CLEVELAND, Zvita 23, 2008 - Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) nhasi yazivisa kuti ichavhura mwaka wega wega zuva nezuva non-stop service pakati peCleveland hub yayo neLondon Heathrow Airport, kutanga Chivabvu 2, 2009 (kumabvazuva). Iyo nzira nyowani ichatsiva yazvino sevhisi yemwaka pakati peCleveland neLondon/Gatwick Airport.
Uye zvakare, nekuda kwematambudziko ehupfumi, anotakura achapedza mwaka basa kubva kuCleveland kuenda kuParis / Charles de Gaulle Airport.
"Vatengi vedu veCleveland vakatiudza kuti vanoda basa risingamire kuHeathrow, iyo inonyanya kukosha nhandare yendege muEurope, uye tinofara kukwanisa kuita zvinodiwa neGuta," akadaro Larry Kellner, sachigaro uye CEO weContinental. "Tiri kuisa mari mubasa iri nekuda kwekugona kwaro," akadaro.
Sevhisi itsva yeHeathrow ichashanda kubva muna Chivabvu 2 kusvika Sept. 26. Ndege dzichasimuka kuCleveland zuva nezuva na8:25 pm uye dzosvika muLondon na9:15 am mangwanani anotevera. Ndege dzekudzoka dzichabva kuLondon zuva nezuva na11:40 am uye dzinosvika kuCleveland na3:30 pm zuva rimwe chetero.
"Isu tagara tichitenda kuti kusamira-mira sevhisi kuHeathrow chimwe chinhu chinodiwa naCleveland uye ichave kusimudzira kumabasa edu ekusimudzira bhizinesi. Ndinovimba kuti vemabhizimisi munharaunda iyi vachatsigira basa iri rakavandudzwa kuLondon nenzira ichaita kuti Continental ifunge nezvekuwedzera basa racho gore rose mune ramangwana,” akadaro Meya weCleveland Frank Jackson.
Iyo sevhisi ichaitwa nendege dzeBoeing 757, zvigaro gumi nevatanhatu mubhizimusi-rinokunda BhizinesiFirst kabhini uye 16 vafambi mune hupfumi.
Continental icharamba ichishanda nendege mbiri zuva nezuva kuenda kuHeathrow kubva kuHouston hub paBush Intercontinental Airport mukuwedzera kune matatu zuva nezuva nendege kuenda kuHeathrow kubva kuNew York hub paNewark Liberty International Airport. Mutakuri acharamba achishanda nendege zuva nezuva kubva kune ese ari maviri
ayo maHouston neNew York hubs kuParis / Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Pamusoro pendege dzayo dzeHeathrow, Continental inoshandawo nyore kubatanidza sevhisi kubva kuCleveland kuburikidza neNewark Liberty kuenda kuBelfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow neManchester, pamwe neDublin neShannon - ichipa trans-Atlantic sevhisi kune mamwe maguta kuUK uye Ireland kupfuura chero imwe ndege.
