{"id":10994,"date":"2008-06-22T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/continental-airlines-named-best-north-american-airline-for-fifth-straight-year-at-oag-awards-2\/"},"modified":"2008-06-22T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T23:23:00","slug":"continental-airlines-named-best-north-american-airline-for-fifth-straight-year-at-oag-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/06\/continental-airlines-named-best-north-american-airline-for-fifth-straight-year-at-oag-awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SF7e9BhB1QI\/AAAAAAAADa0\/3ifBXRVlLGQ\/s1600-h\/CAL737-712650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SF7e9BhB1QI\/AAAAAAAADa0\/3ifBXRVlLGQ\/s320\/CAL737-712650.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTH<br \/>STRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS<\/p>\n<p>Continental also awarded &#8220;Best Airline Finance Deal&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      HOUSTON, June 18, 2008 \u2013 Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today<br \/>announced that it was named the &#8220;Best Airline in North America&#8221; at the<br \/>2008 OAG Airline of the Year Awards. This is the fifth straight year<br \/>that Continental has received the award.<\/p>\n<p>      In addition, Continental was awarded the &#8220;Best Airline Finance<br \/>Deal,&#8221; a new award category, recognizing the success of the airline&#8217;s<br \/>April 2007 financing transaction, which raised $1.1 billion for the<br \/>purchase of 30 new 737NG aircraft delivering in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>      The awards are based on votes by frequent flyers around the<br \/>world who subscribe to OAG print and electronic travel information<br \/>products.  Bob Schumacher, Continental&#8217;s Senior Director for the<br \/>United Kingdom and Ireland, accepted the awards on behalf of the<br \/>airline at the ceremony in London.<\/p>\n<p>      Continental Airlines is the world&#8217;s fifth largest airline.<br \/>Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental<br \/>Connection, has more than 3,100 daily departures throughout the<br \/>Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 145 domestic and 138 international<br \/>destinations. More than 550 additional points are served via SkyTeam<br \/>alliance airlines.  With more than 45,000 employees, Continental has<br \/>hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with<br \/>Continental Express, carries approximately 69 million passengers per<br \/>year.<\/p>\n<p>      Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for<br \/>both its operation and its corporate culture.  For the fifth<br \/>consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World&#8217;s<br \/>Most Admired Airline on its 2008 list of World&#8217;s Most Admired<br \/>Companies.<\/p>\n<p>      From Australia, Continental operates two weekly B737-800 flights<br \/>between Cairns and Guam, with onward service to the US, Japan and the<br \/>islands of Micronesia. And as a member of the global SkyTeam alliance,<br \/>Continental can also add these route options for round-the-world<br \/>travellers.<\/p>\n<p>            In Australia, Continental Airlines is represented by World<br \/>Aviation Systems (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaviation.com.au\/\">www.worldaviation.com.au<\/a>). For further information<br \/>or to make a booking, please call 1300 737 640.#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTINENTAL AIRLINES NAMED BEST NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE FOR FIFTHSTRAIGHT YEAR AT OAG AWARDS Continental also awarded &#8220;Best Airline Finance Deal&#8221; HOUSTON, June 18, 2008 \u2013 Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) todayannounced that it was named the &#8220;Best Airline in North America&#8221; at the2008 OAG Airline of the Year Awards. This is the fifth straight yearthat Continental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}