees of recline. They ... have personal TV's, but are gradually being upgraded to AVOD. Passengers aboard this class receive complimentary meals and refreshments, including alcoholic beverages.
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In December 2007, Continental flew 7.6 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 9.7 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), resulting in a traffic increase of 1.9 percent and a capacity increase of 3.0 percent as compared to December 2006. In December 2007, Continental flew 6.8 billion mainline RPMs and 8.7 billion mainline ASMs, resulting in a mainline traffic increase of 3.2 percent and a mainline capacity increase of 4.6 percent as compared to December 2006. Domestic mainline traffic was 3.7 billion RPMs in December 2007, which is flat as compared to December 2006, and domestic mainline capacity was 4.5 billion ASMs, up 0.5 percent from December 2006.
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Continental will accept one child under two years of age traveling with a parent or an adult 18 years or older, provided the child does not occupy a seat. If there are two or more children under two years of age traveling with the same passenger, only one of the children may travel as a lap child. Any additional children under two years are required to have a ticket, and pay the applicable children's fare.
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