Ma kēia Lāpule, Nowemapa 1, e hoʻolauna ʻo Continental Airlines i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā i ʻekolu mau wahi hou mai kona hub Houston ma George Bush Intercontinental Airport: Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), a me Edmonton International Airport (YEG).

Houston – Frankfurt
E hoʻohana ʻia ka lawelawe hou i Frankfurt me Boeing 767-400ER mokulele, e noho ana he 35 mau kaʻa ma BusinessFirst a me 200 mau mea kaʻa i ka hoʻokele waiwai. E haʻalele nā mokulele iā Houston i kēlā me kēia lā ma 6:55 pm, a hōʻea i Frankfurt ma 11:45 am i ka lā aʻe. E haʻalele nā huakaʻi hoʻi iā Frankfurt i kēlā me kēia lā ma 1:50 pm, e hōʻea ana i Houston ma 6:15 pm ia lā hoʻokahi.

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele lawelawe mai Houston ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kā mākou hub nui loa iā Frankfurt, ka hub nui loa o Lufthansa, kā mākou hoa hou Star Alliance," wahi a Jeff Smisek, ka pelekikena a me ka luna nui o Continental. “Hoʻopiha kēia mokulele hou i ka lawelawe ʻo Houston-Frankfurt e noho nei ʻo Lufthansa a he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi ia o nā pōmaikaʻi a Star Alliance e lawe mai ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai. I kēia manawa, loaʻa i kā mākou mau mea kūʻai aku ʻelua manawa i ka lā, lawelawe pau ʻole ma waena o Houston a me Frankfurt kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke loaʻa a kūʻai hou aku i nā mile OnePass, loaʻa ka ʻike elite, a hauʻoli i nā pono ʻē aʻe āpau a i ʻole kā mākou lālā hou ma Star Alliance.

"Hāʻawi pū nā mokulele ʻo Continental a me Lufthansa i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā koho huakaʻi hou aku i Frankfurt a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe he nui ma ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, a me ʻApelika ma o nā pilina kūpono ma ka hub o Lufthansa." Ua hui pū ʻo Frankfurt iā Lākana, Paris, a me Amsterdam ma ke ʻano he ʻehā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa i lawelawe mau ʻia e Continental mai Houston. Hoʻohana pū ʻo Continental i nā huakaʻi i Frankfurt, a me ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Kelemānia - Berlin a me Hamburg - mai kāna kikowaena New York ma Newark Liberty International Airport.

Houston – Washington Dulles
E hāʻawi nā huakaʻi i Washington Dulles International Airport i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā manawa hoʻohui i hoʻonui ʻia ma waena o Continental a me kāna hoa Star Alliance, ʻo United, nona kahi hui honua ma Dulles. E lawelawe ʻia ka lawelawe Continental Express mai Houston e ExpressJet me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mokulele mokulele Embraer me 50 mau noho. E haʻalele ana nā mokulele mai Houston i ka hola 7:25 am, 10:15 am, a me 6:50 pm. E haʻalele nā mokulele hoʻi iā Wakinekona, DC ma ka hola 6:05 am, 12:30 pm, a me 2:35 pm. E hoʻomaka ana ka lawelawe hou iā Washington Dulles mai ka hui o Continental ma Cleveland i ka lā 1 Nowemapa.

Houston – Edmonton
E hoʻohana ʻia ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā iā Edmonton me kahi mokulele Boeing 737-500 me nā noho 114. E haʻalele nā mokulele iā Houston i ka hola 6:00 pm a hōʻea i Edmonton i ka hola 9:25 pm. E haʻalele nā mokulele hoʻi iā Edmonton i ka hola 6:40 a hōʻea i Houston i ka hola 11:56 am. ʻO Edmonton ka 11th Kanada huakaʻi i lawelawe ʻia e Continental a ʻo ka ʻehā i lawelawe ʻia mai ka hub Houston. ʻO nā wahi hoʻomaha ʻole ʻē aʻe ma Kanada mai Houston ʻo Calgary, Toronto, a me Vancouver. ʻO Continental Airlines ka lima o ka mokulele nui loa ma ka honua. ʻO Continental, me Continental Express a me Continental Connection, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,400 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā ma ʻAmelika, ʻEulopa, a me ʻAsia, e lawelawe ana i 130 mau ʻāina a me 132 mau wahi honua.

He lālā ʻo Continental no Star Alliance, e hāʻawi ana i ke ala i ʻoi aku ma mua o 900 mau wahi hou ma 169 mau ʻāina ma o 24 mau lālā ʻē aʻe. Me ka ʻoi aku o 41,000 mau limahana, he mau kikowaena ko Continental e lawelawe ana iā New York, Houston, Cleveland, a me Guam, a me kāna mau hoa hana kūloko, lawe ma kahi o 63 miliona mau kaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i kāna makahiki 75 i kēia makahiki, loaʻa mau ʻo Continental i nā makana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi no kāna hana a me kāna moʻomeheu hui. No ke ono o ka makahiki, ua kapa ʻia ka makasina FORTUNE ʻo Continental ka no. 1 ʻO ka mokulele i mahalo nui ʻia ma ka honua ma kāna papa inoa 2009 o nā hui mahalo nui ʻia o ka honua. No ka 'ike hou aku o ka hui, e hele i continental.com.