Continental Airlines Will Add Nonstop Service to New York From Oakland International Airport.Transportation Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000 Continental Airlines today announced it would inaugurate in·au·gu·rate tr.v. in·au·gu·rat·ed, in·au·gu·rat·ing, in·au·gu·rates 1. To induct into office by a formal ceremony. 2. twice-daily nonstop transcontinental service between Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK), also known as (OAK) and Newark International Airport (EWR EWR Europäischer Wirtschaftsraum (German: European Marketing Area) EWR Early Warning Report EWR Early Warning Radar EWR Extreme Warfare Revenge (game) EWR Electricity at Work Regulations ) on August 1, 2000. From Oakland International, flights will depart at 11:25 a.m. and 11:05 p.m. and will arrive in Newark at 7:50 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the next day. From Newark International, flights will depart at 7:20 a.m. and 8:10 p.m. and will arrive in Oakland at 10:40 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Continental will use Boeing 737-700 aircraft, configured to two levels of service with 12 seats in First Class and 112 in Economy Class. The flights will operate from Terminal One. "Continental's new service announcement is good news for our Bay Area customers," said Steve Grossman, Director of Aviation. "Oakland International customers have been demanding nonstop service to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of area and now we'll now have twice daily transcontinental service by one of the nation's top ranked carriers." For more information or to make reservations, call Continental Airlines at 800/525-0280, visit their web site at www.continental.com or call your professional travel agent. Oakland International Airport served more than 9.8 million passengers and handled nearly 700,000 metric tons of air cargo air cargo: see aviation. in 1999. Oakland International has more than 150 daily flights on ten domestic and international carriers. The airport is a revenue division of the Port of Oakland The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fourth busiest container port in the United States; behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Newark. , an independent department of the city of Oakland. Oakland International consistently has the best on-time record of the three Bay Area airports, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It is the only Bay Area airport with a dedicated shuttle that meets every Bay Area Rapid Transit “BART” redirects here. For other uses of "BART" or "Bart", see Bart. The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a heavy rail public rapid-transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. (BART) system train at the nearby Coliseum station. On-airport parking rates are as low as $8 per day in the economy lot. Visit the airport's Web site at www.oaklandairport.com for more information. |
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