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Continental Airlines to Inaugurate Daily Non-Stop Service Between New York and New Delhi, India
First Scheduled Nonstop Flight Between the U.S. and India
NEW YORK, April 6, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) announced today that it will launch daily nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and New Delhi, India beginning Oct. 31, 2005 subject to government approval.
The service will reduce travel time between New York and New Delhi by at least two and a half hours by eliminating any stop or connection en route.
New Delhi will become the 25th city in Continental's trans-Atlantic route network.
"This new long-range route to India represents further evolution of our successful trans-Atlantic network from New York/Newark," said Jim Summerford, Continental's vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Travelers between New York and New Delhi will find it much more convenient to use our nonstop service, and our hub in the northeastern United States provides excellent connections to dozens of other cities."
Flight CO82 will depart New York/Newark daily at 9:05 p.m. and arrive at New Delhi at 9:30 p.m. the next day. Flight CO83 will depart New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport daily at 11:30 p.m. and will arrive at New York/Newark at 4:50 a.m. the next day. Flying times will be approximately 13 hours and 55 minutes traveling east from New York to New Delhi and 15 hours and 50 minutes traveling west.
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Continental Airlines to Inaugurate Daily Non-Stop Service Between New York and New Delhi, India
First Scheduled Nonstop Flight Between the U.S. and India
NEW YORK, April 6, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) announced today that it will launch daily nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and New Delhi, India beginning Oct. 31, 2005 subject to government approval.
The service will reduce travel time between New York and New Delhi by at least two and a half hours by eliminating any stop or connection en route.
New Delhi will become the 25th city in Continental's trans-Atlantic route network.
"This new long-range route to India represents further evolution of our successful trans-Atlantic network from New York/Newark," said Jim Summerford, Continental's vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Travelers between New York and New Delhi will find it much more convenient to use our nonstop service, and our hub in the northeastern United States provides excellent connections to dozens of other cities."
Flight CO82 will depart New York/Newark daily at 9:05 p.m. and arrive at New Delhi at 9:30 p.m. the next day. Flight CO83 will depart New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport daily at 11:30 p.m. and will arrive at New York/Newark at 4:50 a.m. the next day. Flying times will be approximately 13 hours and 55 minutes traveling east from New York to New Delhi and 15 hours and 50 minutes traveling west.
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