1970: Pan American World Airways operates its first commercial flight on the Boeing 747 on a route from New York to London. Later in the year, Continental Airlines becomes one of the first ...

Mergers in airlines were very common in the late 20th century, but one of the more dramatic mergers occurred between ...

The 747 has changed with the times ... the exclusive use of first and business class passengers, although Continental Airlines had a lounge on the main deck that was open to all.

People were thrown about and into overhead panels." The Continental Airlines Boeing 747 from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Texas, hit severe turbulence north at 9.30am UK time. The plane ...

Continental Airlines, at the time ... infrastructure and historically operated aircraft that included the Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The airline was a leading carrier in the US ...

Los Angeles to Honolulu (Continental 1 ... Although the initial Pan Am order made the 747 possible, U.S. airlines, with 127 of the aircraft in their passenger fleets, have just 18 percent of ...

At United Airlines, they called it the "cutover." It was the final and most difficult piece of the puzzle in the merger with Continental Airlines, and it involved combining two complex passenger ...

Continental Airlines said Wednesday that all of its Boeing ... and business-class in April and has put them in its Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 767-300 aircraft used on international flights.