Well a little piece of aviation history will pass today with the end of Continental Airlines as it currently stands, and the merger of United and Continental takes effect tomorrow.
The mega-merger will take on Delta in the US Market and all comers to elsewhere.
Of course, the individual operating certificates will stand, and things will operate “as usual” for now until, but the United tulip will fade away, as well the Continental titles off the plane, to be replaced with something that is ugly.
There has been a 737-900ER painted up already, and rumours persist of a 757-200 also being painted up in this livery too. There’s also a “RetroJet” painted up too in the first “Jet” colours that Continental.
More a bit later on as the story.
