Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / December 2003

Apparently to start a Manchester - Delhi - Bangkok - Melbourne service
according to today's Sunday Telegraph travel pages!
Love the paint job on the 747!
www.backpackersxpress.com

A resumé of developments at Manchester:
*    Malev to start daily BUD service from 03/04
*    Alitalia to start twice daily MXP service from 02/04
*    bmibaby announces Bordeaux, Jersey and Paris services  from 03/04

Some of you may have seen this before - Microsoft have a Netscan tool that
analyses all Usenet postings since 1999.
The 2003 figures for this group can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/xjk1
Ignoring the cross-posters, congratulations to Lansbury, Malc and Miss L

I wnat to buy a one way flight from Hamburg to Greece in February, maybe
to Athens. And then from Athens to Ioannina. Any suggestions for ceap
flights and airlines??
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Small is beautiful for KLM
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
• Edinburgh-based tickets group, Flight Bureau, has become the first
travel agent in Scotland to offer Worldspan’s online booking

For all those new to flying, make your flight more
enjoyable and carry along a copy of this "How To
Enjoy Flying" guide:
1. There's nothing interesting to see outside.  The

How comes BA no longer have check in at Paddington?
I did enjoy only having 3 people in front of me when checking in , instead
of the usual 40

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any web site that shows the availability
of FF seats on flights?  I'm trying to construct a trip using my Delta
miles of SLC-CDG, then anywhere within decent distance of Munich (VIE,
STR, NEU, any others?) back to SLC.  First try with Delta, the ...

I have only flown a few times since 9/11, but I do notice some things
have changed.
1. Security is much more hyped up about everything and generally
pickier.   They are more insistent on you putting something through

Is there an internet site which would show all airlines which operate between
two cities?
Sites like travelocity show only airlines they want to sell, not necessarily
them all.

It was between Sandra and Lil. Sandra won it.
The telecast in the USA is about 25 minutes delayed.

Has anyone actually used one of the Powerports located in coach on
American Airline 767s?  I am flying my children ORD-HNL in a few
weeks, and would love to take along a portable DVD player (9 hours of
peace and quiet:  Priceless.)

Is there a site that lets you input origination, dates, and pax and
gives you a list of destinations?  We need some ideas on where to go
next but have a budget to keep.

A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the
treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Attached is a
copy of a letter
they received back:

I just discovered that I've got a 12 hour overnight lay-over
at Atlanta ATL (8:30PM to 8:30AM).  Joy!
So the question is, can I sack-out in the terminal for those 12 hours,
And is there a chance at maybe going out to dinner somewhere