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Continental Airlines
formerly
Varney Air Transport
USA
Continental Airlines was founded as the Southwest Division of Varney Speed Lines (the other division of Varney Speed Lines was in California) to fly over the contract mail route from Pueblo to El Paso. The service started in July 1934 with the addition of a passenger leg between Denver and Pueblo. The name changed to Varney Air Transport in December 1934 and again to Continental Air Lines in July 1937. Continental took over the Local Service carrier Pioneer Air Lines in April 1955.
In 1981 Texas Air Corporation acquired control of the airline and merged it with Texas International Airlines in October 1982. During 1986 Texas Air purchased People Express and the assets of Frontier Airlines, which were merged into Continental, as was New York Air, another airline owned by Texas Air. The merger was completed by January 1987, making Continental one of the largest airlines in the U.S.A.
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October 1, 1935
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Click to view the complete September 24, 1939 timetable (BL)
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(From the collection of Craig Morris)
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Click to view the complete May 1, 1944 timetable (BL)
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Click to view the complete May 1, 1948 timetable (BL)
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Click to view the complete November 1, 1951 timetable (BL)
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Click to view the complete September 28, 1952 timetable (BL)
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(From the collection of David Stringer)
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(From the collection of David Stringer)
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Click to view the complete January 20, 1958 timetable (BL)
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(From the collection of David Stringer)
(From the collection of David Stringer)
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Click to view the complete June 16, 1960 timetable (BL)
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Click to view the complete April 30, 1961 timetable (BL)
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(From the collection of Todd Budish)
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Click for views of the interior of the March 1, 1966 timetable (complete tabular part of timetable) (BL)
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(From the collection of Todd Budish)
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(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
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(From the collection of Todd Budish)
(From the collection of Todd Budish)
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For quick comparison with other Continental Airlines timetables,
visit the Continental Airlines page of
Perry Sloan's "AirTimes" site.
This page last updated January 7, 2012.
