Nwacrew From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 311 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 5 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 4267 times:
I'm considering flying from Newark to Birmingham aboard a Continental 757-200. Anyone have experience traveling transatlantic aboard one of these planes?
Frankly, Northwest's 757's are such miserable cattle cars that I'm wondering at the wisdom (or lack thereof) in selecting this flight... Is the pitch any better on CO's over-ocean birds?
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 2, posted (8 years 5 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4165 times:
I've done EWR-BHX...not too bad, everyone thinks flying across the pond on a 752 is the worst concept ever but its not...basically you take off, get your meal, sleep 3-4 hours, get your pre-arrival snack, and then land...it goes by real fast...
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Gilesdavies From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2903 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (8 years 5 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4082 times:
Have done BHX-EWR with CO and LGW-YYZ with SkyService on the 752 and I have to prefer the twin aisle aircraft...
There is limited room to stretch your feet, the aisle is constantly blocked with passengers queing to use the toliets and I prefer my PTV's.
If you are staying the Birmingham area I would definately recommend CO's service over flying to MAN or LHR/LGW as you will have a 2hr drive and BHX is a very easy airport to get through and has direct rail links from Birmingham International to most the UK.
If you have some time to spare at Birmingham their is an exellent spectators facility open above the terminal building (Entry about 50p), and when CO are at the airport in the morning their is a good mix of aircraft to check out:
BA - Avro's
EK - 777/A330
GF - 767
PK - A310
AF - ???
EI - 752
LH - ???
AZ - EMB170
BE - DH8/146
WW - 733/735
ZB - A321/A320
BY - 752/767
VZ - A320/A321
TCX - 752/A320/A321
Whiskeyhotel From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 226 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3913 times:
Transatlantic on a CO 757 can be far better than any other crossing in Y...just be sure you get seated in row 16: Emergency exit row with full recline. I flew CO 757's transatlantic on about 10 segments last year (with another due in two weeks), and I actually book my flights around when row 16 has available seats...no better way to go in Y. You'll get ridiculous amounts of seat pitch (near 40" I think) and a full recline, along with CO's excellent service. Don't know about you, but I would take a more comfortable seat over PTVs anyhow (CO, unfortunately, tends to pick crap movies)
Airportugal310 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3102 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3826 times:
My mother just flew CO EWR-LIS-EWR and told me they fed her well....also very good inflight service. FYI.
Aa777jr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 3555 times:
I can't imagine flying across the pond, even EWR or JFK, in a narrow body a/c. AA# 96 from BOS-MAN does very well though I'm told. AA# 221 from BOS-SNN is gonna be 757 metal also, so I guess going transatlantic isn't that bad to alot of passengers...
N1120a From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25869 posts, RR: 79 Reply 10, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3035 times:
>I can't imagine flying across the pond, even EWR or JFK<
Why, what does it matter. The seat, service, etc. are all the same.
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Capri From Morocco, joined Sep 2003, 291 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2994 times:
Whiskeyhotel,
I don't think you can book Emergency exit seats in advance till at the check in, I've tried online and on phone, they keep those seats blocked till physical check in at airport, SO the check-in personnel make a decision if people requesting them are body capable of operating the doors in emergency.
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AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2105 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2608 times:
If Whyiskyhotel is a CO elite then that explains why he can book the emergency exit rows in advance.
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 15, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2151 times:
You can book the emergency exit row, 24 hours prior they open up all the seats to online check in, at least I have found that to be true for my flights.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 19254 posts, RR: 63 Reply 16, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2114 times:
Most pax don't really care, as long as it gets there safely and on time.
Flying a 757 non-stop across the Atlantic to a non-hub city from somewhere such as Newark, also means fewer connections for those who don't live nearby major gateways.
For example, to fly from PDX to GLA, if I didn't fly CO via EWR, I would have to transit two hubs, such as SFO and LHR, or MSP and AMS, etc., even though there is a non-stop available from PDX to FRA, due to there not being non-stop service beyond FRA to GLA. I can think of many such other city pairs between the U.S. and Europe where 757 direct service would make for a faster, more comfortable journey.
Given the choice, I would much prefer to fly a 757 over the ocean direct to my destination rather than connect twice en route.
Richie87 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1996 times:
I just joined the service here... and have been having a lot of fun reading the posts for many months ! Hello to all !
I think Transatlantic on a narrow-body single aisle would be fine, although I have only done so on B767 and 747 aircraft. I just finished a trip flying nonstop from Seattle to Miami on an AS 737-700 and thought it was excellent... 5 1/2 hours outbound and 6 1/2 return. It was fine. Comfortable, the FA service even better although it was a full flight... less gatherings at the lavatory doors, and quicker getting on and off. So I would not hesitate at all to fly on a single-aisle over to Europe, even from the west coast of the US here.
Geoffm From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 2111 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (8 years 5 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1671 times:
Rows 15 and 16 in the International config appear to both be exit rows - is that right? And do either of them have a normal sized window? I've had an emergency exit row before, albeit on a 747, and there was no window!
Whiskeyhotel From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 226 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (8 years 5 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1520 times:
Sorry, didn't mention...am Platinum with CO, so I can book the exit row at the time of my original booking. BHX, in comparison to markets like EDI and LGW, shouldn't have too many platinums on board (I believe the website requires platinum to book row 16 in advance), so you shouldn't have much trouble selecting the seat online the day before departure, or requesting it from a gate agent. The exit rows on CO's International 752's both have windows. Only row 16 has recline. Row 15 has extra legroom, but NO RECLINE. I avoid row 15, because I can't fall asleep without a bit of recline, and my back takes a few days to unkink after 7 hours spent bolt-upright.
Bmi From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (8 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1503 times:
bit more info/correction to post reply #03
BA - RJ100/ERJ145
EK - 777-200 currently, A332 twice daily from June
GF - 767 (Gulf Traveller)
PK - A310
AF - BAe 146-300 operated by Flybe. Until codeshare ends.
EI - 735/734 if your lucky you will get a A320
LH - CR2, 733/735/A319/A320/A321/A300 (once) totally mixed!!
AZ - EMB170
BE - DH8/146
WW - 733/735
ZB - A321/A320
BY - 752/767
VZ - A320/A321
TCX - 752/A320
RichardBHX From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2004, 111 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (8 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1511 times:
SOMEONE linked to me report! yayers! gilesdavies, you've made my day
I've done it 4 times now (twice return), and will do so again in July. To describe it in a sentence...Continental Offer a very solid service. 31" in Y is a bit tight, my brother (who is 6 foot) complained a bit, but he had an aisle, and 31" is USA standard. The food is not bad (the pictures in my report didn't really do it justice), the FA's are nice, most are quite old. Some people complain about flying a single-aisle across the Atlantic, but it doesn't bother me. There's only overhead PTV's, which is a little annoying, especially if you sit a row behind a ptv, where the one in front is too near and the one 4 or so rows ahead is too far away, but hey!
BusinessFirst looks very nice, very comfy, but I've never been upgraded :'(
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