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Updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:23 am TWN, Reuters

Continental Airlines CEO: We're 'big threat' to Delta

NEW YORK -- Continental Airlines said its strength in Latin America, Asia and New York poses a “big threat” to its larger rival and former alliance partner Delta Air Lines. Continental, the world's fifth-largest airline, was part of Delta's SkyTeam alliance until last October, when it quit the airline network following Delta's merger with Northwest, which formed the world's largest carrier.

“In our prior alliance, we were partners with somebody who wanted to kill us,” Chief Executive Jeff Smisek said at a J.P Morgan conference on Tuesday.

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