CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ANNOUNCES DAILY NONSTOP SERVICE BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AMSTERDAM

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced it will inaugurate daily nonstop Boeing 767 flights between Houston and Amsterdam, Netherlands, effective May 1, 2002, subject to government approval.

Flight 46 will depart Houston daily at 6:40 p.m., arriving at Amsterdam at 11:30 a.m. the next day. Flight 47 will return from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport daily at 12:15 p.m., arriving at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport at 4:25 p.m. the same day.

Flying time will be approximately 9 hours 50 minutes eastbound, and 11 hours 10 minutes westbound. The distance is just over 5,000 miles.

"We're very excited by the prospect of starting service between Houston and Amsterdam," said Barry Simon, Continental's Senior Vice President-International.

"This is the third European city we serve on a nonstop basis from Houston, and our first opportunity to begin a new transatlantic route from here since we began flights to Paris in 1992."

Continental launched a daily nonstop service between New York/Newark and Amsterdam on July 16, 1999. The new service to Amsterdam will provide the opportunity to connect with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for travel onward to points throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Continental's Houston-Amsterdam flights will be operated with a 235-seat Boeing 767-400ER aircraft, carrying 35 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 200 in Economy. These new aircraft feature a two-class seating configuration, consisting of 2-1-2 in BusinessFirst and 2-3-2 in Economy, designed to give most passengers a window or aisle seat.

Every seat on the aircraft has an individual video screen and satellite telephone. The aircraft is equipped with oversized overhead storage bins, adjustable winged headrests, laptop computer power ports at every seat in BusinessFirst and select rows in Economy, a cappuccino coffee machine and eight lavatories including one with wheelchair access. The new flights will feature Continental's award-winning BusinessFirst service, voted Best Long-Haul Executive/Business Class in the OAG Airline of the Year Awards 2001. This premium-class cabin features extra-wide electronic sleeper seats with 55-inch/140-cm pitch, adjustable winged headrests and personal video screens. Other BusinessFirst amenities include gourmet menus and award-winning wines and champagnes. The 767 provides "no-neighbor" seats in the center section of the BusinessFirst cabin.