Originally Posted by
robb
I don't recall the exact details, but it's my understanding that the Continental Airlines of today is more Eastern than Continental, Texas Air just rebranded everything under the Continental name. I could be wrong.
I'd say that today's Continental is more PeoplExpress and old Frontier (which was bought by PeoplExpress not long before Texas Air took over). For years, PeoplExpress talked about that glorious new terminal at Newark that would solve all their problems. And today, it's CO's east coast hub.