SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                 March 11, 2002


                           CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              Delaware                    0-09781                74-2099724
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                                            Identification No.)


1600 Smith Street, Dept. HQSEO, Houston, Texas                      77002
(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


                                 (713) 324-5000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



Item 5.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.


      The consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and
its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ambac Financial Group,
Inc. (which was filed with the Commission on March 28, 2001, Commission File
Number 1-10777); the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Ambac
Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2001 and for the
periods ending March 31, 2001 and March 31, 2000 included in the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (which was filed with the
Commission on May 15, 2001); the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
Ambac Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2001 and for the
periods ending June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2000 included in the Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (which was filed with the Commission
on August 10, 2001); the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Ambac
Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2001 for the
periods ending September 30, 2001 and September 30, 2000 included in the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (which was filed
with the Commission on November 14, 2001); and the Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on January 24, 2001, March 19, 2001, July 23, 2001,
September 17, 2001, September 19, 2001, October 22, 2001, December 4, 2001 and
January 25, 2002, as such reports relate to Ambac Assurance Corporation are
hereby incorporated by reference to this Form 8-K, and shall be deemed to be a
part hereof. Attached as Exhibit 23.1 is the consent of KPMG LLP to the
incorporation by reference of their report on the consolidated financial
statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December
31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2000, in this Form 8-K and to being named "Experts" in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement of Continental Airlines, Inc., dated March 11,
2002, to the Prospectus, dated August 23, 2001, included in Registration
Statement No. 333-67886 of Continental Airlines, Inc. This Form 8-K shall be
incorporated by reference into such Prospectus Supplement but shall not be
incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed entirely superseded for
purposes of, any other document of Continental Airlines, Inc.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(c) Exhibits. The document listed on the Exhibit Index is filed as an Exhibit
with reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-67886) of Continental Airlines, Inc. The Registration Statement and the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated March 11, 2002, to the Prospectus,
dated August 23, 2001, relate to the offering of Continental Airlines, Inc.'s
Class G-1 and Class G-2 Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-1.



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Continental
Airlines, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.


                                           By /S/ JENNIFER L. VOGEL
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Jennifer L. Vogel
                                              Vice President and General Counsel

March 11, 2002



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

               23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP, dated March 11, 2002

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in (i) the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement of Continental Airlines, Inc., dated March 11, 2002, to the
Prospectus dated August 23, 2001, included in Registration Statement No.
333-67886 of Continental Airlines, Inc., and (ii) the Form 8-K of Continental
Airlines, Inc., dated March 11, 2002, of our report dated January 22, 2001 on
the consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2001 and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" in such Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

                                           KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 11, 2002