As the Chronicle‘s Bill Hensel reports, Continental chairman Larry Kellner was doing a little bit of damage control earlier this week in light of recent airline merger talk:
Continental Airlines Chairman Larry Kellner said Monday that he expects Houston to keep its status as a major connection point for airlines no matter the outcome of recent merger talks.
“It would be a little surprising to me not to see Houston have a big hub here for a very long time,” Kellner said.
His remarks came in response to concerns raised at a meeting of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston about the airline industry’s recent merger talks.
Houston has a considerable investment in Continental’s hub operation at Bush Intercontinental, so it’s hard to imagine Kellner saying anything different to a Houston crowd.
