- Co. today announced that it will launch daily nonstop flights between its New York area hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Shanghai, China and through flight service between Cleveland and Shanghai beginning March 25, 2009, subject to government approval.
- Effective today, the airline has made seat inventory available for sale in preparation for the start of service less than eight months from now.
- Continental has operated nonstop service between New York and Beijing since 2005 and between New York and Hong Kong since 2001

Other headlines for [CAL]

• Yesterday 08:18am
  Moody's: Expects Negative Outlook For The Global Airline Industry- The outlook for the global airline industry remains negative, based on the view that a weaker demand environment and fuel prices more...
  
• CAL 12/2/2008 09:56am
  Continental Airlines Inc Laderman: Guides Nov load factor flat- Expects to see international business class numbers as 'soft' - Note: Earlier provided Nov matrix Nov load factor of 77.3% v 79% M/M, -2.8% y/y
  
• CAL 12/1/2008 06:45pm
  Continental Airlines Inc Reports Nov load factor of 77.3% v 79% M/M, -2.8% y/y;- RPM: 6.6B v 7.1B m/m; 7.3B (-10.5%) y/y - ASM: 8.5B v 9.B m/m; 9.2B (-7.3%) y/y
  
• 11/26/2008 08:46pm
  WSJ reports that airlines are mulling flight cancellations in India to protect passengers- Delta canceled a Thursday India flight and the company is reviewing whether to cancel more flights. - more...
  
• 11/12/2008 02:19pm
  Hearing Airline sector defended at UBS (timing uncertain)
  

Industrials sector headlines

• BNI Today 07:45am
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp CEO: Bulk business is doing well y/y, consumer goods business down 5-8% y/y - CNBC interview
  
• B5A.GE Today 06:39am
  Bauer AG CEO: Orders cancelled due to credit crunch, decline will not be "dramatic" - conf call- Believes 2009 profit will fall on machinery, building slump. - Does not expect major acquisitions next year.
  
• BKR Today 06:19am
  Michael Baker Corp UPDATE: Janney Initiates BKR with Neutral
  
• SAS.SW Today 05:01am
  SAS Reports Nov Load Factor 64.5% v 63.1% y/y- Says capacity reductions are gradually taking effect - Carried 2.7M passengers in Nov
  
• Today 04:44am
  (IT) Italian Nov Light-truck vehicle sales 16.7K units (-32% y/y)