Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2004

This is slightly off-topic but I think this is the best NG  to offer me
advice on this.
A friend of my partner has offered to rent us one of two villas she owns in
Northern Majorca during the last week of June/first week of July this year.

War, what is it good for?  A bunch of adolescent boys huffing and puffing.
International politics is nothing but junior high school.
The pilot of an American Airlines jet was detained Wednesday after making an
obscene gesture when being photographed at the airport as part of a newly

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5022558.html
Wouldn't accept a CitizenCard.
       "CitizenCard is the only global photo-ID scheme trusted by major
       UK airlines"

Maybe Skyhigh Airlines will adopt this.....
Next to the little white bag in the seat pocket, place a specially made
plastic bag, one that will allow a male passenger to remain seated and still
relieve moments of distress that heretofore have been dealt with by standing

V-Bird are to introduce services from Niederrhein (near Dusseldorf) to
Manchester starting 29th January. One-way flights from £27/ 39 Euros.
http://www.v-bird.com/skylights/html/home_EN.shtm
David

I was just wondering if anyone knew when the BA Sponsored Cadet entry was
last open for applications, and if anyone had any idea if it may be opening
again soon.
Many thanks in advance for any help,

Thank you all for the replies!
I am also wondering what is different about a flight about 30 mintues
to 15 before landing that causes pain in the ears !!! I mean I know it
is pressure, but I am thinking, if they are able to regulate pressure

Hot on the heels of the capture of Saddam Hussein, security guards at
New York's Kennedy airport today arrested an individual, later
identified as a public school teacher, trying to board a flight while
in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule and

Sorry if this posting is off-topic for a uk newsgroup.
As UK residents, can we still book flights from one US city to another
with US airlines and have the tickets sent out to us here in the UK?
Wifey and I are looking at booking flights to Las Vegas from Florida.

A couple of month's ago (Sep/Oct 2003), I was struck by the analogy
between the "Triumph of the Will" (1934) and Gen. Myers' comments
about the war in Iraq, right about the time of Leni Riefenstahl's
death...  Addressing Congress and during speeches to fellow army men,

Did BALPA agree to this ?
As an Executive Club member we want to keep you fully up-to-date with
developments within British Airways regarding the recent security alerts.
Our number one priority is, and will continue to be, the safety and security

My eldrely grandmother (75) who has not flown since the 1960's is
considering taking a flight to see her neice in Calgary AB Canada in the
summer. We will be flying from a Scottish Airport.
Since she has not flown recently, and hated it the last time she flew, what

Does anyone have any more info on Air Omega, who were supposed to
start up from Aberdeen to Stansted on 5th Jan.
All I get on their website is an 0800 number, which redirects you to a
mobile. The mobile then sends you back to the 0800 number!

I need to fly one-way LHR to FRA sometime in mid-January (the
specific date hasn't been finalized but for purposes of this posting
I'm using Jan. 12th).  Depending on where I tell lufthansa.com that
I live I get an amazing difference in the price of the flight.

Could someone please recap for me each stage for which
ticket prices go up before a scheduled U.S. flight?
I know 21 days advance is the first big jump.  Then
somewhere at 7 or 5 days I believe it goes up again.