Continental Airlines

[foxylady]

Can anyone who has ever flown with Continental Airlines give me any information on what they are like, eg, legroom, food, punctuality, etc.

Any info gratefully received.

 

[Donnababe]

Flew with Continental last year to NYC. Cannot fault them. Am a wheelchair user and nothing was too much trouble for them. Legroom was fine, clean planes, good food, friendly crew and the plane was on time. Entertainment was good, movies and sitcoms, the usual thing.

Had a female pilot back home too

 

[Jakey Rowling]

Seat pitch in economy is 31", compare them here
http://www.uk-air.net/seatpitch.htm

Flown from EDI with them, pretty standard fare, no seat back TV's, seat config 3 x 3 (757) from EDI, food pretty much standard fare.

I think it is the 747 from Gatwick which is the 3x4x3 seat config for the summer, 777 is 3x3x3 in other parts of the year.
The larger 747 may have seat back TV, best check if its important.

Certain rows in economy have power for US plugs.

You can do paperless boarding via your mobile phone.

Best to go to http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/default.aspx

to check out a particular airport for a particular time.

They seem a reasonable carrier, if the price is right then no reason not to use them as far as I know.

 

[wayneg]

Foxylady
Is it Man or Gatwick you are wanting to fly from, been posting on other thread also, still not sure which airport you want, unless I missed it.

If its from Manchester then its not Continental, its a codeshare with Virgin flight VS075. Continental don't do a direct flight from Man.

https://www.continental.com/web/en-gb/content/schedule.aspx?SID=E7A38BE7F9394B0FBA47252293986D22

 

[tigger137]

Having recently flown Birmingham-Newark-Denver with Continental, I'm afraid I wouldn't recommend them.

The 757 is simply too small for a transatlantic flight - uncomfortable for passengers (and we were in row 7 by the door, so had more space than most) and inconvenient for cabin crew to work.

The cabin crew on our outbound flight were the worst of any airline I've ever experienced. Took off 0900, given one drink (no refill) shortly afterwards. Had (extremely poor quality) meal literally thrown at us approx 1000, then crew did DF round. They then disappeared completely until about 1.5 hours from Newark when we got another drink and the snack.

So, 2 drinks on an 8-hour flight. No water and juice runs as American do regularly. No drinks left out for you to help yourself, as American do.

Also of note was the fact that the cabin services supervisor barely spoke English, a situation I've never had on any US airline before. When he made the announcements they were virtually incomprehensible, even if you pretty much knew what he was probably saying. And when he was distracted partway through, his grasp of the language was so poor he couldn't pick it up and had to start reading it from the beginning again.

Admittedly, the crew on the Newark-Denver flight were better - they did at least 3 drink rounds plus a water/juice run, on a 4-hour flight. And the food was better too.

Although the return flight was marginally better, I think we'll stick to American from Manchester, with a 767 and consistently good crew. Which is a pity, because DH works at BHX!