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Gordon M. Bethune (born August 29, 1941) is a retired US airline executive. He was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1994 until his retirement at the end of 2004. He was on the boards of Honeywell and Prudential Financial .
Lawrence W. Kellner (born January 19, 1959) is a former CEO of Continental Airlines, having succeeded Gordon Bethune as CEO in December 2004. Prior to his arrival at Continental, he was the chief financial officer of American Savings Bank. [1] Kellner retired as the airline's CEO at the end of December 2009.
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After Gordon Bethune took over as the CEO of Continental in 1994, Continental began to distance itself from the service. [7] Continental Lite operated with a dedicated fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300, and Boeing 737-500 aircraft, each repainted with the 'Lite' livery and stripped of its first class cabin.
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In 1995 Continental's then-CEO Gordon Bethune persuaded Smisek to leave Vinson & Elkins to join Continental as General Counsel and help reverse the ailing airline's fortunes. Smisek became one of the chief architects of Continental's dramatic turnaround. Bethune once told USA Today that Smisek was the airline's
Henry Norman Bethune (/ ˈ b ɛ θ. j uː n /; March 4, 1890 [1] – November 12, 1939; Chinese: 白求恩; pinyin: Bái Qiú'ēn [a]) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party of Canada.
Bethune, or Béthune, is a French and Scottish surname. [1] It originates from the name of the town of Béthune in Pas-de-Calais , Nord-Pas-de-Calais , France . The name of the town was first recorded in the 8th century, in the Latin form Bitunia .