CONTINENTAL EXPRESS ANNOUNCES SERVICE BETWEEN MONTROSE/TELLURIDE, COLO., AND HOUSTON

Continental to offer year-round service

Continental Express, the regional airline subsidiary of Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL and CAL.A), has announced new ExpressJet service between Montrose/Telluride, Colo., and its hub in Houston, effective April 9, 2001.

This new service will mark the first time the Montrose/Telluride community has had scheduled jet year-round service to a destination outside of Colorado. Continental Airlines already serves Montrose/Telluride during the winter ski season.

Using the new 37-passenger Embraer ERJ-135 regional jet, also known as the ExpressJet, Continental Express will offer one daily flight between the popular tourist destination and Houston.

The flight from Houston will depart at 9:20 a.m. and will arrive in Montrose/Telluride at 11:11 a.m. The return flight from Montrose/Telluride will depart at 11:38 a.m. and will arrive in Houston at 2:58 p.m.

Continental offers Boeing 737-500 service between Montrose/Telluride and Houston during the peak ski season running mid-December through April 8.

The new Continental Express service will operate service during the remaining months. Between the ExpressJet service and Continental's ski-season service, flights now will run seamlessly year-round.

Continental Express serves more than 8.5 million customers annually. As a regional air carrier to Continental Airlines, Express offers daily departures to more than 105 cities from its hubs in Cleveland, Houston and New York. Continental Express offers advance seat assignments and OnePass frequent flyer miles, which can be redeemed anywhere in the world Continental and its partner airlines fly.