Continental or US Airways?

In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
Continental or US Airways. Fred

Use whatever is cheapest. That flight is only a little over an hour and any
differences will be minor. If price and schedule are about the same, then
choose Continental for possibly slightly better service.

By the way, both are hub cities.


"Fjk Fjk" <clearglory@> wrote in message
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> In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
> Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
> Continental or US Airways. Fred
>

"Fjk Fjk" <clearglory@> wrote in message
news:23896-4420A8AE-1739@storefull-3316.bay....
> In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
> Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
> Continental or US Airways. Fred
>

You're talking about a 1 hour trip. Either US or CO should be just fine.
Choose your flight by aircraft type (to avoid CO's jungle jets or US'
Canadairs). Otherwise, between US/CO's 737's or US's Airbuses or Embraer
170's, you will be ok regardless.

A bit cheaper, and bigger planes, from LaGuardia; and JetBlue plans
flights from Kennedy later this year.

In article <23896-4420A8AE-1739@storefull-3316.bay.>,
clearglory@ (Fjk Fjk) wrote:

> In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
> Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
> Continental or US Airways. Fred

Six of one, half dozen of the other. For a short flight like that, it
doesn't matter. Go with the option that offers the most convenient
schedule for the most competitive price.

In article <DsrLg.1862$MF1.901@newssvr25.news.>,
"Jeff Hacker" <jhacker@usa.net> wrote:

> >> In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
> >> Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
> >> Continental or US Airways.

> Actually, for a 1 hour flight, it is 6 of 1 and 1/2 dozen of the other.
> Virtually no difference - you're probably looking at a regional jet on
> Continental; on US it could be a regional jet or maybe a 737 or A319/A320 -
> if that makes a difference.

Given the choice between an RJ and a larger plane, that's an easy choice
-- the larger planes are much more comfortable, and won't require you to
"gate check" anything bigger than a laptop back -- it'll have real
overheads.

If it's between RJs, though, I'd go with Continental -- their ExpressJet
regional jets are kept very clean and bright. The last US one I rode
on, operated by Trans States, was in *awful* shape, with a deferred APU
(read: no air conditioning on the ground), cracked plastic everywhere,
and about 1/4 of the aisle armrests missing. Ugh.

In article <nobody-D3DCCF.14292906092006@news-server.nycap.>,
Beavis <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> The last US one I rode
> on, operated by Trans States, was in *awful* shape, with a deferred APU
> (read: no air conditioning on the ground), cracked plastic everywhere,
> and about 1/4 of the aisle armrests missing. Ugh.

Oh, and I almost forgot: A third-world lavatory that smelled like a
truck stop, and didn't have any running water. The sink was filled with
wet-naps. Nice.

Beavis wrote:

> In article <DsrLg.1862$MF1.901@newssvr25.news.>,
> "Jeff Hacker" <jhacker@usa.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>>In late April I shall be airborne from Newark Airport to
>>>>Pittsburgh. I would appreciate any thoughts on using
>>>>Continental or US Airways.
>
>
>>Actually, for a 1 hour flight, it is 6 of 1 and 1/2 dozen of the other.
>>Virtually no difference - you're probably looking at a regional jet on
>>Continental; on US it could be a regional jet or maybe a 737 or A319/A320 -
>>if that makes a difference.
>
>
> Given the choice between an RJ and a larger plane, that's an easy choice
> -- the larger planes are much more comfortable, and won't require you to
> "gate check" anything bigger than a laptop back -- it'll have real
> overheads.
>
> If it's between RJs, though, I'd go with Continental -- their ExpressJet
> regional jets are kept very clean and bright. The last US one I rode
> on, operated by Trans States, was in *awful* shape, with a deferred APU
> (read: no air conditioning on the ground), cracked plastic everywhere,
> and about 1/4 of the aisle armrests missing. Ugh.

Of course, as of January a bunch of Chautauqua US planes will be taking
a part of the Continental operation. Hopefully CO will provide decent
supervision of quality.

As to the RJ overhead they usually do pretty well. If you have a soft
bag and don't stuff it excessively it will fit.