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Recognizing operational capacity limits at Newark, Continental has begun further utilizing its Cleveland hub by developing more international services at Cleveland, altering its role from that of a reliever hub. On September 14, 2007, Continental announced a major two-year expansion of its Cleveland hub, including new service from Cleveland to Paris commencing May 22, 2008. Additional international routes are expected to follow, pending the completion of a newly-expanded Federal Inspection Services station in Continental's primary concourse in Cleveland. Domestically, the expansion will proceed in two phases. The first phase involves twelve new destinations to be served from Cleveland primarily on regional jets, with the new service in place by May 2008. Later, in 2009, up to 20 new destinations will be added, primarily on mainline aircraft.
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Continental knew that it would have to purchase several new airplanes once again, including a fleet of the latest jetliners. Therefore, the company invested $60 million in new aircraft: DC-7s, Viscount 810s, and Boeing 707s. The challenge to Continental was then to use its limited jet fleet to cover all of its capacity needs. The problem spurred the creation of Lawrence's "progressive maintenance" program, which routinely called one of the five 707s out of service on a rotational basis. This plan reduced the actual maintenance time spent on the airplanes and allowed the company to identify and correct any problems before they became serious. Thanks to Lawrence's idea, the company was able to use its five 707s for an average of 15 hours a day, which was the longest period of use in the industry at that time.
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In the late 1980s, following a dramatic reduction of service by United Airlines and an unsuccessful attempt by USAir to build-up point-to-point service, Continental slowly moved into Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and established what would become its third-largest system hub. Continental quickly gained nearly all of the gates in the airport's C concourse (once dominated by United), and later expanded that concourse in addition to constructing an entirely new Concourse D.
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Continental Airlines certainly wants a prime piece of the action. Already a major transatlantic player, CO (that’s the airline’s code) intends to inaugurate nonstop service from both its New York/Newark (EWR) and Bush Houston Intercontinental (IAH) hubs to London Heathrow (LHR), London’s preferred international gateway. Continental already offers nonstop New York/Newark to London Gatwick (LGW), and Houston to Gatwick flights.
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In addition to new Houston-Heathrow service in 2008, Continental has ... announced that it will inaugurate service to Paris in 2008 from the airline's hub at Cleveland where it operates seasonal service to London/Gatwick. The airline is working with the City of Cleveland to establish the necessary facilities at Hopkins International Airport in time for the launch of the Paris route. Under the SkyTeam alliance, passengers on the Continental flight to Paris will make convenient connections to other points around the world on Air France flights from its Paris hub.
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