What is Continental Airlines?
{{Infobox airline | airline = Continental Airlines | image = Continental Airlines Boeing 767-224ER; N67158@ZRH;16.01.2010 561bz (4282765608).jpg | caption = No logo available. This is a [[Boeing 767]] | IATA = CO | ICAO = COA | callsign = CONTINENTAL | founded = May 1934 | commenced = July 8, 1937 | ceased = March 3, 2012 (merged into [[United Airlines]]) | hubs = *[[Cleveland]] *[[Stapleton International Airport]] *El Paso *[[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] *[[Newark Liberty International Airport]] | frequent_flyer = OnePass | alliance = *[[SkyTeam]](2004-2009) *[[Star Alliance]](2009-2012) | parent = Texas Air Corporation (1981-1991) United Continental Holdings (2010-2012) }}[[File:Boeing 757-224, Continental Airlines AN1281351.jpg|thumb|350x350px]] '''Continental Airlines''' was an [[United States|American]] [[airline]] based and headquartered in downtown [[Houston, Texas]]. It was founded in [[1937]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://airlinefiles.com/84-legacy-airlines/354-continental-airlines-2.html?showall=1&limitstart=|title=Continental Airlines Files - airlinefiles|website=airlinefiles.com|access-date=2016-04-30|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925064717/https://airlinefiles.com/84-legacy-airlines/354-continental-airlines-2.html?showall=1&limitstart=|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the fourth-largest airline in the US based on revenue passenger miles. Since 1998, Continental's marketing slogan had been ''Work Hard, Fly Right''. Continental Airlines announced on Monday, May 3, 2010, that they were merging with [[United Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_bi_ge/us_united_continental;_ylt=Aqpug3pNBmemUFS9GX5AJLsEtbAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzdHM4aTh0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTAzL3VzX3VuaXRlZF9jb250aW5lbnRhbARwb3MDMjIEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDY29udGluZW50YWx1|title=Continental, United to combine in $3 bln deal|access-date=2010-05-03|last1=Freed|first1=Joshua|last2=Koenig|first2=David}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetAr