Continental launches new services to Ft. Lauderdale & West Palm Beach Feb 2011

Continental Airlines from 17FEB11 is launching 3 new domestic service to Florida: 2 Daily Chicago – Ft. Lauderdale, 1 weekly Chicago – West Palm Beach and 1 Daily Denver – Ft. Lauderdale.

It will compete with American Airlines on Chicago to Fort Lauderdale which operates 13 weekly flights during the winter season and Spirit Airlines which operates the route triple daily.

American operates Chicago to Palm Beach ten-times weekly, whilst the Denver to Fort Lauderdale sector is served by Frontier Airlines thirteen times weekly and Southwest Airlines double daily.