CONTINENTAL AIRLINES TO UPGRADE SERVICE AT GULFPORT-BILOXI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., June 22, 2005 - The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport will offer customers additional travel options effective Sept. 1, 2005, when Continental Airlines upgrades one of their four 50-seat regional jet flights with the 112-seat Boeing 737-500 aircraft. Continental Airlines and Continental Express offer five daily non-stop flights from Gulfport-Biloxi to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Of the five daily flights operated by Continental Airlines and Continental Express, two of the flights will be operated with the 112-seat 737-500 and three flights operated with the 50-seat Embraer regional jet.

"We are excited that the additional 737-500 service will increase daily seat availability by 62 seats. It is clear that Continental Airlines and Continental Express are committed to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Airport Authority is certain that we will exceed expectations," said Frank Genzer, Airport Authority Chairman.

The new schedule between Gulfport-Biloxi and Houston is as follows:

From Gulfport-Biloxi (Effective September 1, 2005)

Flight Departs Arrives Equipment
1084 6:45 a.m. 8:11 a.m. 737-500
2815 9:32 a.m. 10:55 a.m. RJ
2632 12:15 a.m. 1:41 p.m. RJ
1575 3:15 p.m. 4:34 p.m. 737-500
2222 6:10 p.m. 7:31 p.m. RJ

From Houston (September 1, 2005)

Flight Departs Arrives Equipment
2891 7:40 a.m. 9:02 a.m. RJ
2793 10:30 a.m. 11:50 a.m. RJ
1085 1:10 p.m. 2:28 p.m. 737-500
2890 3:55 p.m. 5:23 p.m. RJ
1675 7:00 p.m. 8:19 p.m. 737-500

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