Judging from the number of passengers, Continental hasn't started promoting the flights in India as yet.
They appear to have two 777-200s on this route. The flight attendant told me these were 777-200LR jets, but I'm highly suspicious of that claim there wasn't any indication of such, as well as the fact that I've had the opportunity to closely examine both jets and this one looked like a 200, not a 200LR.
The jet on which I flew out was newer than on the return flight.
Continental doesn't do complimentary upgrades on their international routes. Their economy class seats had been tagged as regular and premium on their seating chart, but in reality, they were the same.
The seat back entertainment system was the best in the business, with over 300 movies, many hundred shows, thousands of songs, games and the option for INTERNET access for the future.
Each seat cluster had two US/Japan/Taiwan power socket, making it easy to charge your Bose headphones, which you may have to do on such a long flight.
777 jets are the smoothest and so the flight itself was wonderful. Seat pitch wasn't great, but it was far more than on most domestic flights.
Food on the outbound was above average, and far below average on the return. Also, the outbound flight was packed, whereas there were about 100 people on the return flight.
Both flights flew at around 33000 feet near the US but at the maximum cieling of 40000 feet over Afghanistan and Central Asia. This resulted in accelerated dehydration of the body, which most passengers don't realize during the flight.
Both crews hadn't been to India before. I felt pretty sorry for them. Anyone who's done the India tour from DXB, SIN or KUL will know that it's the worst bus ride you can take. However this set of passengers were only marginally rowdy and once everyone had tucked in for the night, all was quiet.
More on Bombay ticket counters after the break ...
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