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November 1, 2009 promises to be an exciting and busy day at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), as Continental Airlines launches nonstop service to three different cities located in three different countries.
The additional flight options will begin to show up early on that Sunday morning, as a new nonstop flight connecting IAH and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) takes off at 7:25 am.
Once the inaugural takeoff is completed, Continental Express will operate three daily scheduled flights between Houston and Washington, D.C. using its 55-seat Embraer regional jet aircraft.
“The flights to Washington Dulles International Airport will provide customers with increased connecting opportunities between Continental and its future Star Alliance partner, United, which has an international hub at Dulles,” said Jim Compton, Continental’s executive vice president of marketing.
The arrival of a Continental Airlines’ Boeing 737-500 aircraft will mark the beginning of the next celebration, slated to take place just before noon at 11:56 am.
That arrival marks the beginning of nonstop service connecting Houston with Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada.
Edmonton is known throughout the world for its majestic mountains and pristine lakes but leaders within the Houston Airport System (HAS) say there was an additional factor at play which led to the launch of this nonstop service.
“This is one of those connections that just makes perfect sense,” says Genaro Pena, deputy assistant director for marketing with HAS. “Edmonton and Houston both represent key energy epicenters for their respective countries and now we have nonstop service to make that connection even stronger in the future.”
The 114-seat aircraft will leave Houston and head back to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) at 6:00 pm, which is almost the exact same time that other Continental and HAS team members plan to celebrate the launch of yet another nonstop flight from IAH’s largest air carrier. |
