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Continental to begin non-stop service to Seoul
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Posted on May 22 2000
Continental Airlines has announced that it will resume serving Seoul, South Korea starting July 16, 2000. The airline will fly two times a week to Seoul, non-stop from Guam. A Boeing 737-800 aircraft will service the route every Thursday and Sunday. Flying time from Guam will be approximately 4.5 hours.
Continental flight 927 will depart Guam at 5:25 p.m. and arrive in Seoul at 9:05 p.m. Departure of Continental flight 928 from Seoul will be at 9:55 p.m. and arrive in Guam at 3:05 a.m. the following day.
“We’re excited about reentering the Korean market as it is the second largest tourism source for Micronesia, ” said Walter Dias, Continental Airlines staff vice president of Sales and Promotions. “We fell our new Seoul flights will benefit the local consumers and the local economy. The flight will also make Micronesia a more convenient vacation destination for Korean travelers and will strengthen Guam’s position as an airline hub in the Pacific Rim.”
Continental Airlines is the fifth largest airline in the U.S., offering more than 2,200 departures daily to 136 domestic and 87 international destinations. Operating major hubs in Newark, Houston, Cleveland, and Guam Continental (www.continental.com) serves more international cities than any other U.S. carrier, including extensive service throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Continental’s Pacific Hub in Guam has approximately 240 departures a week to 25 destinations throughout the Pacific including Honolulu, Hawaii, the island of Palau and Cairns, Australia.
Continental is in the top quarter of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to work for in America,” and is ranked the nation’s No. 1 airline in customer satisfaction for long and short-haul flights by Frequent Flyer Magazine and JD Power and Associates. Continental has received numerous awards for its BusinessFirst premium cabin (Conde Nast Traveler, OAG, Entrepreneur and Smart Money magazines), OnePass frequent flyer program (InsideFlyer’s Freddie Awards) and overall operations and management (Air Transport World’s 1997 Airline of the Year).
