Continental Airlines

American Airlines computer outage grounds hundreds of flights

2013-04-17 00:00:00

American Airlines, hoping to reinvent itself by coming out of bankruptcy with a new logo, freshly painted planes and a merger plan that will make it the nation's largest carrier, suffered a setback Tuesday when a computer outage grounded hundreds of...

American Airlines expanding LAX service with eight new destinations

2013-04-10 10:17:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. For a carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn’t show signs of retrenching. The airline announced plans Wednesday to expand to eight new...

American Airlines to expand LAX service by adding 8 destinations

2013-04-11 00:00:00

For an air carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn't show signs of retrenching. American announced plans Wednesday to add eight destinations out of Los Angeles International Airport in an effort to secure more big-...

Airline quality study finds more on-time flights, fewer lost bags

2013-04-09 00:00:00

The nation's airlines improved their on-time performance and baggage handling rates in 2012 but passenger complaints rose anyway, a reflection of increased unhappiness with air carriers, according to authors of a new study. Despite better performance by...

A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points

2013-03-03 00:00:00

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes, of course, we would use them. We would fly around the world. Business class. Maybe next year. Queen Latifah shoved...

French court throws out Continental conviction in Concorde crash

2012-11-29 07:39:00

PARIS -- A French appeals court Thursday overturned Continental Airlines' conviction for manslaughter in the July 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people. [Updated 9:28 a.m. Nov. 29: But it upheld a civil judgment that metal from a...

Airline industry continues to hire for now

2011-10-20 16:34:28

First lawsuit filed in Reno air crash that killed 10, plus pilot

2011-11-01 21:37:07

LAX passengers arrested over gun, marijuana in luggage [Updated]

2011-11-10 16:34:49

Biofuels, wind power show gains, but hurdles remain

2011-11-10 16:34:45

Airbus-sponsored electric airplane flies for the first time

2011-05-27 16:37:05

Markups by 'body shops' inflate the public's cost

2011-03-03 00:00:00

The Los Angeles Community College District had launched a $5.7-billion campaign to modernize its nine campuses, and district leaders wanted the world to know. They hired marketing consultant Joan Marshall to help spread the word. She worked closely...

A United Airlines Airbus A319 with a new livery featuring both United and Continental Airlines elements taxis to the runway. The new paint scheme was designed following a merger between the two carriers.

2012-05-23 17:58:00

Law enforcement officials take a man off a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago that was diverted to St. Louis. Witnesses and authorities say the man yelled that he had to get off the plane and tried to open the main entry door while the plane was in flight. A passenger took this

2011-05-09 00:00:00

LaShonia Hunter, 23, of the Poconos in Pennsylvania, tries on the wig she'll wear to audition for the "American Idol" reality television show as she waits with thousands of potential contestants at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Aug. 14, 2006.

2010-02-18 08:14:48