Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2004

source reuters
Tue 3 February, 2004 13:20
By Patrick Lannin
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ryanair has been ordered to repay millions of euros in

I check in to travel, air and I find nothing about air travel.  It has
become a huge political discussion.  Perhaps all of you could start a
new discussion group , then the people that are interested in air travel
would not have to scan through long threads to find anything ...

I am very upset with Continental Airlines at this moment and they way they
treat their customers.
Yesterday, I called Continental reservations to book a trip from Orlando -
San Francisco / Los Angeles - Orlando in April.  I had received two $500

I was hoping to find out some information on air travel. This is the
first time that I will have ever flown on an airplane. Any and all
information will be helpful. What are the best airlines? How can I get
cheap airline tickets? How should I go about packing for my trip? What

has any 1 else ever played on flight

I am going on a cruise this coming spring out of Whittier, AK to
Vancouver, BC. I got a what I think is a very good price on a nice
mini-suite. That is great, but I am unable to get a good air fare for
this trip (CPR-ANC/YVR or SEA-CPR). Well in any event I have come

Hi, does anybody have any ideas on how i can consolidate all my Sky Team
airmiles? at present I have airmiles with Air France, Emirates, and (not Sky
Team yet) KLM. I would like to consolidate these all into one account ie Air
France. Thanks,

It's been in the news for a few days that BA cancelled flight 207 from
LHR to MIA today.  So I was kind of surprised to see a BA 744 (BA206
the return flight) fly past my window just a few minutes ago on
schedule.  Guess they must have flown the plane in empty from LHR to

Can anyone help me on this. Are there flights from Friedrichschafen
Airport to Nice or the southeastern part of France? Thanks.

Yesterday on BBC news website, it was reported that more BA flights (2
from Heathrow-Dulles & one from Heathrow to Miami) are being canceled
for a few days as well as I think, an Air France flight from Paris to
D.C.  Someone in the article intimated that there was maybe more to

The A380 thread got me wondering about A380 costs to operate. One thing
I began to wonder about is if so few worldwide airports can handle the
A380 - what does the A380 do if it has to divert to an alternate airport
for whatever reason? If I recall, in the US an aircraft must ...

ATTENTION ALL AADVANTAGE MEMBERS AND ANYONE PLANNING TO FLY WITH
AMERICAN AIRLINES!  American Airlines deleted 72,951 miles from my
AAdvantage account!  American Airlines' AAdvantage program is a scam.
The American Airline Slogan  "WE CARE" is a joke.  Read the fine print

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Just got an e-mail from Philippine Airlines announcing thier new Las
Vegas<->Vancouver route beginning March 16.  Lowest price when
searched in Expedia (US$42 cheaper than Alaska Airlines, the next
lowest result) and a non-stop flight too:-)  I hope they bring back

I last flew with them a few years back from LHR via IAD to MCO.
This year I'm taking my little boy with me to New York then Anaheim and onto Orlando before returning via IAD.
Just wondering what sort of service to expect and what the planes are like, as last time the service was ...