Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2004

Today, 14/05/2004, BMI had meetings with MAplc executives to work out their
plans for a Manchester to Mumbai and Manchester to Beijing service.
It looks like Manchester are up against LHR on both of these, and obviously
BMI want LHR rather than MAN....we shall see. Either way, it ...

Last Thursday at about 3 pm, while waiting for the 4 pm to Thessoloniki, the
fire alarm went off and the North Terminal was evacuated.  Within ten
minutes the all clear was announced and we immediately boarded and took off
on time.  Well done someone.

Fresno, Calif., Airport Launches Wi-Fi Internet Access
Source: The Fresno Bee
May 7--High-speed wireless Internet service is boosting efficiency for
laptop computer-users who travel through Fresno Yosemite International

Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card.  I travel out of Chicago's
O'Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me
if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I've looked at O'Hare's website but
couldn't find anything.

Can anyone confirm what happens at the airport if I do a BA on-line
check-in. There will be a bag to be checked, so I know this goes to
the fast bag drop desk, can they also issue the boarding card at that
desk or do you have to print it at a machine?

Ok, so now I know all about BA's on-line check-in with boarding pass
printing. It's crap. Why doesn't that surprise me?
If you fly with KLM, you check-in from 30 hours in advance, print the
boarding pass, go to a baggage drop desk, they check your passport,

I am thinking about flying to LAX and renting a mini-van for a pleasure trip
this summer. However I am only interested if I can get a car with GPS. I have
limited time to search for one and I really don't know how except calling every
place in LAX, answering a lot of questions, and ...

I just got a Nikon D70 and wanted to test it. MIA has a perfect observation
point on the west end of the south runway.
http://tbni.org/d70.htm

Can anyone in the group please advise me of the companies that act as
consolidators for Turkish Air?

Manchester's love affair with Scandinavia continues apace, as Maersk Air
announce a daily Manchester to Copenhagen scheduled service from November
2004. B737-500 to operate.
cgh1

So I was in Seattle yesterday, and had occasion to drive past the
Museum of Flight (no prizes for guessing who I was visiting).
G-BOAG is fully on display, with (normal airport-style) stairs to the
front and rear doors.  It is actually on the airfield proper, unlike

I'm flying into SFO for the first time since the tram(monorail) to the rental
car building has started running. If I fly in on United domestic where do I go
to get the tram? Thanks

Passengers taken off plane
More than 30 passengers have been taken off a Flybe flight from Glasgow to
Belfast after a group began behaving in a rowdy way.
The remaining passengers were flown to Belfast after a three hour delay on

I am in the process of arranging a flight for my friend to come and visit me
from the US to here in the UK.
I am looking at different reasonably priced ways of purchasing tickets for
her.

Sunday morn, my spouse set off on a short notice (2 days) trip to Philly on
a ticket paid for by my daughter's emplyer...Mother's Day away fringe
benefit.
Fares varied with routing and time en route from a low of $640 on a strange