Continental Airlines yakhazikitsa zanyengo ku London / Heathrow kuchokera ku Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Dec. 23, 2008 - Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) lero yalengeza kuti idzayambitsa ntchito yosayimitsa tsiku ndi tsiku pakati pa malo ake a Cleveland ndi Heathrow Airport ku London, kuyambira pa May 2, 2009 (kum'mawa). Njira yatsopanoyi ilowa m'malo mwa ntchito zomwe zikuchitika pakanthawi kochepa pakati pa Cleveland ndi London/Gatwick Airport.

Kuonjezera apo, chifukwa cha zovuta zachuma, wothandizirayo adzathetsa ntchito ya nyengo kuchokera ku Cleveland kupita ku Paris / Charles de Gaulle Airport.

"Makasitomala athu a Cleveland atiuza kuti akufuna ntchito yosayimitsa ku Heathrow, eyapoti yofunika kwambiri yamabizinesi ku Europe, ndipo tili okondwa kukwaniritsa zosowa za City," atero a Larry Kellner, wapampando komanso wamkulu wa Continental. "Tikuyika ndalama pa ntchitoyi chifukwa cha kuthekera kwake," adatero.

Ntchito yatsopano ya Heathrow idzagwira ntchito kuyambira pa May 2 mpaka Sept. 26. Ndege zidzanyamuka ku Cleveland tsiku lililonse nthawi ya 8:25 pm ndikufika ku London nthawi ya 9:15 m'mawa wotsatira. Ndege zobwerera zidzanyamuka ku London tsiku lililonse nthawi ya 11:40 am ndikufika ku Cleveland nthawi ya 3:30 pm tsiku lomwelo.

"Takhala tikukhulupirira kwanthawi yayitali kuti ntchito yosayimitsa ku Heathrow ndichinthu chomwe Cleveland amafunikira ndikuti itilimbikitsa kukulitsa bizinesi yathu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mabizinesi amderali athandizira ntchito yabwinoyi yopita ku London m'njira yomwe ingafunike kuti dziko la Continental liganizire za kuwonjezera utumikiwu chaka chonse m'tsogolomu,” anatero Meya wa Cleveland Frank Jackson.

Ntchitoyi idzayendetsedwa ndi ndege za Boeing 757, zokhala ndi anthu 16 mu kanyumba kopambana mphoto ya BusinessFirst ndi okwera 159 pazachuma.

Continental ipitiliza kuyendetsa ndege ziwiri tsiku lililonse kupita ku Heathrow kuchokera ku Houston komwe kuli pa Bush Intercontinental Airport kuphatikiza maulendo atatu atsiku ndi tsiku kupita ku Heathrow kuchokera ku New York ku Newark Liberty International Airport. Wonyamulayo apitiliza kuyendetsa ndege zatsiku ndi tsiku kuchokera onse awiri
malo ake ku Houston ndi New York kupita ku Paris/Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Kuphatikiza pa ndege zake za Heathrow, Continental imagwiranso ntchito zolumikizira zosavuta kuchokera ku Cleveland kudzera ku Newark Liberty kupita ku Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow ndi Manchester, komanso Dublin ndi Shannon - yopereka chithandizo cha trans-Atlantic kumizinda yambiri ku UK ndi Ireland kuposa ndege ina iliyonse.