HOUSTON, TX - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Continental Airlines i kēia lā i nā kikoʻī o kahi noho 180-degree lie-flat hou no ka hale BusinessFirst ma kāna mokulele Boeing 787, 777 a me 757. E hoʻomaka ana nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i nā noho lie-flat ma nā mokulele Boeing 777 e lawelawe mua ana i nā ala trans-Atlantic a me trans-Pacific i ka hāʻule o 2009, me ka hoʻokomo ʻana ma nā ʻauwaʻa 757-200 Continental e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2010 a ma kāna mau moku Boeing 787 e like me ka mokulele. hāʻawi ʻia i Continental.
Wehe ʻia i kēia lā ma ka National Business Travel Association International Convention and Exposition ma Los Angeles, ʻo nā noho 180-degree lie-flat hou ke kikowaena o ka lawelawe BusinessFirst lanakila ʻo Continental e hāʻawi ana i kahi keu a me nā pono maikaʻi o ka papa honua kuʻuna mua ma kahi. kumukūʻai papa pāʻoihana.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Continental i kāna huahana i mea e ʻoluʻolu ai ka lele ʻana no kā mākou mau mea kūʻai honua," wahi a Larry Kellner, ka luna hoʻomalu a me ka luna nui o Continental Airlines. "Ua hana mākou i kahi noho hou i hoʻolālā ʻia e moe palahalaha loa, me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hana a i ʻole ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i ka lumi lumi."
Lie-flat Design
ʻO nā noho BusinessFirst hou o Continental e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke moe palahalaha loa, e hoʻomoe ana i 180-degere a hāʻawi i 6 1/2 kapuaʻi (2 mika) o kahi moe ma ke kūlana hoʻonui piha ma luna o kāna mokulele ākea. ʻO ka noho lie-flat kekahi o nā noho papa pāʻoihana ākea loa i ka lewa, ke ana ʻana a hiki i 25 iniha ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lima hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia me ka cushion noho, e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke hiamoe me ka ʻoluʻolu. Hiki i nā mana uila "hoʻokahi paʻi" ke hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻoneʻe maʻalahi i nā noho i ka hoʻonohonoho mua ʻana, ka moena a me nā kūlana hiamoe piha a me nā mana hou e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻololi i ka noho i hope, kākoʻo lumbar a me nā wāwae a me nā wāwae i ke kūlana maʻamau. oluolu no lakou.
Hāʻawi nā noho lie-flat i nā wahi hoʻopaʻa pilikino no nā mea pilikino. Hoʻopaʻa maʻalahi ka mana laptop, headset a me nā plug USB ma luna o ka poʻohiwi o ka mea kūʻai. Aia kekahi waihona hou ma lalo o ka ottoman, ma kahi papa ma lalo o ka monitor a ma kahi alcove mālama pono e hoʻolako ai i kahi lumi no nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ka puke a i ʻole ka puke a me ka hue wai.
E loaʻa nō hoʻi ka pilina iPod ma ka noho, e ʻae ana i kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai e nānā i kā lākou wikiō pilikino a hauʻoli i kā lākou mele, ʻoiai ke hoʻopiʻi nei ka iPod. ʻO nā noho BusinessFirst ma ka mokulele 787 a me 777 e hōʻike i kahi nānā wikiō 15.4-inch no nā mea kūʻai aku e leʻaleʻa i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, nā mele a me nā pāʻani. ʻO nā noho ma ka mokulele 757 e loaʻa i nā mea nānā 10.6-inch.
Loaʻa i nā noho BusinessFirst hou kahi hoʻomaha poʻo ʻeono ʻaoʻao, kahi kukui heluhelu ma luna o ke poʻo a me kahi kukui noho hoʻololi e hiki ai i ka mea kūʻai ke heluhelu ma kahi moe me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole i ko lākou hoalauna a me kahi pūpū pilikino e hiki ai ke kaʻawale mai nā huakaʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻElua Makahiki no ka Hoʻolālā a me ka Pono
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui kūʻai huahana o Continental e noiʻi i nā koho noho hou i ka hāʻule o 2006 i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i ka lawelawe BusinessFirst no ka mokulele 787 Dreamliner hou. Ua kipa ka mokulele me nā mea hana noho he nui ma ka honua ma mua o ke koho ʻana iā BE Aerospace, nāna i hana i ʻelima mau manaʻo hoʻolālā like ʻole. I ka manawa like, ua ʻimi ʻo Continental i nā manaʻo manaʻo mai kahi hui koʻikoʻi o BusinessFirst frequent flyers i ʻike a hoʻonohonoho mua i nā pono koʻikoʻi o nā huakaʻi honua a hana pū me ka hui papahana o ka mokulele a me ka mea hana noho e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ka noho hou. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi i noi ʻia e ka hui koʻikoʻi e hoʻokomo i kahi noho ākea e hiki ke waiho palahalaha a maʻalahi ke hana.
ʻO nā noho ke kikowaena o ka lawelawe Premium
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lawelawe BusinessFirst i kahi papaʻaina gourmet nui i lawelawe ʻia me nā waina a me nā champagnes i hana ʻia e Continental's Congress of Chefs and Sommeliers. Hāʻawi ka International Concierge Service i nā lawelawe ma mua a ma hope o ka lele ʻana no nā mea kūʻai BusinessFirst ma 42 mau mokulele a puni ka 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.
Ua lanakila ʻo Continental Airlines i nā makana he nui no kāna huahana BusinessFirst. Ua hāʻawi aku ka Official Airline Guide i ka Continental's BusinessFirst ma ke ʻano he Papa Hoʻokele/Business Papa maikaʻi 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 mokulele US āpau no nā huakaʻi trans-Atlantic a me Trans-Pacific. 10 makahiki i ka lālani.
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Continental i ka Boeing 777 ma nā ala ma waena o Newark a me Beijing, Delhi, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London/Heathrow, Mumbai, Paris, Roma, Tel Aviv a me Tokyo, a ma waena o Houston a me London/Heathrow, Paris a me Tokyo.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo BusinessFirst ma ka Boeing 757 ma nā ala ma waena o Newark a me Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lisbon, London/Gatwick, Madrid, Manchester, Oslo, Paris, Shannon a me Stockholm.
