Continental wants more flights to Asia

Mumbai: Continental Airlines will add more destinations in India and China, tapping their booming economies to boost the carrier's international revenues, a top company official said on Wednesday.
Continental this week launched a non-stop Mumbai-New York service, and will add more Indian cities when it takes delivery of its Boeing 787 jetliners, said James Summerford, vice president of European, Middle East and Indian operations.
"The two places to be in today are China and India," he told reporters at a news conference.
"We will begin operations to Shanghai next year and will add more Indian cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai once we've taken delivery of the 787s," he said.
Continental, which launched its New Delhi-New York service in 2005, posted strong quarterly earnings in July, and said demand for its trans-Atlantic and other international flights was strong, while pricing in the U.S. market was soft because of competition.
05/10/07 USA Today

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2007