Continental Airlines To Go Double-Daily To New York using 757's! I know lots of us go to Florida via NY but using 757's instead of a 777 is not good in my opinion?
Heres what they say................
Continental Airlines, the world’ s sixth largest airline and OAG Airline of the Year 2004, today announced it will increase seat capacity and flight frequency on its Manchester-New York non-stop service from June this year.*
Effective June 10, 2005 (westbound), Continental will operate two daily Boeing 757 flights from Manchester to New York/Newark in place of a single daily Boeing 777 service.* The new schedule, which will operate year round, represents seat capacity increases on the route of 21 per cent over Summer 2004 and 46 per cent over Winter 2004/2005.*
“By doubling the frequency of our Manchester flights and providing more seats, we will be able to offer trans-Atlantic travellers in the North West greater choice and flexibility than ever before,” said Bob Schumacher, the airline’s Senior Director U.K. & Ireland.* “Our customers will be able to choose between a mid-morning and an early-afternoon departure from Manchester and benefit from an even greater range of quick and easy connecting flights at our New York hub.”
The schedule of the existing Manchester-New York/Newark service will change effective June 10, 2005 (westbound).* Flight CO21 will depart Manchester daily at 09:30 a.m., arriving at New York/Newark at 12:05 p.m. the same day.* Flight CO20 will depart New York/Newark daily at 7:45 p.m., arriving at Manchester at 7:40 a.m. the following day.
The schedule of the additional Manchester-New York service will be as follows: flight CO101 will depart Manchester daily at 1:30 p.m., arriving at New York/Newark at 4:05 p.m. the same day.* Flight CO100 will depart New York/Newark daily at 10:00 p.m., arriving at Manchester at 9:55 a.m. the following day.
The new flight schedules have been conveniently timed to connect at New York/Newark with an extensive network of service throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Latin America.* Continental is the only major airline to operate a hub in the New York City metropolitan area – Newark Liberty International Airport.* Located just 16 miles from downtown Manhattan, Liberty International offers the fastest surface transfer journeys to many parts of the city, including the AirTrain service to New York Penn Station in midtown Manhattan.* One-way fares between Liberty International and New York Penn Station are $11.55 on NJ Transit and $23 on Amtrak and journey time is less than 30 minutes.
Passengers arriving at Liberty International on Continental flights from Manchester can use exclusive immigration and customs facilities in Terminal C3, Continental’s Global Gateway, and connect quickly and easily with Continental's 407 daily services from Liberty International to 170 destinations throughout the Americas, including 143 served non-stop, in almost all cases without changing terminals.*
All the flights will be operated by 172-seat Boeing 757 aircraft, carrying 16 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 156 in Economy.**
BusinessFirst won the Best Executive/Business Class award in the OAG Airline of the Year Awards in both 2004 and 2003, based on voting by frequent flyers worldwide.* BusinessFirst was also voted Best Transatlantic Business Class among U.S. airlines in Conde Nast Traveler magazine’s Business Travel Awards 2004 – for the 7th year running.
Continental has been operating a Manchester-New York service since 1995.
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