Continental Express

Continental Express
Founded	1986
Ceased operations	March 3, 2012; (merged into United Express)
Hubs	Cleveland; Denver–Stapleton (1986–1995); Houston–Intercontinental; Newark;
Frequent-flyer program	OnePass
Alliance	SkyTeam (affiliate; 2004–2009); Star Alliance (affiliate; 2009–2012); Wings Alliance (affiliate);
Parent company	Continental Airlines (1986–2011); United Airlines (2011–2012);
Headquarters	Houston, Texas

Continental Express was the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing commuter airliner and regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines. In 2012 at the time of Continental's merger with United Airlines, two carriers were operating using the Continental Express brand name:

SkyWest, Inc.' carrier ExpressJet (206 aircraft, more than 90% of Continental Express flights)
Republic Airways Holdings' carrier Chautauqua Airlines (14 aircraft, just under 10% of Continental Express flights)

Continental Express, operated by ExpressJet and Chautauqua, offered service to approximately 150 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, from Continental's hubs in Houston, Newark and Cleveland. ExpressJet operates as a Continental Express and United Express carrier, while Chautauqua also operated flights as Delta Connection, US Airways Express, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Connect, Trans World Express, America West Express, and AmericanConnection. Continental Express operated more flights to Mexico more than any other airline from its hub George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Following the merger of Continental with United, the "Continental Express" brand was discontinued and such flight services were renamed as United Express.

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