Continental Airlines to launch Daily Nonstop flights between New York and Cologne

Continental Airlines is to launch daily nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Cologne, Germany, starting on May 10, 2006, pending government approval. This will be the first scheduled service between the U.S. and Cologne since 1990.

Continental flight CO110 will depart New York/Newark daily at 6:45 p.m. and arrive in Cologne at 8:10 a.m. the next day. Flight CO111 will depart Cologne/Bonn Konrad Adenauer Airport daily at 10:35 a.m. and arrive in New York/Newark at 1:20 p.m. the same day. Flying times will be approximately seven hours and 25 minutes eastbound and eight hours and 45 minutes westbound. The frequency of service will be reduced to five flights weekly during the winter to account for the traditional seasonal reduction in demand.

“We continue to develop our New York hub to take advantage of its strategic location,” said Jim Summerford, Continental’s vice president, Europe, Middle East and India. “Newark Liberty is America’s doorway to Europe, and it gives European travelers a breadth of connecting opportunities, which is unrivaled among U.S. hubs.”

Continental’s Cologne-New York/Newark flights will be operated with a 172-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft, carrying 16 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 156 in economy.

Cologne is the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the largest German Federal State. Twenty million people live within one hour’s drive from Cologne. The dynamic Rhine-Ruhr region is one of the central locations in Europe for industry, trade, the economy, science and research. Last year Cologne saw a 30% increase in American visitors.

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