Airline: Continental Airlines [CO/COA]
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Continental Airlines was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers. Continental started out as one of the smaller carriers in the United States, known for its limited operations under the regulated era. After 1978, Continental grew into one of the country's largest carriers despite facing financial troubles and other issues, eventually becoming one of the more successful airlines in the United States. The airline merged with UAL Corporation (the parent company of United Airlines) via a stock swap in 2010. Continental's shares were acquired by UAL Corporation; the re-organized holding company was renamed United Continental Holdings. During the integration period, each airline ran a separate operation under the direction of a combined leadership team, based in Chicago. The integration was completed on March 3, 2012. Although the merged airline retained the United name, it uses Continental's operating certificate and livery. On June 27, 2019, United changed its parent company name from United Continental Holdings to United Airlines Holdings. 14375
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES | B757 | N29129
• Country : N USA 🇺🇸
• Date : 1937 - 2011
• Codes : CO COA / Callsign : Continental
• Renamed/Merged to United Airlines
• In the past, see also : Continental Micronesia, Continental West New York Air, People Express
Web site : www.continental.com
BOEING | B757-224(WL) | MSN 28969 / 796 # Status : Active
• Production Site : Renton (RNT) 🇺🇸
• First flight date : 14/03/1998
• Test registration
• Seat configuration : C16Y159 Seat
• Engines : 2 x RR RB211-535E4B
HISTORY
• 27/03/1998 > Continental Airlines > N29129
• 20/04/2011 > United Airlines > N29129
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10CF (msn 47804/142) This DC-10 was sold to FedEx the following year and converted to (F). 5/79
N562PC - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F - United States Postal Service (operated by Ryan International)
in Oct. 1991
c/n 47.012 - built in 1967 for Continental Airlines -
operated by Air Canada as CF-TOQ between 1972 and 1978
final user was CESA Cargo -
retired
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
The Continental Airlines retrojet taxis across runway 12R as smoke fills the sky from ANG C-130's running up on the pad in the background.
N68060 DC-10-30 Continental Airlines
Operated in cooperation with Alitalia (painted in CO colors on the other side) before being sold to Hawaiian in 1999.
(scan from my collection - not my shot)
One of my favourite all time shots from St Maarten. Continental Airlines Boeing 737, destined for Newark EWR, with a very late rotation from runway 27 at SXM takes it low over Maho Beach in fabulous late afternoon lighting
N567PC - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F - United States Postal Service (operated by Ryan International)
c/n 47.153 - built in 1967 for Continental Airlines -
final user was USA Jet Airlines as N199US - w/o 7/6/08 Plan de Guadalupe Int'l Airport (SLW) crashed on landing
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Pushing back at LHR in the early 1970s. This was the 10th 737 built, being delivered in April 1968 and serving with Lufthansa until 1981, when like many others in the fleet it was sold to US start-up PeoplExpress. In February 1987 that company was effectively taken over by Continental Airlines and the aircraft was re-registered as N33202. It was retired in November 1997 after close on 30 years of service overall.
Scan of an Agfachrome slide from my collection.
On September 17, 2010, Continental shareholders approved a merger with United Airlines with the United name surviving.
Continental began in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines which operated airmail and passenger services in the American Southwest. Varney was renamed Continental in 1937. Continental’s was one of the earliest users of the Boeing 707 Jet Airplane and was a launch airline for the Boeing 747. In the late 1950s and 1960s CEO Robert Six correctly predicted that increase traffic and not higher fares was the key to an airlines success. Six was also “quality obsessed” and the airline was the gold standard of US airlines during the 1960s and early 70s. Early Continental 747s featured an upper-deck first class lounge and main deck Polynesian Pub, along with high end meal service.
The company’s history became treacherous following the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act, including an ownership struggle with Texas Air’s Frank Lorenzo (which Lorenzo ultimately won), Continental’s president, A. L. Feldman suicide in 1981, low employee morale during the Lorenzo era and two stops in bankruptcy court protection.
In 1993 Continental re-emerged from bankruptcy for the second time, but shortly thereafter the airline appeared to be heading back to bankruptcy court for an unprecedented third time. Gordon Bethune took over in 1994 as president and he and his team is credited with one of the most significant turn arounds in American business history, as the airline transformed itself back into one of the most admired US carriers over the last 15 years.
N76054 Boeing B767-424(ER) Continental Airlines
37 aircrafts of the longest 767 version were built
(slide scan)
C-FOIJ - Boeing B-767-224ER/F - CargoJet Airways
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 30.430 - built in 2000 for Continental Airlines -
arrived YHM 04/2020 as N430CJ on delivery from TLV after freighter conversion -
FIN 606
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Boeing 777-224(ER) - msn 29477 / 197
• ENG : 2x GE GE90-92B
• REG : N74007
• PAX : C48Y235
@ Aircraft History :
• 10.FEB.1999 : First flight / Everett (KPAE)
• 18.FEB.1999 : Del / Continental Air Lines / N74007
• 01.OCT.2010 : Tsf / United Airlines / N74007
• 25.SEP.2020 : Stored / Rosewell (KROW)
Continental Airlines and Brazil's VASP (Viação Aérea São Paulo) had a notable connection in the late 1990s involving a unique half-and-half livery DC-10 aircraft (N14062/N13066), where one side sported Continental's colors and the other VASP's, showcasing a partnership or lease agreement, possibly related to Ecuatoriana Airlines where VASP held influence. While VASP was a major Brazilian carrier that faced financial struggles and eventually ceased operations, this distinctive DC-10 highlights a specific operational link with Continental during that era.
So a 08 departure from LGW was required to get a photo opportunity of this unique scheme DC-10. Having started with Alitalia it was eventually broken up at Roswell in 2003 after 30 years service.