Continental Airlines launches fifth daily Newark-London Heathrow service

Continental Airlines (Houston), a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (Chicago), will inaugurate a fifth daily flight from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport on October 30. The airline also operates two daily flights from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, its largest hub, to Heathrow.

The additional flight offers Continental customers a new late-evening departure from New York/Newark, while the westbound schedule now features an early-morning departure from Heathrow.

Effective October 30, Continental’s London winter schedule will be as follows (timings will be different after Daylight Saving Time ends November 7; for verification of schedules, go to continental.com):

To London/Heathrow
Origin Flight no. Departure Arrival Frequency Aircraft type
New York/Newark CO18 10:00 a.m. 9:20 p.m. Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO28 7:15 p.m. 6:20 a.m.+1 Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO112 8:15 p.m. 7:25 a.m.+1 Daily 777
New York/Newark CO110 10:15 p.m. 9:25 a.m.+1 Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO114 11:05 p.m. 10:15 a.m.+1 Daily 757-200
Houston CO34 4:50 p.m. 6:50 a.m.+1 Daily 777
Houston CO4 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.+1 Daily 777
From London/Heathrow
Destination Flight no. Departure Arrival Frequency Aircraft type
New York/Newark CO115 8:40 a.m. 1:05 p.m. Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO29 9:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Daily 777
New York/Newark CO113 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO111 11:35 a.m. 4:05 p.m. Daily 757-200
New York/Newark CO19 5:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Daily 757-200
Houston CO35 9:20 a.m. 2:45 p.m. Daily 777
Houston CO5 10:45 a.m. 4:10 p.m. Daily 777

Continental’s Heathrow flights are operated using two aircraft types: the 276-seat Boeing 777-200, carrying 50 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 226 in Economy; and the 175-seat Boeing 757-200, with 16 BusinessFirst seats and 159 Economy seats. All Continental aircraft scheduled for its Heathrow flights feature new, flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst.

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