CLEVELAND, 23 Desember 2008 - Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) ngumumake dina iki bakal ngluncurake layanan non-stop saben dinane saben dina antarane hub Cleveland lan Bandara Heathrow London, efektif tanggal 2 Mei 2009 (mantan). Rute anyar bakal ngganti layanan mangsan saiki antarane Cleveland lan London / Gatwick Airport.
Kajaba iku, amarga tantangan ekonomi, operator bakal mungkasi layanan musiman saka Cleveland menyang Bandara Paris/Charles de Gaulle.
"Pelanggan Cleveland wis marang kita padha pengin layanan non-stop kanggo Heathrow, bandara bisnis paling penting ing Eropah, lan kita remen sing bisa kanggo ketemu kabutuhan City,"Sa Larry Kellner, ketua Continental lan CEO. "Kita nandur modal ing layanan iki amarga potensial," ujare.
Layanan Heathrow anyar bakal beroperasi wiwit 2 Mei nganti 26 September. Penerbangan bakal mangkat saka Cleveland saben dina jam 8:25 lan tekan London jam 9:15 esuk. Penerbangan bali bakal mangkat saka London saben dina jam 11:40 lan teka ing Cleveland jam 3:30 sore ing dina sing padha.
"Kita wis suwe percaya yen layanan non-stop kanggo Heathrow minangka kabutuhan Cleveland lan bakal dadi dorongan kanggo upaya pangembangan bisnis. Aku optimistis yen komunitas bisnis ing wilayah kasebut bakal ndhukung layanan sing luwih apik iki menyang London kanthi cara sing bakal njamin pertimbangan Continental kanggo nglanjutake layanan ing saindhenging taun ing mangsa ngarep, "ujare Walikota Cleveland Frank Jackson.
Layanan kasebut bakal dilakokno dening pesawat Boeing 757, sing nampung 16 penumpang ing kabin BusinessFirst sing menang penghargaan lan 159 penumpang ing ekonomi.
Continental bakal terus ngoperasikake rong penerbangan saben dina menyang Heathrow saka hub Houston ing Bandara Intercontinental Bush saliyane telung penerbangan saben dina menyang Heathrow saka hub New York ing Bandara Internasional Newark Liberty. Operator bakal terus ngoperasikake penerbangan saben dina saka loro kasebut
Houston lan New York hub kanggo Paris / Bandara Charles de Gaulle.
Saliyane penerbangan Heathrow, Continental uga ngoperasikake layanan sambungan sing gampang saka Cleveland liwat Newark Liberty menyang Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow lan Manchester, uga Dublin lan Shannon - nawakake layanan trans-Atlantik menyang kutha liyane ing Inggris lan Irlandia tinimbang maskapai liyane.
APA sing kudu dijupuk saka ARTIKEL INI:
- I am optimistic that the region's business community will support this improved service to London in a way that will warrant Continental's consideration of extending the service year-round in the future,” said Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.
- In addition to its Heathrow flights, Continental also operates easy connecting service from Cleveland through Newark Liberty to Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, as well as Dublin and Shannon – offering trans-Atlantic service to more cities in the U.
- Continental will continue to operate two daily flights to Heathrow from its Houston hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport in addition to three daily flights to Heathrow from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport.
