Continental Connection

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Continental Connection

Continental Connection is a brand name under which several commuter airline carriers and their airline holding companies operate service marketed exclusively by Continental Airlines. By contrast, Continental Express flights are operated by the airline's regional jet partners, ExpressJet Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines. All flights on Continental Connection are given full OnePass frequent flier credit, as if they were traditional Continental flights.

[edit] Regional airline carriers

A Continental Connection aircraft

CommutAir Beechcraft 1900D

Facing forward in the passenger cabin of a CommutAir Beech 1900D displaying the integral and remote field operationally friendly, airstair built into the forward exit of this type of airplane

• Cape Air
• Colgan Air
• CommutAir
• Gulfstream International Airlines

[edit] Turboprop reluctance factor

U.S mainline airlines such as Continental Airlines[1] tend to paint their regional partners who fly turboprop aircraft with a slightly different branding, so as to distance themselves from the traveling public's safety perceptions of propeller powered aircraft.

Thus far, Continental Airlines Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines Corporation, parent company of Pinnacle Airlines who will be running these aircraft in association with Colgan Airlines for the mainline brand, has not expressed a lack of confidence in their decision to operate the Bombardier Q400 as Scandinavian airline carrier SAS has with their recent grounding of the type due to on going landing gear collapses. [2]

[edit] Flights

Continental Connection flights can be spotted by their Continental flight number:

• 9356-9400 operated by Cape Air
• 9596-9606 operated by Cape Air in Micronesia
• 8635-8835 operated by CommutAir
• 9514-9584 operated by Colgan Air
• 9120-9310 operated by Gulfstream International Airlines

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