Continental Airlines Archive

  • Continental Airlines is the first carrier in North America to receive a Boeinfg 737-800 equipped with the new “Sky Interior” cabin. Visually it looks both very nice and soothing and seem to have some similarities with the varying light atmosphere of the A380. Since I’ve only flew the second I...

    Continental receives the first Boeing 737 with Sky Interior

    Continental Airlines is the first carrier in North America to receive a Boeinfg 737-800 equipped with the new “Sky Interior” cabin. Visually it looks both very nice and soothing and seem to have some similarities with the varying light atmosphere of the A380. Since I’ve only flew the second I...

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  • Organizing a travel often means to consider many parameters jointly such as comparing fares between airlines hoping the lowest one will still be available at the moment you decide to book or making sure of the hotel rooms availability at the chosen dates… It used to be one of the...

    New trend in flexibility : After Air France, Continental offers to lock in fares for a week

    Organizing a travel often means to consider many parameters jointly such as comparing fares between airlines hoping the lowest one will still be available at the moment you decide to book or making sure of the hotel rooms availability at the chosen dates… It used to be one of the...

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  • While it was no suprise to see Continental appealing the Concorde verdict that found it guilty for the 2000 crash, AIr France has  to do the same. Fearing a “dirty trick’” from Continental, this decision will allow Air France to have access to the file in order to get prepared...

    Concorde : after Continental, Air France appeals too !

    While it was no suprise to see Continental appealing the Concorde verdict that found it guilty for the 2000 crash, AIr France has  to do the same. Fearing a “dirty trick’” from Continental, this decision will allow Air France to have access to the file in order to get prepared...

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  • The information was made public earlier this morning. Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were found guilty of involuntary homicide in the crash of a Concorde near Paris in 2000. The airline will have to pay a  $265.000 fine and John Taylor, the mechanics, a  $2.650 one and is...

    Continental found guilty in Crash of Concorde

    The information was made public earlier this morning. Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were found guilty of involuntary homicide in the crash of a Concorde near Paris in 2000. The airline will have to pay a  $265.000 fine and John Taylor, the mechanics, a  $2.650 one and is...

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  • That’s the conclusion of an USA Today analysis of the federal accident records. More than half of the fatalities in US airlines accidents after 2000 would have a link with flawed simulators. In many cases they are said not being close enough to real flight conditions, mistaking pilots about some...

    Half air travel fatalities are caused by flawed simulators

    That’s the conclusion of an USA Today analysis of the federal accident records. More than half of the fatalities in US airlines accidents after 2000 would have a link with flawed simulators. In many cases they are said not being close enough to real flight conditions, mistaking pilots about some...

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