Continental Airlines News

Continental Airlines, Inc. soars 8.77% to $12.77 on over 11.53 best airline stocks million shares after Crude-oil futures were down 2% to about $78 a barrel in electronic trading.

Airline stocks rose Friday as oil prices tumbled, easing the carriers' fears over jet fuel costs.

Last October, things were not good in the airline industry. Sure, oil had come down and the capacity cuts implemented in September were still firmly in place, but the economy had just fallen off a cliff and people were scared about how low it would go.

BASED CONTINENTAL AIRLINES switched alliances a few days ago, newspapers in Continental's other hub cities have reporting interesting news from President Jeff Smisek, who takes over for CEO Larry Kellner next year.

Continental Airlines said its passenger traffic in October strengthened -- up 1.9 percent from a year earlier -- while the percent of seats filled on its flights reached new levels.

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Put volume was heavy last Friday on Continental Airlines, Inc. , with 9,395 contracts crossing the tape -- amounting to 2.87 times the stock's usual daily volume.

Recent service fee and domestic fare increases by Continental Airlines suggest the world's fifth largest airline believes that pricing power has shifted from the consumer back to air carriers.

Filed under: Good news , Industry , AMR Corp , Contl Airlines'B' , UAL Corp , Options , Technical Analysis American Airlines shares are rising today along with most other major airlines this morning after the International Air Transport Association said international passenger demand rose 0.3% year-over-year in September , the first month of growth ...

Oct. 28 -- Hunter Keay, an analyst at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about the possibility of a merger between Continental Airlines Inc.

Continental Airlines Inc. will add more fees for specific products and services to help return to profit, according to President Jeff Smisek, who becomes chief executive officer on Jan.

Continental Airlines and ANA have signed an Alliance Agreement allowing both carriers to strengthen cooperation just after Continental's joining the Star Alliance on October 27, 2009.

American Airlines Inc. said Tuesday it remains hopeful it'll get a decision on its joint business agreement with its Oneworld partners by a Saturday deadline, but it acknowledged that there may be a delay.

Continental Airlines on Tuesday officially joined the Star Alliance, a move it says will give passengers more options and the airline more places to expand.

Air Canada president Calin Rovinescu says customers will gain access to scores of new destinations while the airline pockets new revenue after Continental Airlines joins the Star Alliance partnership on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Continental Airlines switches teams. After months of preparations, the Houston-based carrier will leave its SkyTeam alliance with Delta Air Lines and others and become part of the Star Alliance, a global network headed by United Airlines.

Option volume skyrocketed on Continental Airlines, Inc. on Wednesday, after Jeff Smisek, the airline issue's chief operating officer, called the firm's third-quarter earnings report "nothing to brag about and very disappointing." During the course of the session, the security saw roughly 8,400 puts and 8,650 calls cross the tape, virtually tripling ...

Continental Airlines today reported a third quarter 2009 net loss of $18 million .

A lawyer has entered a not guilty plea for a private security guard at a New Jersey airport who is accused of threatening President Barack Obama.John Brek said nothing when he appeared via video in a Newark courtroom Thursday.