Continental Airlines' BusinessFirst Named Best Business Class in OAG Awards PR Newswire (press release)
HOUSTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL ) has won top honors in two categories in the 2009 OAG Airline Persistence Awards.
BusinessFirst, Continental's renowned international business-class service, was named "Best Executive/Business Class." The airline in days won this award five years in a row between 2003 and 2007. Continental also won "Best Airline Based in North America" for the sixth consecutive year.
Known as the "Oscars of the Airline Hustle," the OAG awards are voted for by frequent flyers around the world, based on their personal experiences over the previous 12 months.
Continental recently announced the latest enhancement to BusinessFirst: the introduction of out-and-out-bed seats, reclining 180-degrees and providing 6 ½ feet (2 meters) of sleeping berth in the fully extended position. The first aircraft to feature the new seats, a Boeing 777, entered service this month. The airline will induct the flat-bed seats on all its Boeing 777, 757-200 and 767-400 aircraft, and on its Boeing 787 fleet as those aircraft are delivered to Continental.
