FORTUNE Mag Ranks CAL No. 1 Again
 

Continental Airlines Ranked No. 1 World's Most Admired Airline by FORTUNE Magazine
Sixth consecutive year as FORTUNE World's Most Admired airline

HOUSTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced that it was again rated the top airline on FORTUNE magazine's annual airline industry list of World's Most Admired Companies. This is the sixth consecutive year that Continental has topped that list.

"Continental's more than 42,000 co-workers are the reason for our success, and I'm proud to see their hard work recognized again this year," said Continental Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Kellner. "They have shown once again that they are the best team in the airline industry."

The rankings are determined in a survey of corporate and airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts. Companies are evaluated according to the following criteria: quality of products/services, global competitiveness, people management, quality of management, social responsibility, innovation, use of corporate assets, financial soundness and long-term investment.

Continental received an overall score of 7.71, followed by Air France-KLM Group (7.15), Southwest Airlines (6.89), Singapore Airlines (6.85), Lufthansa Group (6.57) and Delta Air Lines (6.18).

Additionally, Continental was ranked among the top ten companies for management quality across all industries on the FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies survey.

The results are from the magazine's March 16, 2009, issue.

Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 2,800 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 135 domestic and 132 international destinations. More than 650 additional points are served via alliance partners. With more than 42,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 67 million passengers per year.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For more company information, go to continental.com.

Well ladeefrickindah!!!

Could be worse....like worst airline of the year.

Well watsyurpointfella???:confused:

That list represents the world's most admired airlines according to Americans, not according to world opinion. I believe the combined world's opinion would probably be something like: Emirates, Singapore, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa, Qatar and so on. Can't see any US airline making the first 10 of a global most admired list. Maybe Delta.
Just look at internationally recognized Skytrax rankings. click: Airline Reviews, Airport Reviews, Flight Reviews, Seat Reviews and SKYTRAX Airline and Airport Star Ranking
Continental is considered a 3 star Airline.

"3 STAR RANKING : The 3 Star ranking signifies a "satisfactory" standard of core Product across most travel categories - but reflects poor or less consistent standards of Staff Service / Product quality in selected Onboard or Airport features. This Ranking is assessed by SKYTRAX after detailed Product and Service standards analysis for each featured airline, and is NOT connected in any way to customer ratings across the Forum pages on this site."

Free Market Competition . . .
 

Congratulations to Continental Airlines (#1 Airline Industry) and Southwest Airlines (#3 Airline Industry and #7 Worldwide Corporations)!!

All the hard working men and women at both companies deserve the recognition they have earned!

With due respect to A320Flyer, you may be right about partly and/or completely NATIONALIZED and/or government SUBSIDIZED international airlines that have the privilege of entering and serving United States commercial aviation markets.

Capitalism and free market competition is a great thing, but only when the playing field is kept as level as reasonably possible for ALL the competitors.

Point is..it doesnt matter.
Am I going to go pat myself on the back for it? No. Am I going to have a superiority complex about it? No. Is it an indication of my quality of life as a pilot at CAL? No. Does it mean I won't be out of a job by years end? No. Will more people buy tix on CAL as a direct result of this award....I seriously doubt it. Does this indicate who is the best airline in the world? Not really.

Allow me to self-gratify ...myself.

Sorry I didn't mean to steal anyone's sunshine.

73??? Sounds more like an "83":cool:

WOW...He just posted an article. Try a Xanics, rumor has it that it works wonders.:rolleyes:

I tend to agree. The one kudo I see is towards the employees for providing an excellent service (not that other airlines don't) despite our "management." They like to continuously pat themselves on the back but in reality they really do suck!

Hardly an '83. I wasn't attacking him. Flame away anyway.

Its xanax ftl.