Continental Airlines » Economy (short-haul)
Class rating 6.9
- Boarding 7.6
- Seat for sitting 6.4
- Seat for sleeping 4.4
- Service 7.4
- Entertainment 6.4
- Food & drink 7.0
- Punctuality 7.4
- Baggage 7.3
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All Continental's Boeing 737 economy fleet offer a 3-3 economy layout and a seat pitch of 31 inches. Seats are 17.2 inches wide.
Service levels vary according to route, but expect to pay for alcoholic drinks. Food in some form is given out free on flights of more than two hours.
Similarly, not all of Continental's short-haul aircraft will offer in-flight entertainment. Only some 737-300s, -700s, -800s and -900s will offer any IFE system, depending on route.
Update March 9 2010: Continental has announced that is to charge for economy seats with extra legroom, giving its passengers the option to reserve the seats at check-in at a cost. For more on this see BusinessTraveller.com (link below).
From BusinessTraveller.com
Continental to charge for extra legroom in economy (05/03/2010)
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peterandrew62 flew Continental Airlines Economy (short-haul)
Arrived at Ithica to a short queue, which seemed to take the check clerk a long time to deal with. The flight back to Newark was listed as delayed. It took some time to determine that as we were flying internationally with Virgin our bags could be through checked to London. However that saved us $50. Security was thorough but polite. Flight left about an hour late,... more
Overall:
8.6
peterandrew62 flew Continental Airlines Economy (short-haul), on a B737-800 (16/144)
Boston to Newark, Short trip, cheked in by computer by member of staff. Polite, but didn't check my id until prompted and didn't look at my friends. Through security and landside promptly. Boarding prompt and push back a few minutes late.3 3 formation comfortbale for a short 49 minute flight. Offered juice or water due to the short flight duration. Arrived at Newark... more
Overall:
8.8