Continental Airlines to Launch Daily Non-Stop Flights between New York and Stuttgart

Continental Airlines is to launch daily non-stop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Stuttgart, Germany, effective 9 June 2011 (eastbound), subject to government approval.

Stuttgart will be the fifth German city to be served by the new United, formed last year by the merger of Continental and United Airlines. Continental already serves Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich from New York/Newark and Frankfurt from its Houston hub, while United serves Frankfurt from its Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. hubs and Munich from Chicago and Washington, D.C..

“We are excited about expanding our German route network further, and we are confident that it will be a success, even in this fuel environment, as we are providing the only non-stop link between New York and Stuttgart,” said John Slater, United’s Vice President of Sales – Americas. “This new service, supported by our trans-Atlantic joint venture partners Lufthansa and Air Canada, will give customers more flight options on both sides of the Atlantic.”

The New York/Newark-Stuttgart service will be operated by Boeing 757-200 aircraft, featuring 175 seats – 16 in BusinessFirst and 159 in Economy.

Flight CO152 will depart New York/Newark daily at 5:50 p.m. and arrive at Stuttgart Airport at 8 a.m. the following day. The return flight, CO153, will depart Stuttgart daily at 9:30 a.m. and arrive in New York/Newark at 12:40 p.m. the same day (all times local). During the winter months, when demand traditionally declines, the service will operate five days per week (no eastbound departure on Tuesday and Wednesday).

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