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Continental Airlines Index of Rebuttal Exhibits - OST-98-3863


CO-RT-1    Rebuttal Testimony Of Gordon M. Bethune, Chairman And Chief Executive Officer

Series 1100 - Rebuttal Exhibits

CO-R-1100     Not Used

CO-R-1101    Continental Will Provide The Only New Nonstop Service Between The U.S. And Brazil And Will Benefit Far More Passengers Than Delta, American Or United

CO-R-1102    Unlike Delta's Proposed Additional New York (JFK) Service, Continental's Proposed Houston - Sao Paulo Service Will Benefit Passengers Who Currently Have No Nonstop Service Options

CO-R-1103    Delta's Promise Of Sustained Single Plane Service To Both Boston And Montevideo Is Doubtful Given Its Abandonment Of CVG-ATL-GRU-GIG Single Plane Service In May 1998

CO-R-1104    Delta's Proposed U.S. Gateway To Sao Paulo Is Already Well Served By Other Carriers

CO-R-1105    Brazilian Flag Carriers Do Not Outnumber U.S. Flag Carriers At New York (JFK)

CO-R-1106    New York/Newark Has More U.S. Flag Service Than Foreign Flag Service To Brazil

CO-R-1107    Delta Already Serves Brazil From Five U.S. Gateways, Including New York (JFK)

CO-R-1108    Delta's European Connections Are Too Circuitous To Produce Traffic

CO-R-1109    Delta's Forecasted Transatlantic Traffic Requires A Minimum Of 10.5 Hours In Connecting Time

CO-R-1110    Continental's Houston - Sao Paulo Proposal Offers Competitive Roundtrip Online Nonstop To Nonstop
Service For 74 Points While Delta's New York (JFK) - Sao Paulo Proposal Offers Online Nonstop To Nonstop
Service For Only Seven

CO-R-1111    The Local Houston - Sao Paulo 0 & D Is Substantially Larger Than The Local Atlanta - Sao Paulo 0 & D Was
When That Route Was Awarded To Delta In The 1997 Brazil Route Case

CO-R-1112    Atlanta Has Two Daily Nonstop Flights To Sao Paulo While Houston Has None

CO-R-1113    Not Used

CO-R-1114    Delta's Proposal Offers No First Online Single Connect Competitive Service Between The U.S. And Brazil,
While Continental's Proposal Offers First Online Single Connect Competitive Service At 16 Points

CO-R-1115    Continental's Houston Hub Is Far Larger Than Delta's New York (JFK) Operation

CO-R-1116    Continental's Houston Hub Has Online Connecting Service Throughout The U.S., While Delta's New (JFK) Operation Does Not

CO-R-1117    Continental Is Growing Its International Gateway At Houston, Having Added Nonstop Service To 9 International Cities Since June 1997

CO-R-1118    Continental At Houston Serves More International Destinations Nonstop Than Delta At New York (JFK)

CO-R-1119    Houston (IAH) Is G     Faster Than New York (JFK) As An International Passenger Gateway

CO-R-1120    Houston (IAH) Is Growing Faster Than New York (JFK)  As A Passenger Gateway To South America

CO-R-1121    Not Used

CO-R-1122    Houston (IAH) Is Growing While New York (JFK) Is Declining As A Passenger Gateway To Central America

CO-R-1123    Continental Forecasts More Brazil Passengers Via Houston Than Delta Forecasts Via New York (JFK)

CO-R-1124    Continental Forecasts More Roundtrip Domestic Single Connect Passengers Between The U.S. And Sao Paulo Via Houston Than Delta Forecasts Via New York (JFK)

CO-R-1125    Continental Will Provide Roundtdp Nonstop Or Single Online Connecting Service To More Passer~qers In The Top 20 U.S. - Sao Paulo O&D Markets Via Houston Than Delta Will Via New York (JFK)

CO-R-1126    Over 91 % Of Continental's Forecasted Total Brazil Passengers Will Have Either Nonstop Or Online Single
    Connect Service


CO-R-1127    Delta Criticizes Continental's Load Factors Between Newark And Brazil, But Varig's Load Factors Were Even Lower When Atlanta - Brazil Service Was Launched In June 1994 VVith Delta Codeshadng, And Varig Has Continued To Serve The Market

CO-R-1128  Delta's Single Plane Boston - Sao Paulo Routing Does Not Significantly Improve Travel Times Between Boston and Sao Paulo

CO-R-1129  Boston Already Has Twice as Many Online, One-Stop Connecting Opportunities to Sao Paulo as Houston

CO-R-1130  American Already Serves Four Cities in Brazil from Miami

CO-R-1131  Miami Already Has Nonstop Service to Seven Cities in Brazil, Including Manaus, While Houston Has None

CO-R-1132    American Controls 50% Of U.S. Flag Carrier - Brazil Frequencies

CO-R-1133    Continental's Proposed Houston - Sao Paulo Service Will Benefit More U.S. Passengers Than American's     Proposed Miami - Manaus Service

CO-R-1134    Continental's Proposed Houston - Sao Paulo Service Will Benefit Four 7mes As Many Connecting U.S.     Passengers Than American's Proposed Miami - Manaus Service

CO-R-1135    Continental's Houston Hub Is Much Larger Than American's Miami Hub


CO-R-1136    American's Proposal Offers Roundtrip Online  Connectons Between Manaus And 17 U.S. Cities,    Representing Only 11,561 Annual Passengers

CO-R-1137  United/Varig Control 40% of All US-Brazil Frequencies

CO-R-1138    United's Proposed Los Angeles - Sao Paulo Service Will Benefit More International Passengers Than    U.S. Passengers

CO-R-1139    Continental's Proposed Houston - Sao Paulo Service Will Benefit Five Times As Many Connecting U.S.     Passengers As United's Proposed Los Angeles -  Sao Paulo Service

CO-R-1140    United's Proposed Los Angeles - Sao Paulo Service Is Dependent On Asia Connecting Traffic

CO-R-1141  United's Proposed Los Angeles-Sao Paulo Service Will Provide Minimal Benefit to Conencting Western US Cities, Accounting for Only 7% of United's Total Forecasted Traffic

CO-R-1142    United Already Serves The Los Angeles - Sao Paulo Route But Conbnental Does Not Serve The Houston -     Sao Paulo Route

CO-R-1143    Continental Forecasts 46% More Connecting Passengers From The Western U.S. Than United Forecasts

CO-R-1144    Continental Forecasts 78% More Passengers From The Top Ten Western U.S - Brazil O&D Connecting Markets   Than United Forecasts

CO-R-1145    United Already Has Ample Sao Paulo Access

CO-R-1146    Continental's Houston Hub Is Much Larger Than United's Los Angeles Operation

CO-R-1147    Continental At Houston Offers More Domestic Seats Than United Offers At Los Angeles

CO-R-1148    Continental At Houston Serves More Domestic Cities Than United Serves At Los Angeles