Continental Airlines Ends 20 Additional Interline Ticketing Agreements as Part of Paperless Initiative Monday October 18, 1:15 PM EDT HOUSTON, Oct 18, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Continental Airlines (CAL) today announced that effective Nov. 15, 2004, it will terminate "interline" ticketing and baggage-handling agreements with an additional 20 airlines that are unable to offer customers electronic tickets for interline travel with Continental. As part of its paperless-travel initiative, Continental has already terminated similar interline ticketing and baggage agreements with 90 airlines that cannot offer electronic ticketing. Continental expects that all domestic and international travel on Continental will be paperless by Dec. 31, 2005, two years ahead of the International Air Transport Association's deadline. Currently, 90 percent of Continental's customers worldwide already use electronic tickets. Continental is an industry leader in interline eTicket technology, with more than 23 eTicket partners implemented or planned for 2004. In addition, Continental has 841 self-check-in kiosks deployed in 138 airports, including all U.S. airports served by Continental and Continental Express. Continental was the first airline to offer self-service check-in in the United States. The airline also offers online check-in at continental.com up to 24 hours before departure. SOURCE Continental Airlines Roger EWROPS