Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, is expanding its service to Hawaii by adding new flights between California and Hawaii from March 7, 2010.

US Airways and Continental Airlines, both based in the United States, have added a one-way fee of $50 for a second checked bag on their trans-Atlantic routes.

The government of the United States has initiated an investigation into whether any laws were violated when passengers were stranded overnight on the airport tarmac in Rochester in Minnesota.

Delta Airlines and Continental Airlines have increased fees for checked baggage.

  The United States-based Continental Airlines will launch daily, non-stop flights from its hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, the United States, to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, starting August 1, 2009.

Several major airlines based in the United States have temporarily stopped flying to Mexico because of poor demand for flights to Mexico, which has been hit by an outbreak of swine flu.

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively approved the application of Continental Airlines to join the Star Alliance by giving the carrier antitrust immunity for its participation in the airline group.

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has reported that its passenger traffic dropped by as much as 9.7% in March 2009 from the same period a year before on account of the worldwide recession that sapped demand for air travel.

Continental Airlines will launch daily nonstop scheduled flights between New York (Newark Liberty) and  Shanghai,  China from March 25, 2009.

Continental Airlines, based in Huston, Texas, the United Sates, will start scheduled service between New York’s Newark Liberty International Airport and Shanghai in China from March 25, 2009.

  Relatives of a woman who was killed, along with 48 other people, when a commuter plane of Continental Airlines crashed into a suburb in Buffalo, New York, on February 12, 2009, have filed a lawsuit against the airline and the manufacturer of the plane.

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has said that it suffered a loss of $266 million in the fourth quarter because of the worldwide economic recession as well the increase in fuel and labour costs.

  As a part of the efforts taking place around the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft that contributes to global warming, Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has conducted a demonstration flight using biofuel. 

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, is planning to become the first United States-based airline to fly a jet plane experimentally using biofuel made from a special blend of algae, the jatropha weed and jet fuel.

Among the large airlines based in the United States, Continental Airlines has won the first rank in the premium class and JetBlue Airways has topped the list in the economy class in the latest Zagat Survey.

Here is good news for some passengers of the United States-based Continental Airlines, the world’s fifth largest airline: Continental Airlines will waive its fee of $15 each way to check a first bag for Chase credit cardmembers and debit cardmembers.

Venezuela is cutting the number of flights it will allow United States-based airlines to operate to and from the country.

  Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has decided to charge some passengers fee for checking in one bag at the airport.

Continental Airlines and United Airlines, both based in the United States, have signed an agreement to connect their networks and operations worldwide.

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has announced that it will abolish flights to a total of 15 cities within the United States as well as overseas and also trim flights to about 40 more cities from September 3, 2008, because of soaring costs of aviation fuel.

American Airlines, United, Continental, Delta and US Airways reduce fares

United Airlines, a major airline of the United States and a subsidiary of UAL Corporation, is offering voluntary retirement packages for about 600 eligible flight attendants as a part of the job cuts announced earlier.