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Continental Airlines: United States
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Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is a United States certificated air carrier. Based in Houston, Texas, it is the fourth-largest airline in the U.S.[1] and the fifth-largest in the world by revenue passenger miles. Continental's marketing slogan, since 1998, has been Work Hard, Fly Right.
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Every year, Continental Airlines transports roosters bred and trained to kill from the U.S. to the Island of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands of Rota, Saipan and Tinian. Although Continental Airlines has a policy stating the carrier will not ship animals for fighting purposes, the policy is not being enforced. Breeders of birds for cockfighting frequently claim their fowl are raised for breeding purposes or bird shows to dodge the regulations.
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HOUSTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines today unveiled an animal kenneling facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, the first airline-owned kennel situated on airport property in the United States. This new service will be offered to the carrier's four-legged customers that utilize the acclaimed PetSafe service.
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Although salaries had risen an average of 25 percent since 1994, Continental employees were still paid less than their counterparts at other airlines. Morale and attention to detail were boosted by unique incentives, such as a payment of $65 to each employee every time Continental finished in the top three on-time carriers in the United States. The company reduced absenteeism by raffling off Ford Explorers twice a year to those with perfect attendance. On-time performance and motivated employees were key components in luring demanding (and lucrative) business travelers back to the airline. Part of what made Continental's renewed focus on quality so striking was the cutbacks other airlines were making at the same time.
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In 2005, Continental expanded service from Newark to Beijing after being awarded the China route. During the same year, five new European destinations including Oslo-Gaerdermoen in Norway, Stockholm in Sweden, Belfast and Bristol in the United Kingdom, and Hamburg and Berlin in Germany. 2005 was a year in which coverage in Asia was ... expanded; Continental introduced a nonstop daily flight from Newark to New Delhi, India. With the immense success of this Newark-New Delhi route, Continental elected to open a second gateway in India. With the recent announcement of daily nonstop service to Mumbai, Continental will offer the most nonstop flights from the United States to India by any carrier. Continental also began new non-stop service to Cologne, Germany and Athens, Greece in 2007.
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Unfortunately, Continental faced numerous obstacles as it entered the 1970s, and its financial standing began to suffer. The first blow came just after Richard Nixon took over the presidency of the United States. In one of his very last acts as President, Lyndon Johnson had awarded air traffic rights to Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand to Continental. To accommodate its increased capacity demands, the company purchased a fleet of four 747s. Barely a month later, Nixon took office and canceled Continental's rights to the three destinations. Later, the routes were awarded again to the company, but then revoked again.
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