Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2004

Spying games on the road to war
While Downing Street was seeking a UN resolution to avert conflict in Iraq,
a US-led spying operation which involved Britain's GCHQ had another agenda
Sir Jeremy Greenstock is a trim, smart and fiercely intelligent man: a

http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/heathrow_stansted_transfer.htm
It looks like there is a transfer to Stansted from Heathrow via
National Express Coaches.

Cisco employees posting to usenet all day from work, replying to usenet posts
within TWO MINUTES of appearing.....
Cisco is DEFINITELY headed for bankruptcy.
About Rogue Cisco Employee Michael "mrtravelkay" Voight,

From Airline & Business Travel news
RYANAIR is trying to reduce its aircraft costs by cutting out window
blinds and reclining seats according to newspaper reports.  Nothing
new in that.  Many airlines have cut out these niceties over the

LGW-AMS on EZY last night we had a captain who thought he was a
comedian using phrases such as: "up here in the pointy end". One joke
generated a good laugh in the cabin. We had just landed at AMS on the
new runway which is a long long taxi from the terminal. He was

About Rogue Cisco Employee Michael "mrtravelkay" Voight,
a.k.a. the "mrtravel" Netkook Troll/Usenet Flooder
"mrtavelkay" is the latest usenet handle of a brainless troll whose real name is
Michael Voight, email <mvoight@cisco.com>.

United Airlines has asked a US bankruptcy court to extend until June
30 a March 8 deadline for it to submit its own reorganization plan. It
was the third time that the carrier, the world's second largest airline
had asked the Chicago court to extend the period of exclusivity under

Looks like this senior citizen has the hots for "mrtravelkay".  Well, it's well
know that a lot of old men have the hots for younger men, but Voight isn't
exactly a spring chicken, Davis.
Still, you'll have a hard time getting Voight to f.ck you in the a.s, he can

I think it looks pretty good myself, though I was always fond of the old
one.
http://home.comcast.net/~imkeww/UA777wow.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~h.lunsford/new.jpg

Now that BA223 has been cancelled for the umpteenth time, how soon
do you think travellers will start choosing other flights, just
so they can avoid the frequent cancellations?
If I was travelling from London to Washington, I'd already be thinking

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/US/West/02/13/samesex.marriage/top.certificate.ap.jpg
LOL LOL LOL ! ! !
"Let's get married before we croak!"
ROFL ! ! !

 I have only flown Aer Lingus once.  Many years ago.  I am thinking
about taking a trip to Ireland.  Now that they are flying non-stop out
of LAX I'm going to give them a try.
How are they service wise.  Still very friendly?

Please forgive the crosspost, but I'm trying to plan a trip for 2 to
Rome from NYC from 7/9 - 7/18. Last Saturday, I found ~$495 airfare on
Alitalia from Newark to Rome. Inexplicably, I waited for a few days,
and now I see the same ticket is $800+. Yikes.

On my next trip to the States I fly into Philadelphia Airport, and
have to change terminals in order to get my connecting flight to
Tampa.
Does anyone know if Philadelphia Airport provides a free Shuttle or

http://www.airwise.com/airports/europe/STN/
http://www.worldairportguide.com/airports/stn/stn.asp
I have a flight into Heathrow from the U.S, but then have to get over
to Stansted airport to catch a Ryan air flight.  Can anyone tell me: