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► Varney Speed Lines >Varney Air Transport >Continental Air Lines >Continental Airlines ^UAL (United Air Lines)
♦ CONTINENTAL AIR LINES was formed as VARNEY SPEED LINES & started on 15Jul1934. Adopted present name in 1937. Acquired PIONEER AIR LINES in 1954, NEW YORK AIR in 1987, FRONTIER AIRLINES and PEOPLEXPRESS in in 1987. Merged with TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES in 1982 and the two airlines began operating under the C.A.L. name. CONTINENTAL WEST operated for a short time on the West Coast It was formed by Frank Lorenzo as a shuttle airline but merged back into the main company. Merged with UAL in 2011. The last Continental Airlines flight departed 03Mar2012. Leaving Phoenix, AZ, as Continental flight 1267, it landed as United Airlines flight 1267 in Cleveland, OH ♦
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