Hoʻolaha ʻo Continental Airlines i ka papa kuhikuhi no ka lawelawe ʻo New York-Shanghai

NEW YORK, NY (ʻAukake 13, 2008) - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Continental Airlines i kēia lā e hoʻomaka ana i nā mokulele nonstop i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o kāna wahi kikowaena o New York ma Newark Liberty International Airport a me Shanghai, Kina a ma o ka lawelawe mokulele ma waena o Cleveland a me Shanghai e hoʻomaka ana i Malaki 25, 2009 , malalo o ka apono aupuni. I kēia lā, ua hoʻolako ka mokulele i nā waihona noho no ke kūʻai aku no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ma lalo o ʻewalu mahina mai kēia manawa.

Ua hoʻohana ʻo Continental i ka lawelawe pau ʻole ma waena o New York a me Beijing mai 2005 a ma waena o New York a me Hong Kong mai 2001.

Hāʻawi ka lawelawe hou i nā huakaʻi holo ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā i ka mākeke US-China nui loa i nele i ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā, e hoʻopili ana i ke kikowaena kālā o ka honua a me ka ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi me ke kikowaena o Kina no ke kālā a me ke kālepa.

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele alahele Kina e hoʻokomo i ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole i Shanghai," wahi a Jim Compton, ka luna hoʻokele hoʻokele pelekikena o Continental. "ʻO Shanghai ka mākeke Pākīpika nui loa i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i lawelawe ʻia e Continental a hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono no ka ulu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana."

E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mokulele e hāʻawi i nā pilina kaʻapuni ma Continental's New York hub i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ka US a me Kanada.

E hoʻokele ʻo Continental i ka lele pau ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā me kahi mokulele Boeing 777-200. E haʻalele ana ka mokulele 87 iā Liberty ma ka hola 11:20 a hōʻea i Shanghai i ke awakea o ka lā aʻe ma ka hola 1:45 pm E haʻalele ka mokulele 86 iā Shanghai i ke ahiahi ma ka hola 3:45 pm a hōʻea i Liberty i ke ahiahi o ia lā hoʻokahi. ma 6:20 pm He 14 mau hola a me 30 minuke ka manawa lele ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.

E hōʻike ana nā mokulele ʻo Continental i Shanghai i nā huahana kūikawā a me nā lawelawe no nā mea kūʻai aku. E hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana i ka Mandarin a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania (inā loaʻa mai ka studio) ma ka ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa inflight, me nā papahana like ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao no nā mea kūʻai aku a pau e komo i ko lākou mau noho kiaʻi. E hoʻolaʻa ʻia kahi kaila leo no ka pāʻani ʻana i nā mele kuʻuna a kaulana Kina a loaʻa nā nūpepa Kina kūloko no nā mea kūʻai aku BusinessFirst. Loaʻa nā wikiō aʻo, me ka wikiō palekana a me ka hōʻea ʻana a me nā hoʻolaha i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia, ma Mandarin. E loaʻa nā menus ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a me ka Pākē a me nā meaʻai inflight, e komo pū ana nā koho Kina, e hoʻolālā ʻia e nā chef i hoʻokumu ʻia ma US a ma Kina. E loaʻa ana kahi kahu lele ʻōlelo Mandarin e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka lele ʻana a e loaʻa nā ʻelele ʻōlelo Mandarin e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.

E hōʻike ana nā huakaʻi hou i ka lawelawe ʻo BusinessFirst lanakila ʻo Continental. Ua hāʻawi ka Official Airline Guide i ka Continental's BusinessFirst ma ke ʻano he Papa Hoʻokele/Business ʻoi loa no ʻelima mau makahiki (2003-2007), a ua helu ʻo Conde Nast Traveler magazine i kā Continental's premium BusinessFirst service ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma waena o nā mea lawe moku US āpau no nā mokulele trans-Pacific 10 mau makahiki i loko o kahi. lālani.

E hoʻomaka ana i ka hāʻule o ka makahiki 2009, e hōʻike ana ka hale kākela premium i nā noho 180-degere lie-flat hou o Continental. ʻO nā noho lie-flat e hōʻike ana i ka nui o ka waiho ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka a me ka mana kamepiula, ka pilina iPod a me ka nānā wikiō 15.4-inihi no nā mea kūʻai aku e leʻaleʻa i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, mele a me nā pāʻani.

ʻO nā mea pono ʻē aʻe ʻo BusinessFirst nā koho menu gourmet i hana ʻia e Continental's Congress of Chefs. Loaʻa kahi hui kūikawā i koho ʻia a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia o nā Concierge e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe ma mua o ka lele a me ka hope o ka lele no nā mea kūʻai aku BusinessFirst ma 42 mau mokulele honua honua. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku e hele ana ma BusinessFirst ke komo i kekahi o nā Hui Pelekikena 27 o Continental a ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau lumi hoʻokipa pili i ka honua.

E hōʻike ana nā huakaʻi i Shanghai i ka Audio/Video on Demand (AVOD) hou o Continental ma nā keʻena BusinessFirst a me Economy o kāna mokulele Boeing 777. ʻO nā ʻōnaehana hoʻonanea ma kēia mokulele e ʻae i nā mea kūʻai aku e koho mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku ma mua o 250, 300 mau papahana pōkole me nā hōʻike televise kaulana a me 1,500 mau mele mele, me kahi hiʻohiʻona jukebox e hana i nā mea pāʻani pākahi. Eia hou, he 25 mau pāʻani wikiō kēia ʻōnaehana hoʻonanea a me ka papahana ʻōlelo haole Berlitz World Traveler. Manaʻo ʻo Continental e hoʻopau i ka hoʻokomo ʻana o AVOD ma kāna mau ʻauwaʻa o ka mokulele Boeing 777 i Mei 2009.

He ʻoluʻolu a ākea hoʻi ka papa hoʻokele waiwai ma ka Continental 777, ma kahi hoʻonohonoho noho 3-3-3 me nā ala ākea ʻoi aku ka maʻamau. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea kaʻa kaʻa Economy kahi pale wikiō noho hope, a me ke kelepona lele me ka mana o ka wai.