10 Facts About Continental Express

1.

Continental Express was the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing commuter airliner and regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines.

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2.

Continental Express, operated by ExpressJet and Chautauqua, offered service to approximately 150 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, from Continental's hubs in Houston, Newark and Cleveland.

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3.

ExpressJet operates as a Continental Express and United Express carrier, while Chautauqua operated flights as Delta Connection, US Airways Express, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Connect, Trans World Express, America West Express, and AmericanConnection.

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4.

Continental Express operated more flights to Mexico more than any other airline from its hub George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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5.

Continental Express served Continental's Denver and Guam hubs until the early 1990s.

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6.

Since the 1978 deregulation of the US airline industry, US carriers increasingly contracted flying to smaller destinations with small regional carriers; David Messing, a spokesperson with Continental Airlines Holdings in 1991, said that Continental Express was formed because, from a business standpoint, having one subsidiary airline for Continental was preferable to the previous scenario of numerous agreements with various smaller airlines.

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7.

The "Continental Connection" brand name was used to identify non-jet, hosted codeshare airlines, while "Continental Express" was used as the marketing name for regional jet and some turboprop hosted codeshare operations.

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8.

Two additional airlines worthy of note, which operated in connection with Continental Express Airlines, were New York Air and Continental Express West, of Los Angeles, both of which operated mainline jet aircraft.

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9.

Simultaneously, Continental Express announced its intention to request proposals from other regional carriers to lease and operate the returned aircraft, beginning in January 2007.

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10.

Continental Express announced in April 2006 that Chautauqua Airlines had been awarded a contract to operate the 69 aircraft owned by Continental Express.

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