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9th Aug 2000, 04:51
08 Aug 2000 Shipping Times
Continental to fly NY-HK non-stop
Mr Grizzle: Continental's senior vice-president of corporate development said flights using Boeing 777 aircraft will begin in March next year
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[HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc, the No 5 US carrier, plans to begin the first non-stop flights between New York and Hongkong, cutting three hours off the trip.
Beginning March 1 next year, a Boeing 777 will leave Newark International Airport on 16-1/2-hour Flight 99 at 11 am and will arrive at Hongkong Chek Lap Kok International Airport at 4.30 pm local time the next day. The 15-hour, 40-minute, return Flight 98 will leave Hongkong at 12.45 pm and arrive in the New York area at 3.25 pm the same day.
Hongkong is the biggest market without direct service with New York, Continental chairman and chief executive Gordon Bethune said in a statement. He said that customers prefer non-stop flights. The airline added a second non-stop flight between Newark and Tel Aviv in June, also using a 283-seat Boeing 777.
The company will use its 16 Boeing 777-224-ER planes for the 8,438-mile flight, Continental spokeswoman Sarah Anthony said. The route will be the longest non-stop service by any US carrier and the longest from the New York area. The airline needs permission from countries such as China, Russia and Mongolia to fly in their airspace on the New York-Hongkong route, Ms Anthony said. -- Bloomberg
Shame CX cant see the potential of these great planes - seems they are not politically correct here! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif
Continental to fly NY-HK non-stop
Mr Grizzle: Continental's senior vice-president of corporate development said flights using Boeing 777 aircraft will begin in March next year
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[HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc, the No 5 US carrier, plans to begin the first non-stop flights between New York and Hongkong, cutting three hours off the trip.
Beginning March 1 next year, a Boeing 777 will leave Newark International Airport on 16-1/2-hour Flight 99 at 11 am and will arrive at Hongkong Chek Lap Kok International Airport at 4.30 pm local time the next day. The 15-hour, 40-minute, return Flight 98 will leave Hongkong at 12.45 pm and arrive in the New York area at 3.25 pm the same day.
Hongkong is the biggest market without direct service with New York, Continental chairman and chief executive Gordon Bethune said in a statement. He said that customers prefer non-stop flights. The airline added a second non-stop flight between Newark and Tel Aviv in June, also using a 283-seat Boeing 777.
The company will use its 16 Boeing 777-224-ER planes for the 8,438-mile flight, Continental spokeswoman Sarah Anthony said. The route will be the longest non-stop service by any US carrier and the longest from the New York area. The airline needs permission from countries such as China, Russia and Mongolia to fly in their airspace on the New York-Hongkong route, Ms Anthony said. -- Bloomberg
Shame CX cant see the potential of these great planes - seems they are not politically correct here! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif