Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / April 2004

As far as I know, there are no airlines (or perhaps very few?) that do
intra-European scheduled flights on large planes such as B747, B777, A330 or
A340. On the other hand, in Asia it is very normal that short to medium
distance flights are performed on these larger aircraft. I am ...

I was somewhat surprised yesterday, when booking a package holiday to Greece
at a First Choice High Street  retail outlet for 6 May 2004 to be told that
I would have to pay a "late ticket fee" of £18 as, apparently, the company,
First Choice, are unable to supply me with tickets for ...

Anyone out there have any suggestions for geting a cheap ticket form
Portland OR to Hong Kong for this coming August or September. Not sure
of the exact date right now.
J. Willson

Using the internet I have found what appears to be a very cheap flight
from London to New York on Kuwait Airways.  Can someone please tell me
whether the flight is direct from London to New York, or is it London
- Kuwait - New York?

I need to get to Western Germany for one week this summer, and as you
probably know, flights to Europe are exorbitant in the summer compared to
off-peak times. Nonetheless, is there a website where you can put in a
general time frame and be alerted when the price changes? I have ...

What are Air Tran's rule 240 policies like.  Their contract of
carriage says that they put you on "another flight" or offer a
refund.
What happens in reality though with a cancelled flight where another

Check out alt.visa.us.marriage-based.  It's a newsgroup where US citizens sell
green cards (hook up with foreign women who are looking to pay an American
citizen to marry them so they can immigrate to the US).  The ring leader is a
sleazy guy named Michael Voight.  He works for ...

Not sure which is more economical? Buying from airline or booking
through a ticket agency? Am planning a trip to Thailand this summer.
Thanks.

I' m a student and i need to know how long does it take any operation
during the turnaround of a low cost carrier, better if compared with a
full service carrier...thanx barco

I was checking flights on Travelocity to Bangkok from Los Angeles
using flexible dates search. The prices were in some cases several
hundred dollars less than exact dates search. Why is their such a
discrepancy? My trip will probably be in August.

Just wondered what to expect on Gatwick to Madrid  morning flight  then
return Barcelona to Gatwick Evening flight,
in the way of refreshments/food etc. coffee?? wine??
TIA

Hi group!
We are going by this carrier in a few weeks, from MIA to AMS, (AC
767-300) and would like to know if anyone here have any opinions on
there service, good, bad or?

   How is is possible to fly from Beiruit to Mexico City without going
through the USA?
I just heard of one guy from Lebanon who bribed a Mexican official in
Lebanon for a

In the "Economist" of London, there is an article on
Galileo, a Europe-China  rival to GPS that is supposed
to be accurate within 1 metre.
That aside, I am puzzled over this paragraph:

I'm going to have a 2 hour lay over at the Baltimore airport (BWI). It's my
first time at that airport. Is there any place there that serves decent food or
is just your typical airport so-so offerings. Thanks in advance.