Posted on 09/19/2010 9:59:01 PM PDT by Nachum
The biggest airline in the world will have the United name, Continental's globe logo and potentially far-reaching effects on air travel. Shareholders who on Friday approved combining the two companies hope the new airline attracts more top-dollar corporate travelers with its larger network while reducing costs. Some industry watchers expect the deal to lead to higher fares, but United and Continental say competition from low-cost airlines is sufficient to keep prices from rising.
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Not good.
I will miss Continental.
How’s this for irony . . . I was flying Continental and reading through the “Message from the CEO” section of their in-flight magazine — describing all the wonderful things about flying Continental — when the formal announcement of this merger was made. LOL.
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