HOUSTON, TX - I-Continental Airlines namuhla imemezele imininingwane yesihlalo esisha esingu-180-degree lie-flat sekhabhinethi yeBusinessFirst endizeni yayo i-Boeing 787, 777 kanye ne-757. Amakhasimende azoqala ukubona izihlalo ezingamanga ezindizeni ze-Boeing 777 ezisebenza kakhulu emizileni ewela i-Atlantic kanye ne-trans-Pacific ekwindla ka-2009, nokufakwa emikhumbini ye-Continental's 757-200 kusukela ngo-2010 kanye nasezikhunjini zayo ze-Boeing 787 njengoba indiza injalo. zilethwe e-Continental.
Zethulwe namuhla ku-National Business Travel Association International Convention and Exposition e-Los Angeles, izihlalo ezintsha ezingu-180-degree lie-flat ziwumgogodla wenkonzo ye-Continental ye-BusinessFirst eyawina imiklomelo ehlinzeka ngendawo eyengeziwe kanye nezinsiza ezinhle zekilasi lokuqala lamazwe ngamazwe elivamile intengo yekilasi lebhizinisi.
"I-Continental iyaqhubeka nokutshala imali emkhiqizweni wayo ukuze yenze ukuhamba ngendiza kukhululeke kakhudlwana kumakhasimende ethu omhlaba," kusho u-Larry Kellner, usihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu se-Continental Airlines. "Sidale isihlalo esisha sha esiklanyelwe ukuhlala siphansi ngokuphelele, ngaphandle kokubeka engcupheni ukusebenza kahle noma ukusetshenziswa ngempumelelo kwendawo yegumbi."
I-Lie-flat Design
Izihlalo ezintsha ze-BusinessFirst ze-Continental zivumela amakhasimende ukuthi alale ayisicaba ngokuphelele, ancike ku-180-degrees futhi anikeze amafidi angu-6 1/2 (amamitha angu-2) wendawo yokulala endaweni enwetshwe ngokugcwele endizeni yayo ebanzi. Isihlalo esiyi-lie-flat singesinye sezihlalo ezibanzi kakhulu ezisezingeni lebhizinisi emoyeni, esingama-intshi angu-25 uma i-armrest eshintshwayo ibekwe ngendlela ehambisana nomcamelo, okuvumela amakhasimende ukuthi alale ngokukhululeka. Izilawuli ze-elekthronikhi “zokuthinta okukodwa” zenza amakhasimende akwazi ukuhambisa kalula izihlalo ukuze zimiswe ngaphambilini ziqondile, imbeleko kanye nezimo zokulala ezinwetshwe ngokugcwele kanye nezilawuli ezengeziwe zivumela amakhasimende ukuthi alungise isihlalo emuva, ukusekelwa kwe-lumbar kanye nendawo yokuphumula yomlenze nonyawo endaweni yangokwezifiso kakhulu. ukhululekile kubo.
Izihlalo eziyisicaba zinikeza isikhala esiningi sokugcina izinto zomuntu siqu. Amandla elaptop, ihedisethi namapulaki e-USB ashutheka kalula ngaphezu kwehlombe lekhasimende. Kunendawo yokugcina eyengeziwe ngaphansi kwe-ottoman, eshalofini elingaphansi kwemonitha nasendaweni yokugcina izinto eziwusizo enikeza indawo yezinto ezincane zomuntu siqu njengencwadi noma umagazini kanye nebhodlela lamanzi.
Ukuxhumana kwe-iPod kuzophinde kutholakale esihlalweni, okuvumela ikhasimende ngalinye ukuthi libuke amavidiyo walo siqu futhi lijabulele umculo walo, sonke lesi sikhathi i-iPod ishaja. Izihlalo zeBusinessFirst endizeni engu-787 kanye ne-777 zizoba ne-monitor yevidiyo engu-15.4-intshi ukuze amakhasimende ajabulele amamuvi, umculo nemidlalo ayifunayo. Izihlalo endizeni engu-757 zizoba namamonitha angu-10.6-intshi.
Izihlalo ezintsha zeBusinessFirst nazo zinendawo yokuphumula yekhanda elungiseka okuyindlela eyisithupha, ukukhanya okufundeka phezulu komuntu ngamunye kanye nesibani sesihlalo esilungisekayo esivumela ikhasimende ukuthi lifunde embhedeni ngaphandle kokuphazamisa umakhelwane walo kanye negobolondo lobumfihlo elivumela ukuba yedwa kwabanye abahambi.
Iminyaka Emibili Yokuklama Futhi Iphelele
Ithimba lezokukhangisa ngemikhiqizo le-Continental laqala ukucwaninga ngezihlalo ezintsha ekwindla ka-2006 lapho lihlela isevisi yeBusinessFirst yendiza entsha i-787 Dreamliner. Inkampani yezindiza ivakashele nabakhiqizi abaningi bezihlalo emhlabeni jikelele ngaphambi kokukhetha i-BE Aerospace, edale imibono emihlanu ehlukene yokuklama. Ngasikhathi sinye, i-Continental ifune impendulo eqenjini eligxilile lamaflaya avamile e-BusinessFirst elihlonze futhi labeka phambili izidingo ezibalulekile zabahambi bomhlaba wonke futhi lasebenza eduze nethimba lephrojekthi yenkampani yezindiza kanye nomkhiqizi wezihlalo ukuze basize ekudaleni isihlalo esisha. Izici ezibalulekile ezicelwe yiqembu eligxilile kwakuwukufaka isihlalo esibanzi esingahlala phansi ngokuphelele futhi kube lula ukusisebenza.
Izihlalo ziyi-Centerpiece yesevisi ye-Premium
Isevisi yeBusinessFirst inemenyu ebanzi ye-gourmet ehlinzekwa ngamawayini aphambili namashampeni adalwe yi-Continental's Congress of Chefs and Sommeliers. I-International Concierge Service ihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zomuntu ngamunye ngaphambi nangemva kokundiza kumakhasimende eBusinessFirst ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezingama-42 emhlabeni jikelele. Amakhasimende ahamba ngeBusinessFirst angase futhi afinyelele noma yimaphi AmaKlabhu Omongameli Bezwekazi Lamazwe angama-27 kanye nezindawo zokuphumula ezixhumene nezinkampani zezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-60 emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Continental Airlines isiwine imiklomelo eminingi ngomkhiqizo wayo weBusinessFirst. Umhlahlandlela Wezindiza Ezisemthethweni uklomelise i-Continental's BusinessFirst njenge-Best Executive/Business Class iminyaka emihlanu ilandelana (2003 – 2007), kanti umagazini i-Conde Nast Traveler ulinganise ngesevisi ye-Continental ye-BusinessFirst ephezulu kakhulu kuzo zonke izinkampani zenethiwekhi zase-US zezindiza eziwela i-Atlantic kanye ne-trans-Pacific. Iminyaka engu-10 ilandelana.
I-Continental njengamanje isebenzisa i-Boeing 777 emizileni ephakathi kwe-Newark ne-Beijing, i-Delhi, i-Frankfurt, i-Hong Kong, i-London/i-Heathrow, i-Mumbai, i-Paris, i-Rome, i-Tel Aviv ne-Tokyo, naphakathi kwe-Houston ne-London/Heathrow, i-Paris ne-Tokyo.
IBusinessFirst ku-Boeing 757 okwamanje ihlinzekwa emizileni ephakathi kweNewark ne-Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lisbon, London/Gatwick, Madrid, Manchester, Oslo, Paris, Shannon futhi Stockholm.
