This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C388B5.0174DD40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Continental September load factor up 4.4 points Reuters <http://money.excite.com/img/logo_reuters.gif> Wednesday October 1, 8:36 PM EDT NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Continental Airlines (CAL <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=0&symbol_search_text=CAL> ) said on Wednesday its load factor, or the percentage of seats filled on its planes, was 72.3 percent in September, up 4.4 percentage points from the same month last year. The company said its on-time arrival rate was 78.1 percent in September. Its operational results were adversely affected by a month-long runway resurfacing project at Newark Liberty International Airport and by Hurricane Isabel. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C388B5.0174DD40 Content-Type: image/gif; name="logo_reuters.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Location: http://money.excite.com/img/logo_reuters.gif R0lGODlhZAARALP/AP/////Xwf+MOcrK6p+f3GZmwjU1rQMDlwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAACwAAAAAZAARAEAE/xDISau9OOvNNSEDVxxkeRjhYJKFpB4EZRzt9IbTuOL6auQmQ60SCACM PdOww2w6nx1CAbRJkgwxwMunJeEks9ZsdQVYWWYydkIgf4kCQaEwGNMuo59EF2urXXYlWTZeFGd3 eUAwAH47GAFxc3UlS1CWl5iPaZQZiS4kMTcWL4MAYRSiQHoVnl13fm8WkAKzkkKTpXsnYLufB7Gu g7iohap4vTOrFq0Ss7V0tzO5mdTVTUhBwNbb3J1X06gf4rHi5TgfFQNU6uXjWu0fKe3a5RrPk73L LAV2KVdzAIPJQDRnjJA5mwDOiaEDYAl/JwpWakbxjDJVAzL6CcXCncAJp3QI/TJ0op4uFBpBuaKT 8YKzSNCg3WF1ZcyQFwfp+HoTcifJnEN0GLCZTgpRCi/lxJw00ZOfGi+mmGz4YcybVLpgmEujZyNI qQR6TjByZFM2C1KELdSiUKEhfrfw6GTTdm1aG2sZwZ2irRlMfBe7CR68SciFCAA7 ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C388B5.0174DD40--