Continental Airlines announced last week that all of its Boeing 757-200 jets now have lie-flat seats in business class. Continental operates 41 Boeing 757-200 aircraft, flying principally between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Europe. It’s already completed adding these seats to its Boeing 777 fleet which consists of 22 aircraft.
Airlines are rushing to put these lie-flat seats into their premium seating areas. They are hoping these seats will lure customers into paying to upgrade to Business or First class seating when traveling. During the recent economic downturn many businesses put policies into effect restricting or outright banning business and first class travel.
Of course United, Continentals sister airline, has announced that the tenth United Boeing 777 to be outfitted with flat-bed seats in both United First and United Business is scheduled to enter service in April. United completed the retrofit of its Boeing 747-400 and international 767-300 aircraft with flat-bed seats in its premium cabins in 2009.
"With reconfigurations completed on 116 aircraft, United and Continental together offer more flat-bed premium cabin seats than any other U.S. airline," said United Senior Vice President of Marketing Mark Bergsrud. "The flat-bed seats and advanced audio/video on-demand offer our customers an unmatched onboard experience."
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