Continental to resume Guam-Sendai service

Continental Airlines (Houston) will resume regular service between Guam and Sendai, Japan, subject to government approval, with twice-weekly flights beginning on October 2. The new flights mark the first resumption of regular service by a foreign airline at Sendai Airport since the facility reopened on April 13. The airport was temporarily closed after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11. Sendai Airport was flooded by the Tsunami.

This route was formerly operated as Continental Micronesia. On December 22, 2010, as a result of the Continental-United Airlines merger, the FAA approved the combination of Continental Micronesia’s air carrier operations with Continental’s under the single Part 121 air operating certificate (AOC) of Continental; although Continental Micronesia remains as a corporation, all flights are now operated directly by Continental Airlines. This step will simplify future integration steps between Continental and United. The callsign, ICAO and IATA codes were changed to reflect the new operating certificate.

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