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Continental to fly Narita-Saipan charters in summer
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Posted on Apr 06 2009
[B]HAGÅTÑA, Guam[/B]—Continental Micronesia said yesterday that its flight schedule for the 2009 summer peak will include double-daily scheduled charter flights from Narita to Saipan and one daily scheduled charter from Kansai International Airport to Guam.
July 18 through Sept. 23
Aug. 1 through Sept. 23
The scheduled charters will operate for a limited time and will add a total of 190 flights and 29,450 seats to the summer schedule.
The Narita-Saipan flights will operate from July 18 through Sept. 23, while the Kansai-Guam flights will operate daily from Aug. 1 through Sept. 23. Both routes will use a Boeing 737-800 with 14 business class seats and 141 economy class seats.
Flight schedule details are as follows:
[B]NARITA-SAIPAN[/B] (daily flights)July 18 through Sept. 23
-Flight CO941: Dep. Saipan 5:30 Arr. Narita 8:05
-Flight CO942: Dep. Narita 9:25 Arr. Saipan 13:55
-Flight CO943: Dep. Saipan 16:15 Arr. Narita 18:50
-Flight CO944: Dep. Narita 21:00 Arr. Saipan 1:30 (Following day)
[B]KANSAI-GUAM[/B] (daily flights)Aug. 1 through Sept. 23
-Flight CO977: Dep. Guam 7:10 Arr. Kansai 9:55
-Flight CO978: Dep. Kansai 11:00 Arr. Guam 15:30
“We decided to operate these scheduled charter flights between Narita and Saipan and Kansai and Guam during the summer travel peak in response to requests from our travel partners,” said Charles Duncan, managing director of Asia/Pacific for Continental Airlines. “We are excited to provide our customers in Japan with more convenient access to Saipan and Guam this summer, when demand is strongest. In spite of the challenging economic environment, Continental has been growing in the Asia Pacific region. On March 26 we launched a new route linking Shanghai and New York and we doubled our service between Guam and Cairns, Australia for the 2009 summer season. And we will continue to look for more opportunities that are commercially viable.”
Continental Micronesia is headquartered in Guam and operates a Pacific hub from the A.B. Won Pat International Airport. For more company information, go to continental.com. [B][I](Continental)[/I][/B]
