Continental Airlines and Air Canada launch North American code-share pact.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 1995--Continental Airlines (CAI (1) (Computer-Assisted Instruction) Same as CBT. (2) See CA. CAI - Computer-Aided Instruction ) and Air Canada have announced an array of new code-share services for sale as of July 1, building on the wide-ranging alliance forged by the two carriers in 1993. Initially, the two airlines jointly will market 34 flights per day. Twenty-six Air Canada flights will begin carrying the CO code, while eight daily Continental flights will carry the AC code. Service debuts on July 8. The airlines anticipate expanding the codesharing in the winter -- as the Canada-U.S. Open Skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . regime permits -- to include additional services from both Continental and Air Canada hubs. As part of their expanded alliance, Air Canada's code will appear on all of Continental's transborder flights -- Montreal-Newark, Vancouver-Newark and Vancouver-Houston. Continental's code will appear on Air Canada's Newark-Ottawa, Newark-Montreal, Newark-Calgary and Houston-Toronto flights, as well as Air Nova's Newark-Halifax flights and Air Alliance's Newark-Quebec City flights. Both Air Canada and Continental passengers will enjoy seamless transborder connections on code-shared services. "This agreement with Air Canada is a major component of our worldwide alliance strategy ad is a natural extension to the product enhancements which both airlines have worked so hard to generate for customers on either side of the border," said Continental President and Chief Executive Officer Gordon M. Bethune. "Continental is anxious to take the alliance one important step further through this code-sharing arrangement." The evolving relationship between Air Canada and Continental goes back to April 1993, when Air Canada invested a total of (US) $85 million in Continental. Shortly after the investment, the two airlines embarked upon a comprehensive strategic alliance. As part of that process, Air Canada has boosted its schedule to and from Continental's hubs in Newark, Cleveland and Houston with more flights and increased connection opportunities. Continental and Air Canada already have implemented customer enhancements including: reciprocal Bilateral; two-sided; mutual; interchanged. Reciprocal obligations are duties owed by one individual to another and vice versa. A reciprocal contract is one in which the parties enter into mutual agreements. participation in each other's frequent flyer programs This article is about airline frequent flyer programs. For the TV movie, see Frequent Flyer (film). A frequent flyer program (FFP) is a service offered by many airlines to reward customer loyalty. , one-stop check-in services, through boarding passes and shared or common use of airport facilities. "Air Canada carries more people between Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. than any other airline, and codesharing is a key element of our plan to double transborder revenues over the next three years," said Hollis L. Harris, Air Canada's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The code-share agreements, having received U.S. government approval, are subject to Canadian government approval. Continental OnePass members earn mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his whenever they travel on Air Canada and Air Canada connector airlines scheduled services. Air Canada's Aeroplan members earn mileage whenever they travel on Continental. Continental serves 168 destinations worldwide, including 111 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , while Air Canada and its Connector carriers serve 103 destinations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and another 25 abroad. Since the Open Skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. was announced, Air Canada has launched four new transborder routes -- Toronto-Atlanta; Ottawa-Washington/IAD; Montreal-Washington/DCA and Toronto-Washington/DCA. Air Canada recently became the first non-U.S. airline to fly into Washington's National Airport with the launch of five daily flights from Toronto and three from Montreal on June 19. Next on Air Canada's Open Skies' agenda is new nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. Montreal-Atlanta service starting July 4 and new nonstop Ottawa-Chicago service starting July 31. In total, Air Canada plans to have started 20 new Canada-U.S. services by the end of October 1996 and will offer consumers the largest number of transborder code-share services of any airline in Canada. CONTACT: Continental Airlines, Houston Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. , 713/834-5080 or Air Canada, 514/422-5788 |
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