Continental Airlines

Summer Airfares Double, Triple, Quadruple

USA Today | Dan Reed | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business


The law of supply and demand is kicking in for airline passengers this summer -- and not in their favor. Despite a string of price increases this yea...

Continental Slashing 3,000 Jobs, Capacity

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business


DALLAS — Continental Airlines said Thursday it is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs that have pus...

Airline Customer Satisfaction Nosedives: "Dismal"

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 05.20.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — Passengers are more dissatisfied with airlines' customer service than they have been in years at a time when carriers are charging mor...

Continental Abandons Merger Talks With United

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin and Micheline Maynard | Posted 04.27.2008 | Business


Continental Airlines said Sunday that it had abandoned merger talks with United Airlines and was planning to remain an independent carrier, a blow to ...

Continental And United Said To Be Close To Merger Deal

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business


United Airlines and Continental Airlines are getting closer to a merger agreement and would like to wrap up a deal by the end of next week, people wit...

Delta, Northwest Silent On Possible Merger Talks

Fox News | Christopher Hinton | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business


By late Friday neither Delta Airlines nor Northwest had made any comment regarding potential consolidation discussions. In a Wall Street Journal story...

Plane Crazy: Airline Delays Expected To Increase In 2008

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 01.10.2008 | Business


The miserably full flights of 2007 might seem like a good reason for airlines to roll out a few more planes and ease the crowding. But passengers sho...