Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / December 2003

My holiday is drawing closer, and the prospect of flying with two
bored, whinging toddlers is not one I relish.  Any ideas?
Chris

Why isn't anybody questioning the validity of the recent terror scare?
So far I've heard that we're in this high alert status, all this stuff
about chatter and flight numbers (none of which can be verified) and
we hear that most of the suspected members of Al Queda that would have

Dear Friend,
A committee of scholars, veterans, clergy, activists, students, and
other interested individuals is now forming to challenge the
Smithsonian's plans to exhibit the Enola Gay solely as a "magnificent

Then why are there so few air crash survivors?

My mother is coming from India to visit us here in the USA and the
cheapest quote she has got to date is on Kuwait Airways. Even cheaper
than Air India, a fair bit less than British and way cheaper than
Lufthansa, which are the main airlines that are most convenient from

Are there any plans for expansion from Manchester by MyTravelLite?
I notice they were quick to drop Amsterdam and Paris Beauvais from their
Birmingham base. Was this just due to low load factors?

I found a good way to support our troops coming home on R&R this holiday
season.  If you have a frequent flier account with AirTran, Alaska, America
West, American, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Midwest, Northwest Pan Am,
Southwest, United, or US Airways, you can donate miles to ...

I am moving to Hawaii in August and am new to the laptop scene (just got my
Dell notebook 2 months ago). I've done a google group search on the subject
but found varying answers.
What power options are available on major airlines in the coach/economy

Anyone know what type of aircraft it was that crashed the other day in
Benin?

My husband won two plane tickets to London and we plan to use them to spend a
week in Europe.  We want to see as many countries as we possibly can in 5 days.
Friends have told us the countries are pretty small and you can do them quickly.
So we plan to take a train from London to ...

Are Malev to return to Manchester (again) this summer?
cgh1
Manchester

Hi everyone. I am planning my honeymoon trip for late february/early
march and was wondering if any one could assist me. We will be flying
from Miami to San Juan, departing 2/27/04 in the morning (AA has an
8:25 flight) and returning on 3/7/04 in the afternoon (AA has a 1:26

and best wishes for a safe, healthy, and Happy New Year.  May the new year
bring peace to troubled parts of the world.

You are so intent on arguing your point why not argue it  on one of the
many discussion groups that welcome this rather than a group that
discusses air travel...Ill tell you why;  you want a goddam audience
flat and simple, your dying to find someone, anyone who will/must

I had a superb luggage strap that actually acted as a deterrent to
pilfering as it took about a minute to figure out how to open. TSA hated
it.
Then recently it just vanished. The bag had been opened but I watched the