Continental Airlines Reports Operational Performance for the

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Continental Airlines Reports Operational Performance for the First Two Weeks Of October

HOUSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first two weeks in October 2001, Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) today reported a 71.3 percent domestic and 56.3 percent international load factor for a systemwide load factor of 65.5 percent. The systemwide load factor is 13.2 points above the load factor reported for the last two weeks of September 2001 and 5.5 points below the 71.0 percent load factor reported for the comparable period in 2000. The domestic load factor is 1.3 points higher than the results for the same period last year, although on 18.9 percent less capacity.

Continental's on-time arrival rate was 84.0 percent for the first two weeks of October. Completion factor for the two weeks was 99.1 percent, with the carrier operating approximately 1,100 flights a day.

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Continental Airlines Reports Operational Performance for the First Two Weeks Of October

HOUSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first two weeks in October 2001, Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) today reported a 71.3 percent domestic and 56.3 percent international load factor for a systemwide load factor of 65.5 percent. The systemwide load factor is 13.2 points above the load factor reported for the last two weeks of September 2001 and 5.5 points below the 71.0 percent load factor reported for the comparable period in 2000. The domestic load factor is 1.3 points higher than the results for the same period last year, although on 18.9 percent less capacity.

Continental's on-time arrival rate was 84.0 percent for the first two weeks of October. Completion factor for the two weeks was 99.1 percent, with the carrier operating approximately 1,100 flights a day.