Passengers on a Continental flight from Amsterdam to Newark last week said that service stunk - literally.
A problem with the toilets caused the flight to stop in Shannon, Ireland, overnight as mechanics tried to fix the issue.  The flight re-departed the next day, but the plumbing backed up again,  leaving only 1 toilet working for [...]

I know this is just a press release, but it’s pretty amazing nonetheless:  a Continental flight attendant named Norma Heape will have her 50th anniversary with the airline this week, on a flight from Newark to Hong Kong.  Pretty incredible when you consider all the upheaval in the industry (and that she’d still want to [...]

A 16 year old high school student who was on a class trip from Hawaii was kicked off a Continental Airlines flight from Newark to Hawaii because she was coughing.  I wish there was more to it than that, but it actually appears that the student has some sort of coughing spell, and the pilot [...]

A Continental Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark was held at the gate for 2 hours after arriving because several passengers reportedly had "flu-like" symptoms.  Earlier reports suggested that the flight was like a scene out of Airplane with a huge number of ill passengers ("We had a choice of steak or fish.  Yes, [...]

Remember that Continental Airlines flight that had an emergency landing after its pilot died in the cockpit?  According to this article, a passenger (who flies Cessnas) helped to land the plane.  Well, "helped" is probably going a bit far.  He sat in the cockpit and helped with the radio and checklists.  The best part, though, [...]

A Continental Airlines pilot died mid-flight on the way to Puerto Vallarta from Houston on Saturday.  The co-pilot took over and landed the plane without incident at McAllen’s airport.  The flight continued on to Puerto Vallarta with a new crew.

Continental Airlines is taking a brave stand against, um, cockfighting.  Yes, the Houston-based carrier has decided that the only reason they have been flying so many adult roosters to Guam is because people are using them to fight other roosters.  Because of that, they’ve decided that they will no longer ship live adult poultry.  Because [...]

Continental has a great deal on award travel to Cologne, Germany:  Book by November 30 and it’s only 25,000 miles for a round trip ticket - half the normal amount.  Fly by March 15, when it’s a bit less miserable than it will be in January.

Continental’s president Jeff Smisek gave a rather candid speech yesterday at an investor conference where he pretty much bashed everyone he could think of.  The article has the details, but he noted that Continental did not "follow our competitors in a race to the bottom to achieve a crappy product."  Knocking JetBlue, he added, "They [...]

Quick note:  in the New York Times this morning, Continental Airlines has an ad that reads: "Only one airline flies nonstop to the most cities in Europe from the New York area.  And it ain’t Delta."  Delta’s been touting their huge increase in New York flights lately.  Well, it looks like their SkyTeam partnership does [...]