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Anyone tell me if BA has a 747 on the dubai route   LHR TO DXB

In the History of Gynecology, a Surprising Chapter
By NATALIE ANGIER
     Electricity has given so much comfort to womankind, such
surcease to her life of drudgery. It gave her the vacuum cleaner, the

Wed 3 March, 2004 14:20
By Stephen Cunningham
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair says it carried fewer passengers per seat available
last month, compared with year-ago figures, as it struggled to fill capacity on

Just in time for the election of course
The Hunt Heats Up
The man in charge of catching Osama bin Laden 'can drive a knife
through your ribs in a nanosecond.' Inside the search

This is the second time I tried to post to this group.  I haven't seen
my first post of 36 hours ago.  If it shows up please excuse me.
 I am looking for RTW air tickets.  I would prefer Business class,
but don't know if I can afford it.  Please email me with pertinent

I just got home last night from a flight from SLC to PHL on Delta.
As usual, each seat had a Skymall shopping catalog in the magazine
holder. Whenever I fly, I usually thumb through these catalogs when
I run out of other material to read. On this flight, I got to wondering

Safety board wants airline passengers weighed
WASHINGTON (AP) --Air travel would be safer if airlines weighed their
passengers from time to time to make sure they know how much weight their
planes are carrying, the National Transportation Safety Board says.

Anyone know the dates of this summer's Olympics in Athens? Am thinking of
heading out there for the Games. If they ever finish the facilities, that
is!
cgh1

Haven't read much about the use of Knee Defenders recently. Are they widely
used, without objections from airlines?

I'm going to be travelling from Montreal to Yorkshire this summer. Is
it cheaper to take a flight to London and then train it to Yorkshire
or it chaeper to fly into Manchester or Leeds?

----IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL THOSE PARTAKING IN THE 5 OR
SIX DOLLAR LETTER----!
IF YOUR INVOLVED IN EITHER ONE OF THESE
PYRAMIDS...STOP! ITS NOT THAT THE PROGRAM DOESNT

Anyone got the gen on why EK 17 and EK 19 are shown as massively delayed
for Friday?
FR

Alaska is beginning ORD/SEA service in late April with a remarkable F
fare of ~$950 round trip.   AA has apparently matched the fare on
flights that are scheduled around the same time as the Alaska flights.
 It's great to see F fares coming down to a reasonable, purchasable

For some excellent aviation photographs
http://www.windowseat.nl
Regards
André

Is Ryanair seen as the intruder, the agressor, the not-feasable, the
un-serious, the exploiter? Or is it seen as the innovator, the
democratisator of air trafic, the catalyst?
Are they paying less attention to detail, security or dedication for