Continental Air To Invest In Enhanced International Business

dbaker · 03-11-2002, 11:24 AM

Continental Air To Invest In Enhanced International BusinessFirst

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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) will unveil plans of its investment in its high-end international BusinessFirst service on Wednesday.

In a press release Monday, the carrier said President Larry Kellner will make the announcement at Righa Royal Hotel in New York at 10 a.m. EST .

How exciting! FWIW, the rumor is lay-flat sleeper seats.

I remember when Continental first rolled out BusinessFirst and they had BF seats all around IAH and EWR to show how comfortable they were. That was, what, late 80s? Early 90s? Anyone remember?

dbaker · 03-11-2002, 11:24 AM

Continental Air To Invest In Enhanced International BusinessFirst

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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) will unveil plans of its investment in its high-end international BusinessFirst service on Wednesday.

In a press release Monday, the carrier said President Larry Kellner will make the announcement at Righa Royal Hotel in New York at 10 a.m. EST .

How exciting! FWIW, the rumor is lay-flat sleeper seats.

I remember when Continental first rolled out BusinessFirst and they had BF seats all around IAH and EWR to show how comfortable they were. That was, what, late 80s? Early 90s? Anyone remember?

dbaker · 03-13-2002, 12:25 PM

Continental Airlines to Invest in Enhanced BusinessFirst Product; Industry Bucking Trend Aimed at High-Yield Business Travelers

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Continental's new BusinessFirst seats feature several significant design improvements that provide more comfort for customers. The new seat is the widest business class seat in the world measuring 22 inches between the armrests, an increase of one inch per seat over Continental's existing BusinessFirst seat. The seats offer a deeper recline, measuring 170 degrees from seat cushion to seat back, and provide 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) of sleeping space in the fully extended position. Electronic ``one-touch'' controls enable customers to quickly move the seats to pre-set upright, cradle and fully extended sleep positions, and additional controls allow customers to adjust the seat back, lumbar support, leg and foot rests in an infinite number of comfortable positions.

Other improvements include the addition of privacy hoods and large seat side wings for better privacy, individual dual level reading lights and more storage space for personal items. The new BusinessFirst seats also have adjustable winged headrests, power ports for laptop personal computers and personal multi-channel entertainment systems and satellite telephones.

continenal.com's new BusinessFirst demo

Bling Bling!

dbaker · 03-13-2002, 12:25 PM

Continental Airlines to Invest in Enhanced BusinessFirst Product; Industry Bucking Trend Aimed at High-Yield Business Travelers

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Continental's new BusinessFirst seats feature several significant design improvements that provide more comfort for customers. The new seat is the widest business class seat in the world measuring 22 inches between the armrests, an increase of one inch per seat over Continental's existing BusinessFirst seat. The seats offer a deeper recline, measuring 170 degrees from seat cushion to seat back, and provide 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) of sleeping space in the fully extended position. Electronic ``one-touch'' controls enable customers to quickly move the seats to pre-set upright, cradle and fully extended sleep positions, and additional controls allow customers to adjust the seat back, lumbar support, leg and foot rests in an infinite number of comfortable positions.

Other improvements include the addition of privacy hoods and large seat side wings for better privacy, individual dual level reading lights and more storage space for personal items. The new BusinessFirst seats also have adjustable winged headrests, power ports for laptop personal computers and personal multi-channel entertainment systems and satellite telephones.

continenal.com's new BusinessFirst demo

Bling Bling!

mauld · 03-26-2002, 12:09 PM

Any idea as to when the first new seats will be rolled out? I'm scheduled to fly HKG-EWR in BF on April 1st, it sure would be nice to have the new seats in :lol:

mauld · 03-26-2002, 12:09 PM

Any idea as to when the first new seats will be rolled out? I'm scheduled to fly HKG-EWR in BF on April 1st, it sure would be nice to have the new seats in :lol:

dbaker · 03-26-2002, 12:32 PM

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The airline will begin installing the enhanced seats on all of its Boeing 777 aircraft that serve transatlantic and transpacific routes in April.

You're probably a few weeks too early.

dbaker · 03-26-2002, 12:32 PM

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The airline will begin installing the enhanced seats on all of its Boeing 777 aircraft that serve transatlantic and transpacific routes in April.

You're probably a few weeks too early.

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mauld Junior Member Coach Class Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: ewr Posts: 27	Any idea as to when the first new seats will be rolled out? I'm scheduled to fly HKG-EWR in BF on April 1st, it sure would be nice to have the new seats in :lol: