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Continental Airlines to Reduce Houston Hub Flights Due to Hurricane Ike; Change Flights at Continental.Com for No Fee

Posted on: Thursday, 11 September 2008, 15:00 CDT

HOUSTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines is implementing a flight schedule reduction at its Houston hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) for Friday and Saturday in anticipation of deteriorating weather conditions caused by Hurricane Ike. Similar flight reductions are also anticipated at other select Gulf Coast and Texas destinations. Normal operations are planned at the Newark Liberty and Cleveland hubs.

A reduced flight schedule will take effect on Friday, Sept. 12 at IAH. Most mainline jet departures should operate normally until early afternoon on Friday. After that time, Continental does not expect to operate mainline jet flights at IAH.

Continental Express and Continental Connection regional airline flights will be suspended earlier on Friday, starting between mid-morning and mid-day.

No Continental, Continental Express or Continental Connection flight operations are expected at Houston on Saturday.

Continental has plans to reactivate the hub on Sunday morning, Sept. 14, although some flights on Sunday will remain subject to cancellation.

Continental employees from other domestic locations are positioned to fly into Houston to assist their co-workers in resuming operations at the IAH hub after the storm.

Checking Flight Status

Go to continental.com to obtain the status of any particular flight. Travelers should check the status of their flight immediately before going to the airport to confirm that it is operating. Travelers without confirmed reservations should not go to Bush Intercontinental Airport as the airline will not be able to accommodate standby customers.

As announced earlier today, travelers with itineraries to, from or through the Houston hub from Friday through Saturday should consider accelerating, postponing or rerouting their trip to avoid possible inconvenience caused by an interruption to flight schedules.

Customers booked on flights to and from the affected region will be permitted a one-time date or time change to their itinerary without penalty for rescheduled travel. If a flight has been canceled, a refund in the original form of payment may be requested. Complete details are available at continental.com.

The fastest and most convenient way to change travel plans is via continental.com. Customers should enter their confirmation number and last name in "Manage Reservations." Customers may also call Continental Airlines reservations at 800-525-0280 or their travel agent.

continental.com provides an overview of Continental operations as well as up-to-date information regarding the status of specific flights. Automated flight status information is also available at 800-784-4444.

Continental Airlines

CONTACT: Corporate Communications of Continental Airlines,+1-713-324-5080, corpcomm@coair.com

Web site: http://www.continental.com/http://continental.com/company/news

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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