George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) is a Class B international airport in the city of Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston area. Located 20 miles (32 km) drive north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 59, Bush Intercontinental is Texas's second-largest air facility—after Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport—covering an area of 10,000 acres (40 km²). The airport has scheduled flights to destinations in the United States and international destinations in Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Mexico, South America, the Middle East and scheduled charter flights to Africa. George Bush Intercontinental Airport is named after George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

George Bush Intercontinental Airport served 40,007,354 passengers in 2009 making the airport the eighth busiest for total passengers in North America. In 2006, the airport was named the fastest growing of the top ten airports in the United States by the United States Department of Transportation. Houston is home to the headquarters of Continental Airlines, and Bush Intercontinental is Continental's largest hub with an average of 700 daily departures.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service George Bush Intercontinental Airport:

  • Aeroméxico
  • Aeroméxico Connect
  • Air Canada Jazz
  • Air France
  • Alaska Airlines
  • American Airlines
  • American Eagle
  • British Airways
  • Continental Airlines
  • Continental Connection operated by Colgan Air
  • Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines/ ExpressJetAirlines
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airline/ Comair/ Compass Airlines/ Mesaba Airlines/ Pinnacle Airlines/ SkyWest Airlines
  • Emirates
  • Frontier Airlines
  • KLM
  • KLM operated by PrivatAir
  • Lufthansa
  • Qatar Airways
  • Singapore Airlines
  • TACA
  • United Airlines
  • United Express operated by Mesa Airlines/ Shuttle America/ SkyWest Airlines
  • US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines
  • VivaAerobus

This information was source by Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport.

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