Discontinued Cities
Sep 16, 2001, 7:42 am
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Discontinued Cities
The following was posted to my message board BiddingForTravel.com by a CO employee:
As of October 1, 2001 Continental will be discontinuing service to the following cities:
MLB - Melbourne, FL
DAB - Daytona Beach, FL
STN - London Stanton [sic], UK
DUS - Dusseldorf, Germany
ABI - Abiline, TX
SJT - San Angelo, TX
TYR - Tyler, TX
ACT - Waco, TX
HOU - Houston Hobby, TX
ACY - Atlantic City, NJ
As of October 1, 2001 Continental will be discontinuing service to the following cities:
MLB - Melbourne, FL
DAB - Daytona Beach, FL
STN - London Stanton [sic], UK
DUS - Dusseldorf, Germany
ABI - Abiline, TX
SJT - San Angelo, TX
TYR - Tyler, TX
ACT - Waco, TX
HOU - Houston Hobby, TX
ACY - Atlantic City, NJ
Sep 16, 2001, 8:28 am
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Thanks for that update. I was trying to book a flight to the UK yesterday for travel in OCT. and I couldn't find any flights on CO from EWR to STN -- now I understand why.
Sep 16, 2001, 3:54 pm
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ITN shows the following Int'l flights as cancelled (eff. Oct. 1):
CO 32/33 EWR-GIG-EWR
CO 36/37 EWR-DUS-EWR
CO 38/39 EWR-STN-EWR
CO 54/55 EWR-CDG-EWR
CO 66/67 CLE-LGW-CLE
Can somebody confirm this?
CO 32/33 EWR-GIG-EWR
CO 36/37 EWR-DUS-EWR
CO 38/39 EWR-STN-EWR
CO 54/55 EWR-CDG-EWR
CO 66/67 CLE-LGW-CLE
Can somebody confirm this?
Sep 16, 2001, 11:07 pm
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Read the original post that you're replying to for some of the answers.
Sep 17, 2001, 7:04 am
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As per Continental Domestic Passenger reservations (0805 Central). SJT has not been discontinued. They are continuing to sell tickets. Please provide additional verification or additional sources to reconfirm - please.
Sep 17, 2001, 7:07 am
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CLE non-stop to LON is looking like a casualty... I had res over Thanksgiving, but a look at CO's website doesn't show the flight as being around after Sept...
Sep 17, 2001, 12:06 pm
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Continental Airlines Capacity Reduction Ends Service to 10 Cities
HOUSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) today announced preliminary details of its previously announced long-term schedule reduction, which is being taken as a direct result of the current and anticipated drop in demand for air travel.
Overall Continental and Continental Express (included in all data below) are reducing capacity by 20 percent on a systemwide available seat mile basis.
``These painful steps are necessary for the long-term survival of Continental,'' said Chairman and CEO Gordon Bethune. ``Although these schedule reductions will hurt communities and those who have come to rely on us, we have no choice.''
As a result of the changes, Continental's hub activity will be modified as follows:
Original Revised Daily Percent
Hub Daily Daily Flight Change
Airport Departures Departures Reduction in Flights
Cleveland 249 215 34 (14%)
Houston 555 478 77 (14%)
Newark 377 302 75 (20%)
System 2,446 2,017 429 (18%)
The 18 percent reduction in flights results in a 20 percent reduction in available seat mile capacity.
Continental and Continental Express will stop flying the following routes, resulting in a complete discontinuation of service at the 10 cities with an asterisk:
Cleveland-Atlantic City, N.J.* NY/Newark-Daytona Beach, Fla.*
Houston-Abilene, Texas* NY/Newark-Dusseldorf, Germany*
Houston-San Angelo, Texas* NY/Newark-Houston/Hobby*
Houston-Tyler, Texas* NY/Newark-London/Stansted*
Houston-Waco, Texas* NY/Newark-Melbourne, Fla.*
Continental also announced that it will be temporarily suspending service between Cleveland and London/Gatwick. Nonstop service from NY/Newark to Rio de Janeiro is being suspended, although service to Rio de Janeiro will continue to be offered via Sao Paulo.
The changes will take effect on various dates between now and Oct. 1.
Continental will not implement service to Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, which was planned to take effect at the end of this year.
Most of the total capacity reduction is generated by modifying flight frequencies (for example, reducing flying from five times per day to four times per day on a particular route) on dozens of additional routes that will be specified at a later date.
Included in the planned changes is the suspension of all DC-10 flying effective Oct. 1. Also subject to temporary grounding are approximately 31 Continental standard-body aircraft and 14 Continental Express turboprops.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010917/dam028_1.html
HOUSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) today announced preliminary details of its previously announced long-term schedule reduction, which is being taken as a direct result of the current and anticipated drop in demand for air travel.
