Continental expands E-Ticket product; Introduces travel agency access.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1995--Continental Airlines today announced an expansion of its electronic ticketing product, making it available at 86 originating cities and through travel agents for the first time. Select travel agents now may sell E-Tickets for trips originating in Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; , Dallas/Fort Worth, New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. markets. "By introducing E-Ticket in new markets and to our travel agency partners, we're making travel on Continental more convenient," said Steve Cossette, Senior Director of Distribution Planning. "Just as ATM machines (Automatic Teller Machine machine) A banking terminal that accepts deposits and dispenses cash. ATMs are activated by inserting a cash or credit card that contains the user's account number and PIN on a magnetic stripe. changed the way people take care of banking needs, E-Ticket is revolutionizing the way customers handle air travel purchases and airport processing." Continental will expand E-Ticket nationwide and increase travel agency access by early next year. By eliminating paper flight coupons, E-Ticket eliminates customers' worries over lost or stolen tickets. In addition to saving paper, E-Ticket also reduces travel agency and airline distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl . Below is a current list of Continental cities that offer E-Ticket: Albany, NY Alexandria, LA Allentown, PA Atlanta Atlantic City, NJ Austin, TX Baltimore Bangor, ME Baton Rouge, LA Beaumont, TX Binghamton, NY Boston Brownsville, TX Buffalo, NY Burlington, VT Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland College Station, TX Columbus, OH Corpus Christi, TX Dallas/Fort Worth Dayton, OH Daytona Beach, FL Detroit Fort Myers, FL Grand Rapids, MI Gulfport/Biloxi, MS Harlingen, TX Harrisburg, PA Houston Houston/Ellington Houston/Hobby Hyannis, MA Indianapolis Ithaca, NY Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO Killeen, TX Lafayette, LA Lake Charles, LA Lansing, MI Laredo, TX Little Rock, AR Los Angeles Louisville, KY Manchester, NH Martha's Vineyard, MA McAllen, TX Melbourne, FL Midland/Odessa, TX Minneapolis/St. Paul Monroe, LA Nantucket, MA Nashville, TN Newark, NJ New Haven, CT New Orleans Norfolk, VA NYC/La Guardia Oklahoma City Orange County, CA Pensacola, FL Philadelphia Portland, ME Providence, RI Raleigh-Durham, NC Rochester, NY St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Sarasota, FL Shreveport, LA Syracuse, NY Tallahassee, FL Texarkana, TX Toledo, OH Tulsa, OK Tyler, TX Victoria, TX Waco, TX West Palm Beach, FL Worcester, MA Youngstown, OH "E-Ticketing is a simple process," Cossette said. "Call your participating travel agent or Continental and inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. about E-Ticket, provide your credit card number to purchase your ticket and reserve your seat. Continental or your travel agency will mail or fax your confirmation and itinerary/receipt. The future of airline travel is here today." Continental unveiled E-Ticket in April 1995 in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, New Orleans and San Antonio. At the same time, the airline introduced E-Ticket Machines designed to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems customers and expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. airport check-in Airport Check-in are service counter found at commercial airports handling commercial air travel. The check-in is normally handled by an airline or a handling agent working on behalf of an airline. procedures. The ATM-like device, developed by AT&T, uses state-of-the-art technology and eliminates the traveler's need to wait in line and check in with an agent. E-Ticket Machines also allow travelers to choose a seat, change a flight and check in baggage. Now available in the four markets mentioned above, Continental plans to add E-Ticket Machines in most U.S. markets by the end of this year. "Continental's E-Ticket Machines allow customers to choose their seat from an actual seat map display and obtain a boarding pass without waiting in line," Cossette continued. Continental is the fifth largest airline 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. operating 2,086 daily departures to 174 destinations on five continents. Last year, the Houston-based carrier celebrated its 60th anniversary and flew more than 42 million passengers or an average of 115,000 per day. The airline ranks No. 208 on the 1995 Fortune 500 list. CONTACT: 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. |
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