The merger between Continental Airlines and United Airlines announced yesterday will, if consummated, create the world's largest airline by RPKs, serving 370 destinations in 59 countries with 692 mainline aircraft.
"Together we create the world's most comprehensive network. Our networks quite literally complete each other, with little overlap and with strategically located hubs that provide gateways to the Pacific, the Atlantic, Latin America, the Middle East, Hawaii and Micronesia," UAL Chairman, President and CEO Glenn Tilton said in a webcast yesterday announcing the deal.