Continental Airlines was a trunk carrier, a major international airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012. It had ownership interests and brand
A Boeing 777-200ER of Continental Airlines in June 2008
Walter T. Varney, founder of predecessors of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, 1921
Robert F. Six, chairman-CEO, Continental Airlines, 1936–1981
Boeing 707 at Los Angeles, December 1962
Star Alliance is an airline alliance headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded on 14 May 1997, it was the world's first global airline alliance. Star Alliance has 26 member airlines, the most of an
Continental Airlines
…retiring all of Continental's 737-300s and all but 35 of its 737-500s. Continental also announced that it planned to withdraw from SkyTeam and would join Star Alliance in order to cooperate more extensively with United Airlines and other Star Alliance airlines. The new Continental-United relationship was characterized…
The head office of the alliance is at Frankfurt Airport Centre 1
Four then-members of Star Alliance at Narita Airport in April 2012: Thai, United, Swiss and SAS
A former Lufthansa A340-200 in the first Star Alliance livery.
A former All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 wearing the second Star Alliance livery.