This flight report was written by Su-27SMK from HKADB :

Carrier: Continental
Flight: CO98 fm HKG to EWR
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200 (Not N77014 but regco yet to find out after I developed my rolls of films after coming back.)

Departure Time: 15/2/2005 12:15 HK Time
Arrival Time: 15/2/2005 14:15 NY Time (16/2/2005 03:15 HK Time)

Comment:
1, Service is excellent. F/A are friendly.
2, Meal is good. Especially the Won Tun Noodle. (No pics since I ate it at night.)
3, Seat is good. Can recline 170deg but contour is not very ideal for my sleeping.
4, In-flight entertainment is not very good. Not much choices of programs.
5, Ground crew support is good and effective.
6, Lounge @EWR is good with excellent view for taking pics.


Su-27SMK

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__039a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__034a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__056a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__044a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__051a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__090a.jpg

Over Taiwan
http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__046a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__049a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__089a.jpg

Above Japan
http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__053a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__054a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__055a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__069a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__070a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__071a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__072a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__073a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__074a.jpg

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__084a.jpg

This was once the longest flight in the world

:) I am on a simliar flight in the coming months, Tokyo - NY... Not going to be that great, haha.

it is in a 777 however, can you tell me what these planes are like to fly on? I've never been on this type. How is the cabin noise etc?

Great find HK, excellent work!

Continental didn't take the polar route. They started flying to Newark with much fanfare on being approved to fly transpacific around the North Pole.

Did they actually changed the route? I took this very exact flight like 3 or 4 years ago, and I was sure it passed over North Pole... And if I remember correctly, the food (in economy class) was barely eatable...

I wonder if it is due to wind conditions, but Continental tends to have very short flights to Hong Kong via the North Pole. Interestingly, the route they took is almost exactly the same as the one Cathay Pacific flies between Hong Kong and Toronto via Anchorage using the great circle around Alaska's southern coast.

dude...that was sweet :)

For a descent-looking meal like that on an American carrier, you were obviously flying First/Business Class :) Continental is the carrier I usually take and I like them a lot but Coach-class transatlantic meals is always always always "Beef or Chicken" and on return flights to the US is a cold sandwich with a dull-looking piece of ham that is stuck to the surface of the bread. Anyway, I love travelling so your pics bring back good memories :)

Wow, very nice looking trip. I love Continental.

great report and the meals look nice.


:okay:

http://hkadb.no-ip.org/hkadb/forum/files/185__056a.jpg

what can u control thru in those buttons?

Didn't Thai fly their New York-flight in "the other direction (over Europe) with their A340? In that case, how come?

Nice report. :)

CO has probably the best international service of any us carrier. The only better service would be united's p.s. between NY and SF/LA.

I checked the schedules and indeed Thai has a nonstop BKK-New York flight, but they don't have a stopover in Europe. As to how they route the flight path I'm actually not sure, but I thought it'd be faster to fly near the Noth Pole heading east bound.

Excellent, a report on CO's Business First product! Thanks for posting hkskyline, been a bit curious over how BF is like. :D

I checked the schedules and indeed Thai has a nonstop BKK-New York flight, but they don't have a stopover in Europe. As to how they route the flight path I'm actually not sure, but I thought it'd be faster to fly near the Noth Pole heading east bound.
Yeah, they started flying non-stop this summer with the A340. And I'm pretty sure they fly/flew it over Europe (not a stop-over) instead of over the Pacific (read it in a flight report iirc). Pretty funny since BKK and HKG are very close.

I might be wrong but i believe Continental's longest flight is now its Newark-New Delhi route which just recently opened up in mid September.

Great report