THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, December 16, 1994              TAG: 9412160638
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: (Associated Press/Staff)
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

Continental Airlines is eliminating direct flights from Norfolk to Baltimore starting Jan. 10. Airline officials said the route isn't profitable enough to sustain one flight a day, let alone the four it's been flying. Continental swept into Norfolk International Airport with its ``peanuts'' fares in October 1993 and began offering $89 one-way, direct flights to Baltimore last December. The airline also will cut temporarily two of its four Norfolk-to-Boston flights. Those flights should resume in March or April, an airline manager said. by CNB