| Description | Continental Airlines is an American airline. Based in Houston, Texas, it is the 5th largest airline in the U.S. and the 6th largest in the world.
From its largest hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston plus other hubs at Newark Liberty International Airport near New York City and Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Continental flies to destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Its affiliate airline, Continental Micronesia, covers cities in Hawaii, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia from its hub in Guam.
Continental is a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operates under the trade name Continental Express. Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Gulfstream International Airlines feed Continental’s flights under the "Continental Connection" name.
Since September 2004, Continental has been a member of the SkyTeam Alliance, which it joined alongside Northwest Airlines and KLM. Previously, it was part of the now-defunct Wings Alliance. In addition to extensive code-share arrangements with SkyTeam partner airlines such as Delta Air Lines, the airline also code-shares with Amtrak to some cities in the northeastern United States, and with SNCF French Rail to stations in France. |
