Continental, Official Airline of the New York Football Giants, Helps Fans Get Ready For Their Trip to the Biggest Football Game of the Year |
Test your Giants/Continental knowledge with our quiz below
NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines
(NYSE: CAL) is helping New York Giants fans prepare for the big game in
Phoenix by holding a "tailgate celebration" at Newark Liberty International
Airport prior to flight departures this week.
Continental, Official Airline of the New York Football Giants, provides
up to six nonstop flights per day between New York/Newark and Phoenix.
These trips, plus connecting service via Houston and Cleveland, are heavily
booked with football fans excited to be a part of the action leading up to
Sunday's match-up on professional football's biggest stage.
On Thursday and Friday, Continental will celebrate the New York Giants'
conference title at Newark Liberty gates where Phoenix flights are
departing. A team of Continental employee volunteers is putting together a
"Big Blue" send-off, complete with scheduled Giants alumni appearances by
Sean Landeta, Karl Nelson, Bill Ard and Stephen Baker, complimentary hot
dogs and refreshments, decorated terminals and Giants season highlights,
which will be shown on a pair of 42-inch AQUOS LCD TVs provided by Sharp
Electronics.
"With our hub located almost right next to Giants Stadium at The
Meadowlands Sports Complex, we're hearing a lot of football buzz among our
co-workers and customers as Sunday draws closer," said Jon Roitman, hub
vice president. "We are going to add to the excitement by honoring the
conference champion Giants right here in the airport as we send off all our
flights to Phoenix."
Roitman noted that Continental is also welcoming football fans on its
flights from six New England states. "Our playbook says that we are the
Official Airline of the New York Giants, but this week any football fan is
welcome in the huddle at Continental," Roitman added.
The Continental Newark Liberty "Go Giants" Committee provides the
following quiz for you to test your knowledge about football and the Giants
-- and Continental.
Giants/Continental Quiz
(Answers provided below)
1. Which is wider: the wingspan of a Boeing 777 or the distance between
sidelines of a football field?
2. Which can hold more people: the BusinessFirst cabin on a Boeing 777 or
the active roster for an NFL football team?
3. Which has more seats: the entire fleet of Continental mainline aircraft
or Giants Stadium?
4. Not counting Foxboro, which is kind of near Boston, what is the one
city on the 2007 Giants overall away-game schedule (including
pre-season & post-season) where Continental does not currently provide
service but where new Continental Express service is planned for later
in 2008?
5. In the 2007 regular season, the Giants played road games versus Miami
and Dallas. Which one was a longer flight from New York?
6. Which one of the following words is not commonly used in both football
and airline lingo: Touchdown; Safety; Schedule; Field; Donuts; Holding;
Uniform; Completion Percentage.
7. What team won the NFL title in the year Continental was founded, 1934?
8. What gate do you go to if the airport agent tells you your departure is
from Gate XLII?
9. What state is home to both the New York Giants and Continental's New
York hub?
10. If you mixed Continental's corporate colors with the Giants' team
colors, what combination would you have?
a. green, blue and gold
b. blue, red and gold
c. purple and black
d. red, brown and blue
Answers:
1. Boeing 777 wingspan is wider at at least 199-feet, 11-inches; football
field is 160 feet wide.
2. 777 BusinessFirst holds more with at least 48 seats; NFL roster can
hold 46 active players.
3. Giants Stadium has more with 80,242 seats compared to approximately
57,700 in the Continental mainline fleet.
4. Green Bay; new service from Cleveland effective April 6.
5. Miami; the game was played in London, England.
6. The word "Donuts" does not belong in this list.
7. The Giants!
8. Gate 42.
9. New Jersey.
10. b. Continental is blue and gold. Giants are blue and red.
SOURCE Continental Airlines
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