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Continental Airlines Becomes United Airlines on March 3Combined Carrier Will Operate from Terminals A and C |
Since United Airlines and Continental Airlines first announced their merger in October 2010, they’ve been steadily bringing together United and Continental products and services under the United brand. They have applied this integration project to their terminal locations as well.
At some airports, including Kansas City International Airport, certain United flights will depart from and fly into different terminals. Effective Saturday, March 3, United will operate flights out of terminals A and C until the combined carrier moves to a new location in Terminal A this summer.
All of the former nonstop flights that Continental operated will be branded as United, but will remain in Terminal C. United will continue to operate its existing nonstop destinations from Terminal A.
Terminal A will serve United’s nonstop flights to Chicago-O’Hare (ORD), Denver (DEN), San Francisco (SFO) and Washington-Dulles (IAD). Terminal C will serve United’s nonstop flights to Cleveland (CLE), Houston Intercontinental (IAH) and Newark (EWR).
Since one might connect before arriving at a final destination, United customers and meeters/greeters need to know the connecting city to determine the correct departure terminal. If a traveler is departing and connecting, the first connecting city will dictate the outbound terminal. For incoming flights, the last city departed will dictate the KCI terminal for those arriving passengers.
Signs will be placed in strategic locations throughout the airport. To minimize missed flights and inconvenience, United customers should reconfirm their terminal, gate of departure and flight status at http://www.united.com/ prior to leaving for the airport. They should also allow plenty of time prior to departure “just in case”. The free Red Bus is available to shuttle customers between terminals, and the Economy Parking Lot has a transfer station. More information about the United/Continental merger and terminal confirmation is available at these links: http://hub.united.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx, http://hub.united.com/en-us/News/Company-Operations/Pages/terminal-location-information.aspx
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