Continental Airlines launches Houston-Lagos flights

Continental Airlines (Houston) yesterday (November 16), operating as United Airlines, inaugurated the first daily scheduled passenger service between Texas and Africa with new nonstop flights between Houston (Bush Intercontinental) and Lagos, Nigeria. The new service links the two energy capitals on a route which no other airline currently serves on a scheduled basis (Atlas Air is also operating a charter series of flights from Houston to Luanda).

Flight CO 142 departs Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport at 7:05 p.m. (1905) and arrives at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at 1:40 p.m. (1340) the following day. On the return, flight CO 143 departs Lagos at 11:05 p.m. (2305) and arrives in Houston at 5:25 a.m. (0525) the following day. Flying times are approximately 11 hours, 35 minutes eastbound and 13 hours, 20 minutes westbound.

The flights will operate using Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft with a total of 276 seats — 50 in BusinessFirst and 226 in Economy.

Continental and United are still two separate airlines pending a single operating certificate under the United brand.

Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. The Continental name is disappearing from CO aircraft.

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