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Tomorrow, the 1st of October, the last of Big Five Legacy Airlines in the United celine dion tickets las vegas discount States drops to The Big Four, as the transaction finalizing the merger between Continental Airlines and United celine dion tickets las vegas discount Airlines is closed.
As I have written about in the past, the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines finally brings together two airlines that have similar celine dion tickets las vegas discount beginnings, and an intertwined heritage, as both airlines were founded by Walter Varney .
United celine dion tickets las vegas discount Airlines finds its roots as Varney Air Lines , which started service on the 6th of April 1926, while Continental s roots begin on the 15th of July 1934 with the first flight of Varney Speed Lines.  As both airlines evolved, Varney Air Lines became United Airlines in 1933 and Continental Airlines assumed its name change from Varney Speed Lines in 1937.
As the two airlines move to become one there will be changes, but passengers won t see many of them in the short term. On paper, and in terms of senior management, Continental will cease to exists, however flights numbers will still be Continental and United, Call Signs from aircraft to air traffic controllers will still be Continental and United, the customer experience for the near future will remain unchanged as each airline continues to operate independently and the frequent flyer programs celine dion tickets las vegas discount will both remain untouched … however …
… some aircraft will begin to take on the new combined United-Continental merged liveries .  This livery is complete with current continental celine dion tickets las vegas discount colours, with the word UNITED where it used to read Continental. These new aircraft liveries will be the first signs as these two airlines become the world's largest airline , by destinations and fleet size.
As for me … I think that while the merger makes sense for both airlines, I am a little sad to see Continental go. I ve had some good times on Continental, having flown them to Tokyo, Nagoya, Honolulu, London and lots of smaller destinations closer to home … like Newark and Cleveland countless times.   But I know that when I wake up in the morning, Jeff Smisek s business cards will have been switched from CEO of Continental Airlines to CEO of United Airlines … and that slowly over the next year I can shift from reading about the merger happening to following how the two airlines are working to integrate and become one airline.