WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5395 posts, RR: 25 Reply 1, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2091 times:
Aside from the ERJ being a tad cozy and small (I'm 6'2") your experiecces should be very nice aboard ANY CO flight.
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
Boeingfever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 56 Reply 2, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2065 times:
Continental Airlines is a great carrier to fly. I try to fly them over anyone whenever I can. They are fast, on-time, and have nice flight crews & a/c. I have booked (3) more flights with them already:
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2043 times:
You can also expect an easy transfer at EWR, especially if you stay in Terminal C. Even if you have to go to Terminal A or C, the AirTrain is great, and will get you there quickly.
BTW Be thankful you don't have to collect your bags at EWR. It can be painfully slow, but this is not CO's fault.
Tommy767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 6195 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days ago) and read 2029 times:
Since you are flying all older 737 models, I am not sure that you will have inflight video on board. As a precaution, I would bring a book, Ipod or something to take up all the time. However there are several CO 733s that do have inflight video, but only a handful.
enjoy your flights. CO is great.
"Folks that's the news and I'm outta here!" -- Dennis Miller
Tungd From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 103 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1948 times:
Since moving to Houston 4 years ago, CO has become my airline of choice. They offer above-average service throughout the entire airport-flight experience, and most of their fleet is newer and well-kept (except the aforementioned pre-NG 737s).
I've only flown CO on domestic routes so far, mostly on 738s but also a couple of 752s and 733s, and their now-retired MD80s. CO's IFE is adequate, with flip-down LCD monitors every 3 rows or so on the 752 and 73NG (the screens are pretty small though, and many of them have horrible color balance). One of the 733s I've flown on (and presumably some of the 735s) had CRT monitors above the aisle, but the programming was the same as on the newer jets...several music channels in addition to the video channel.... On flights under 2-3 hours or so you'll see a generic sitcom along with pre-canned entertainment news...on longer flights they show a movie from about a year ago that you've probably never heard of; some are good, some aren't, and you don't get a choice. Beware that on more than a few flights I've been on, IFE seemed to be a distant afterthought for the cabin crew (who are generally very helpful and accommodating). Once one tape ends, it might be a half-hour or more before they get around to starting the next tape (CO uses Sony's Hi8 analog videotape format, similar to Super-VHS in picture and sound quality).
Having to watch a blank t.v. screen for a while is my only complaint so far with CO's flight experience, which is very menial considering their awesome flight crews. As with any airline, the most important factor is arriving at your destination safe (and alive), and I have no problem trusting my life to the pilots of CO.
As for the ERJs, operated by ExpressJet, I love them! The seats are basically the same size as mainline coach, except they're all leather which at least gives the impression that they're more comfortable (they are IMO). Being only 5'7, pitch and legroom aren't really issues for me either, and unlike others I have never felt cramped (I only sit on the single portside seat unless there's an open row, then I'll spread out on the 2 starboard chairs). I always think of these things as either miniature "big jets" or large biz jets, which is basically what they are (it's interesting to know that Embraer based these jets on the fuselage of the 30-seat, turbo-prop EMB-120, which SkyWest flies as CO Connection to several smaller markets from IAH; their interiors are almost identical). With speeds comparable to the larger jets, you'll get where you're going just about as fast, but there's no IFE at all. All the ERJ flights I've been on have had beverage/snack service, though.
This is probably too much information, but CO is a great airline overall. Have a great trip!
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