Overall Continental and Continental Express (included in all data below) are reducing capacity by 20 percent on a systemwide available seat mile basis.
``These painful steps are necessary for the long-term survival of Continental,'' said Chairman and CEO Gordon Bethune. ``Although these schedule reductions will hurt communities and those who have come to rely on us, we have no choice.''
As a result of the changes, Continental's hub activity will be modified as follows:
Original Revised Daily Percent
Hub Daily Daily Flight Change
Airport Departures Departures Reduction in Flights
Cleveland 249 215 34 (14%)
Houston 555 478 77 (14%)
Newark 377 302 75 (20%)
System 2,446 2,017 429 (18%)
The 18 percent reduction in flights results in a 20 percent reduction in available seat mile capacity.
Continental and Continental Express will stop flying the following routes, resulting in a complete discontinuation of service at the 10 cities with an asterisk:
Cleveland-Atlantic City, N.J.* NY/Newark-Daytona Beach, Fla.*
Houston-Abilene, Texas* NY/Newark-Dusseldorf, Germany*
Houston-San Angelo, Texas* NY/Newark-Houston/Hobby*
Houston-Tyler, Texas* NY/Newark-London/Stansted*
Houston-Waco, Texas* NY/Newark-Melbourne, Fla.*
Continental also announced that it will be temporarily suspending service between Cleveland and London/Gatwick. Nonstop service from NY/Newark to Rio de Janeiro is being suspended, although service to Rio de Janeiro will continue to be offered via Sao Paulo.
The changes will take effect on various dates between now and Oct. 1.
Continental will not implement service to Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, which was planned to take effect at the end of this year.
Most of the total capacity reduction is generated by modifying flight frequencies (for example, reducing flying from five times per day to four times per day on a particular route) on dozens of additional routes that will be specified at a later date.
Included in the planned changes is the suspension of all DC-10 flying effective Oct. 1. Also subject to temporary grounding are approximately 31 Continental standard-body aircraft and 14 Continental Express turboprops.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010917/dam028_1.html
Sep 17, 2001, 4:56 pm
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Interesting that they appear to be sticking with EWR-HKG. I guess long-term hopes for that one rose after United's pullout.
Some of what Gord is doing is hard-nosed gamesmanship, but I'm still surprised at how sick they suddenly are after all this time we've been hearing about how healthy they've become. If nothing else, this should let some gas out of the hype balloon. I remember being at highest elite level during the last bankruptcy...would hate to see that happen again.
Some of what Gord is doing is hard-nosed gamesmanship, but I'm still surprised at how sick they suddenly are after all this time we've been hearing about how healthy they've become. If nothing else, this should let some gas out of the hype balloon. I remember being at highest elite level during the last bankruptcy...would hate to see that happen again.
Sep 18, 2001, 10:05 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Sheryl:
The following was posted to my message board BiddingForTravel.com by a CO employee:
As of October 1, 2001 Continental will be
HOU - Houston Hobby, TX
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The following was posted to my message board BiddingForTravel.com by a CO employee:
As of October 1, 2001 Continental will be
HOU - Houston Hobby, TX
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Sep 18, 2001, 10:35 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DelrayChris:
Hmmm.. How is it I was able to upgrade a ticket to FC, for travel on November 21 - 25? My flight goes through HOU? The rep did not mention this to me? maybe I should call them back.
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Hmmm.. How is it I was able to upgrade a ticket to FC, for travel on November 21 - 25? My flight goes through HOU? The rep did not mention this to me? maybe I should call them back.
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[This message has been edited by ht_redneck (edited 09-18-2001).]
Sep 18, 2001, 6:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ht_redneck:
It probably means you're going through IAH, not HOU. I don't believe they even fly aircraft to HOU that have a FC cabin.</font>
It probably means you're going through IAH, not HOU. I don't believe they even fly aircraft to HOU that have a FC cabin.</font>
I'd call CO and verify that they've switched you to an IAH flight and that the upgrade went through. Apparently some of these schedule cuts haven't been loaded into the reservations system yet, as the flights are still appearing in the schedules and website's booking engine.
Sep 18, 2001, 11:04 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DelrayChris:
Hmmm.. How is it I was able to upgrade a ticket to FC, for travel on November 21 - 25? My flight goes through HOU? The rep did not mention this to me? maybe I should call them back.
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Hmmm.. How is it I was able to upgrade a ticket to FC, for travel on November 21 - 25? My flight goes through HOU? The rep did not mention this to me? maybe I should call them back.
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