Continental Airlines announced that it will put in operation daily nonstop flights between its hub for the distribution of flights in the New York area, located in the Newark Liberty International Airport and Shanghai, the largest city in the People's Republic of China. Also conduct flights with a stop between Cleveland and Shanghai from March 25, 2009, subject to government approval.

Continental will operate daily nonstop flight aboard Boeing 777-200 aircraft. Flight 87 out of Liberty at 11:20 am, landed in Shanghai the following day at 1:45 pm The return flight (Flight 86) will depart from Shanghai at 3:45 pm and arrive at Liberty at 6:20 pm the same day. Approximately 14 hours and 30 minutes of flight in each direction.

Flights from Shanghai will have special products and services to customers. The entertainment system on board will offer movies in Mandarin and English (if the studies are available), with varied programming in each direction which means customers can enjoy monitors installed on individual seats. There will be an audio channel dedicated to traditional and popular music china and BusinessFirst customers will be available in local Chinese newspapers. All safety and instructional videos, like the pre-warnings, will be available in Mandarin.

For food on board will have menus in both English and Chinese including china plates of food designed by chefs from China and USA. The flights will have surcharges bilingual, like the documentation desks at the airport for the convenience of customers.

From autumn 2009, the premium class cabin will feature new sleeper seats that recline 180 degrees. These comfortable seats offer more space to store personal items, as well as laptop power, iPod connectivity and video monitors 15.4 "where patrons can enjoy movies, music and games of your choice.

All seats in the BusinessFirst cabin is equipped with an entertainment system Audio / Video in the Order (Audio / Video on Demand, AVOD), which allows the customer to choose among 25 films, 25 short programs and 50 compact discs. Once the crew had activated the system, customers can enjoy the programming whenever they want, controlling the content using touch-sensitive screens very easy to use functions with play, pause, stop, forward and backward fast. The new entertainment system also features 20 games and the Berlitz language learning World Traveler.

Other BusinessFirst amenities include gourmet menus prepared by the Continental Congress of Chefs. In addition, Continental has a select team of specially trained concierge to provide personalized service before and after the flight to BusinessFirst customers in 42 major airports in the world. Customers traveling in BusinessFirst also have access to any of the 27 rooms Presidents Clubs and more than 60 airline affiliated lounges worldwide.

For flights to Shanghai, guests can enjoy new entertainment system Audio / Video in the Order (Audio / Video on Demand, AVOD) in BusinessFirst as the coach class cabin of the Boeing 777. Systems entertainment on board these planes can choose from more than 250 films, 300 short programs, including television programs, and 1,500 music tracks with a function type "jukebox" that allows developing individual playlists. Furthermore, the new system offers 25 video games and language learning programs Berlitz World Traveler.

Continental expects to complete the installation of AVOD on its fleet of Boeing 777 in May 2009. The class of 777 in the Continental offers a number of outside, with a spacious 3-3-3 seating configuration and wider aisles for normal. Every passenger in economy class with a video monitor in the seat back in front, in addition to telephony service that allows you to make calls even when the plane passes over the open sea. Continental also has attractive packages to China through Continental Airlines Vacations.

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