Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / November 2003

The week's Business Week has an even less positive story than last week's
AvWeek. Some of the more interesting bullets:
Wall Street says dev costs for any new commercial aircraft must be $8B or less.
(The fact that Boeing moved it's corp HQ to Chicago should give you a hint as to

Arlington-based US Airways has been denied permission to extend its lease at
Pittsburgh International Airport for another year, after the two sides
couldn't reach an agreement on cutting debt. The carrier's lease ends in
January.

i have two ryan air one way tickets for the 20th december for venice
that i can't use:
the first one is dublin to london stansted 9.30-10.40
the second one is london stansted to venice treviso 18.55-21.50

Simple, but VERY important question. Which airlines of the big 4 (AA,
DL, NW, UA) do you think will be around in 2010 and beyond, and why?
Welcome your opinions on this....Thank you.
Jim

BA pilots suspended amid drink claims
Two British Airways pilots and a female cabin crew member have been
suspended after being arrested in Norway on suspicion of being under
the influence of alcohol.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good book with lots of photos on the
history of the airline? I saw some at the SFO Airport museum, but I do not
recall any of the titles.
Thanks.

I've got enough miles to take award flight on Star Alliance flight
between Europe and U.S. Which of the airlines and planes are most
comfortable in first? What I've been thinking about is United's Boeing
777, but their fleet seems to be rather old. Another choice could be

The events on Georgia show real democracy in action: the ability of a people
to force their government to resign after they suspected their government
wasn't honest. It was done without the loss of a single life, no military
attacks, no destruction of a government infrastructure.

They're to start daily services from Manchester to Paris, Jersey and
Bordeaux from next March. with Cardiff also seeing a new Bordeaux service.
Nothing announced for Teesside so far.

What's the verdict?

Citibank is now hyping a card that gives you a frequent flier mile for every
dollar spent. Not having ever accumulated frequent flier miles before, I'm a
bit at sea as to how good a deal this is. Any opinions? Anyone who has tried
the offer?

If you're flying to Hawaii do your best to avoid using Hawaiian
airlines. These bastards completely ruined my vacation.  Here is a
list of things that happened to me and why I suggest YOU not use them.
1.    Crushed my bag so badly in handling that they cracked my notebook

[430 days to regime change in the US and counting.]
**Half of London's Police Will Be Guarding Bush...
**250 U.S. Secret Service Agents Carrying Guns...
**Mobile phones may be blocked for periods of President Bush's visit

Sounds too good to be true, perhaps it is? For eg £269 return (to East
Coast USA) you can get a voucher where the marketing blurb says:
       "flights can be taken on any day and time of their choosing" up
       to 30th June."

I have some Delta miles and wish to transfer them to Continental in
order to have enough points for a free flight. How do I go about this?
Is there an option to do this online or must I call the airlines and
if so, which one?