Rooting Out The Route Truth - 2001-01-29

By BTN / January 28, 2001

<B>Rooting Out The Route Truth</B>

Your otherwise excellent story about Dusseldorf, Germany, "Dusseldorf Aims for More Traffic," (BTN, Oct. 2, 2000), had a factual error. You reported that United and Lufthansa have "the only U.S.-Dusseldorf nonstops in the market."

Thankfully, for travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, this is not true. Continental Airlines has been operating a daily nonstop between NewYork/Newark and Dusseldorf since March 1997.

In February 2001, we will introduce the new-generation Boeing 767-200ER on the route.<I>

Nick Britton
Sr. Manager Corporate
Communications, Europe
Continental Airlines Inc.