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(CAPA) Continental Airlines launched four times weekly New York Newark-Mumbai service on 01-Oct-07, increasing to daily service effective 28-Oct-07
Jeff Smisek, Continental Airlines President stated, "we are pleased with the support we have received for this new nonstop route that allows travelers to avoid lengthy and inconvenient connections in Europe and the Middle East... We see significant opportunities for growth on this new route linking America's financial center with India's business and entertainment capital and most populous city." Mumbai will be the 30th city in Continental's trans-Atlantic route network. Continental has operated New York-Delhi nonstop service since 2005. The carrier will be utilizing the Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the New York Liberty-Mumbai flights, carrying 50 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 235 in economy.
The flight schedule will be as follows:
Flight CO48 will depart New York Liberty on Sunday and Monday at 7:20 p.m., arriving at Mumbai at 7:40 p.m. the next day; on Friday and Saturday, the flight will depart New York Liberty at 8:00 p.m. and will arrive at Mumbai at 8:20 p.m. the following day. The return flight CO49 will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 11:45 p.m., arriving at New York Liberty at 6:30 a.m. the following day. Flying times will be approximately 14 hours 50 minutes eastbound and 16 hours 15 minutes westbound.
Effective Oct-28-2007, the frequency of the service will increase to daily and the schedule will change slightly. Flight CO48 will depart New York Liberty daily at 8:20 p.m., arriving at Mumbai at 8:40 p.m. the next day. Flight CO 49 will depart Mumbai daily at 10:40 p.m., arriving at New York Liberty at 5:25 a.m. the following day. Date posted: 03-Oct-07 |
Continental Airlines launches New York Newark-Mumbai service 
