Acc 230 Week 9 Final Evaluating Financial Health - Continental Airlines

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Accounting 230 - Financial Reporting: Peeking Under the Financial Hood

Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines (Continental) was incorporated in 1980. Based out of Houston, Texas, Continental Airlines is fifth largest airline in the world. This is based on the 2009 number of scheduled miles flown by revenue passengers (SEC1). Continental and its smaller divisions offer more than 2,750 departures in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Continental currently employs more than 43,000 people. More than 67 million people per year choose continental as their chosen air carrier (Unknown2). With such a big company comes incredible opportunity for large amounts of profit to be made or lost.

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