Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2003

... care to share your web bookmarks, travel related or otherwise?  And
does anyone know of a good website for checking southwest airlines flight
statuses?
so far I've got:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/25/1064083130766.html
New flight rules like 'a bike in a formula one race'
September 26, 2003
The safety of thousands of flights across Australia could be severely

Isn't there a way to check the status of an ongoing flight on the
Lufthansa website? Is it on time etc. I thought this sort of thing was
pretty standard these days. I've looked pretty carefully and came up
with nothing.

Richard Anderson, the head of NW Airlines stated the airline will
eventually retire its 747-200 fleet and replace these a/c with A330s on
its trans-Pacific service.
I think NW would be the first airline ever to use A330s for scheduled

I write the "Doing Business" feature for TravelAge West and am
researching an upcoming feature on working moms. I'd like to talk to a
few travel professionals with kids about the challenge of balancing
work and family, tips for coping with competing interests and what

Is there any airline that has a regular non-stop flight from BWI-SEA and
vice versa?
I have not been able to find any using basic search tools.
Thanks for any help.

[It was never about WMD.  It was never about 9-11.  When will the
American public wake up and demand that Wolfowitz, Perle, Rumsfeld,
Cheney and Rice explain where their tax dollars and freedom are going.
-Ed.]

Can anyone suggest a web site that will offer a wide selection of air
fares with the options of various stopovers at low cost?

Los Angeles Times
September 20, 2003
JetBlue Gives Away Data on Passengers
-- Airline apologizes for sharing itineraries with a Pentagon contractor for

Does anyone know United Airlines fare codes and what they stand for?  Or
have a suggestion as to where I could find the information?
Thanks,

Can anyone give a ballpark estimate for cab fare from EWR to Avenel, New
Jersey?
Thanks ahead of time.
J

Tried Orbitz, but it was actually more expensive than AA's website?
Alternately, any suggestions on NYC to Spokane or Calgary appreciated...

Apparently AA, and I suspect other carriers, do not require using
headphones for electronic equipment (CD players, DVD players, etc) in
flight. I asked this question based on my first ever experience with
this for a flight with a DVD player blasting away in First Class (MD80,

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) --A folding comb mistaken for a knife generated a
scare on a Dallas-bound American Airlines flight with 54 people aboard
Wednesday, prompting the plane to return to Houston, authorities said.
A federal official said a flight attendant noticed a passenger with a

I see that Lufthansa's PHL-FRA service is now listed as "operated by"
its Condor charter/holiday subsidiary.  Does anyone know if I am
likely to see any difference in on-board service quality or seat
comfort (in economy) because of this change?  Are the crews LH or