Continental introduces new comfort in business class

Continental Airlines has just released details of the new lie-flat seat it is introducing for the comfort of its business class passengers.

The 180-degree angle seat was featured by the airline in Los Angeles at the National Business Travel Association show on July 28.

The seat boasts two meters in length of sleeping space when fully-extended, and features plugs for a headset, laptop and devices with USB plugs, iPod connectivity, a video monitor and personal storage space.

The airline will be installing the new seat in its BusinessFirst cabin on its Boeing 757, 777 and 787 aircraft as part of a service they describing as having “the extra space and fine amenities of traditional international first class at a business class price”.

The first access passengers will have to the new business class seats will be on the Boeing 777s that Continental uses on its transatlantic and trans-pacific services, beginning in the fall of 2009.

Continental’s chief executive officer, Larry Kellner, said: “Continental continues to invest in its product to make flying more comfortable for our global customers. We created a brand-new seat designed to lie completely flat, without compromising functionality or effective use of cabin space.”

Design work on the ‘lie-flat’ seat stated in the fall of 2006, when the airline began to plan its new business class environment for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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