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Continental flies to a new airline alliance

Oct. 27, 2009
Continental Airlines has changed teams in the battle among three large alliances of global airlines. The move gets Continental out from under the shadow of Delta Air Lines and could mean a bigger piece of international revenue that is shared among team...
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