Exhibit 10.5

Supplemental Agreement No. 17

to

Purchase Agreement No. 2061

between

The Boeing Company

and

Continental Airlines, Inc.

Relating to Boeing Model 777 Aircraft

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, is entered into as of August 31, 2009 by and between THE BOEING COMPANY (Boeing) and CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. (Customer);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into Purchase Agreement No. 2061 dated October 10, 1997 (the Purchase Agreement) relating to Boeing Model 777-200ER Aircraft (the Aircraft); and

WHEREAS, the parties agree to [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties agree to amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:

1.           Revised Table of Contents

Remove and replace, in its entirety, the “Table of Contents”, with the “Table of Contents” attached hereto, to reflect the changes made by this Supplemental Agreement No. 17.

2.           Revised Table 4

Remove and replace, in its entirety, Table 4 “Aircraft Delivery, Description, Price and Advance Payments” with a revised Table 4 attached hereto to reflect removal of the [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

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Supplemental Agreement No. 17

To Purchase Agreement No. 2061

3.           Other Terms

Customer agrees that Boeing will retain all advance payments with respect to the [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT] and apply them to other advance payment obligations of Customer as they become due.

The effectiveness of this Supplemental Agreement is contingent on the concurrent execution of the 737 supplemental agreement no. 52 to purchase agreement no. 1951.

The Purchase Agreement will be deemed to be supplemented to the extent herein provided as of the date hereof and as so supplemented will continue in full force and effect.

EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE as of the day and year first written above.

THE BOEING COMPANY                                                                           CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

By:    /s/ R.C. Nelson                                                                By:   /s/ Jacques Lapointe

Its: Attorney-in-Fact                                                                Its:_Senior Vice President – Procurement

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES			Revised By:
1.	Quantity, Model and Description		SA No. 13
2.	Delivery Schedule		SA No. 13
3.	Price		SA No. 13
4.	Payment		SA No. 13
5.	Miscellaneous		SA No. 13
TABLE
1.	Aircraft Information Table 1		SA No. 5
2.	Aircraft Information Table 2		SA No. 9
3.	Aircraft Information Table 3		SA No. 11
4.	Aircraft Information Table 4		SA No. 17
EXHIBIT
A.	Aircraft Configuratino
A1.	Aircraft Configuration for 777-200ER Aircraft (applicable to Table 4 Aircraft)		SA No. 14
B.	Aircraft Delivery Requirements and Responsibilities
SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBITS
AE1.	Escalation Adjustment/Airframe and Optional Features (applicable to Table 3 Aircraft)		SA No. 14
AE1-1.	Escalation Adjustment/Airframe and Optional Features (applicable to Table 4 Aircraft)		SA No. 14
BFE1.	BFE Variables
BFE2.	BFE Variables (applicable to Table 4 Aircraft)		SA No. 14
CS1.	Customer Support Variables
EE1.	Engine Escalation/Engine Warranty and Patent Indemnity
EE2.	Engine Escalation/Engine Warranty and Patent Indemnity		SA No. 9
EE3.	Engine Escalation/Engine Warranty and Patent Indemnity (applicable to Tables 3 and 4 Aircraft)		SA No. 13
[CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]
LETTER AGREEMENTS
2061-1R10		Option Aircraft	SA No. 14
2061-2		Demonstration Flights
2061-3		Installation of Cabin Systems Equipment
2061-4		Spares Initial Provisioning
2061-5		Flight Crew Training Spares
[CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]			SA No. 12
6-1162-AJH-899		Supplemental [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]	SA No. 13

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONFIDENTIAL LETTER AGREEMENTS			Revised By:
6-1161-GOC-087		Aircraft Performance Guarantees
6-1162-GOC-088		Promotion Support
6-1162-GOC-089R4		Special Matters	SA No. 14
6-1162-GOC-172		Additional Matters	SA No. 1
6-1162-CHL-048		Rescheduled Aircraft Agreement	SA No. 9
6-1162-CHL-195		Restructure Agreement for Model 737NG and 757-300 Aircraft	SA No. 10

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS	Dated as of:
Supplemental Agreement No. 1	December 18, 1997
Supplemental Agreement No. 2	July 30, 1998
Supplemental Agreement No. 3	September 25, 1998
Supplemental Agreement No. 4	February 3, 1999
Supplemental Agreement No. 5	March 26, 1999
Supplemental Agreement No. 6	May 14, 1999
Supplemental Agreement No. 7	October 31, 2000
Supplemental Agreement No. 8	June 29, 2001
Supplemental Agreement No. 9	June 25, 2002
Supplemental Agreement No. 10	November 4, 2003
Supplemental Agreement No. 11	July 28, 2005
Supplemental Agreement No. 12	March 17, 2006
Supplemental Agreement No. 13	December 3, 2007
Supplemental Agreement No. 14	February 20, 2008
Supplemental Agreement No. 15	October 15, 2008
Supplemental Agreement No. 16	May 1, 2009
Supplemental Agreement No. 17	August 31, 2009

Table 4

to Purchase Agreement 2061

Aircraft Delivery, Description, Price and Advance Payments

[CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

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