Right now if you want to fly nonstop from the United States to Stuttgart there’s only one there’s only one way to do it according to OAG: book Delta out of Atlanta, the world’s busiest airport. Otherwise you have to either change planes or make a stop en route.

Soon, there will be another non-stop gateway: Continental’s megahub at Newark Liberty International Airport. New York/Newark flights to Stuttgart are set to get off the ground Jun. 8 – subject to government approval.

This will be a daily route, taking the guesswork out of what days you can fly. Eastbound New York/Newark flights to Stuttgart depart at 5:50 p.m., arriving at 8:00 a.m. the following morning. Return Stuttgart flights to New York/Newark leave at 9:30 a.m. and get to EWR at 12:40 p.m. the same day.

Now that Continental is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc., Stuttgart will be the fifth city served by the combined carrier. Continental already offers non-stop New York/Newark flights to Berlin, non-stop New York/Newark flights to Frankfurt, non-stop New York/Newark flights to Hamburg, and non-stop New York/Newark flights to Munich. Continental also lofts non-stop Houston flights to Frankfurt.

United flies to Frankfurt from Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United also offers non-stop Washington, D.C. flights to Munich, as well as non-stop Chicago flights to Munich.

Continental will be flying a venerable narrowbody Boeing 757 on its soon-to-be-launched New York/Newark flight to Stuttgart. The twin-engine craft is fitted with on-demand audio/video at all seats. The system serves up some 40 films, 60 television programs and over 2,000 audio tracks. You shouldn’t be bored en route.

Story by Jerry Chandler