Continental Airlines Kicks Off Nonstop Service from Texas to Mexico’s Loreto

Continental Airlines begins twice-weekly service today between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, and Loreto, Mexico, the airline’s 31st Mexican destination. Continental offers service to more destinations in Mexico than any other U.S. airline.

The Continental flight departs Houston at 11:10 a.m. on Thursdays and Sundays during peak travel season (summer, winter and spring), arriving in Loreto at 1:18 p.m. The return flight departs Loreto at 1:50 p.m., arriving in Houston at 5:35 p.m.

The Loreto flights are timed for convenient connections to the Midwest and East Coast. In the fall, the service will operate once a week on Saturdays. Continental will utilize the Embraer-145 XR jet with seating for 50 passengers in either aisle or window seats.

Continental Airlines offers service to 77 destinations in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including nonstop service to 31 destinations in Mexico –more than any other airline. Continental also
offers nonstop service to more Central American cities than any other U.S. airline and serves nine South American destinations.