Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / July 2004

Has anybody travelled on Qatar airways before? Is it a new airline?
How's your experience? How's transit at Doha? Is it safe to fly with this airline?
Appreciate if anybody could provide some information.
Thanks :)

My parents are here visiting us from outside the country on the two
round-trip tickets I bought from a travel agency. Since their return
trip couldn't be decided, the travel agency told me before I bought
the tickets that the tickets could be rescheduled just by paying some

  Every year I go to a conference, at my own expense, the weekend before
Thanksgiving weekend.  This time it's in San Antonio, TX.  I'm looking at my
options for flying there and I have a few questions.
1.  I have enough award points to get a free round trip on American, but

On July 25, 2004, citing Reuters, CNN reported that China and the
United States have signed an air expansion deal to increase by more
than fourfold the current number of commercial and cargo flights
between the two nations, starting gradually from August.

could anyone help me please im looking for information on the air line air plus
comet. a travel agent in trying to book me a flight on them and i have never
heard of them. any info would be appreciated
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'Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not something to be
particularly proud of, either.' (Matt Groening)
There's a brand of milk in Australia called 'Big M'. On the 'Net,
there's also a big M, masturbation. The following (from various

Does anyone know if thare are airlines companies to southampton from Italy
and viceversa?
thanx
F

I need to go from Rome FCo to Paris. Vloareweb has great deals BUT 15
kg limit total!! WOW! Some deal that. Backpackers only?
Any thoughts anyone. Full fare is 5 times the cost but at 7 euros per
kg for over, probably worth it.

I have booked a flight only trip with Thomas cook airlines on a charter
flight.
Does any one know if the weight limits is less then the usual 20kg if you
are flight only?

Easyjet policy is to close the dedicated check-in 30 mins before departure.
I have always assumed that the dedicated desk will not close if there is
still a queue. And in any event the chance of a queue just as check-in
closes is minimal.

Why is it that the air marshals board the plane before everybody else?
Yesterday, while waiting to board a flight, I noticed two gentlemen who
obviously were in good physical condition, dressed in business clothing, one
with military style hair and the other with a shaved head, ...

Hi, I'm getting a quote of $600 RT to Bangkok from NYC as an air
courier with a 30 day limited stay which is more than enough for my
needs, do you think that's a decent price?

I have a non-refundable ticket that I couldn't use last year. I can
apply it toward the purchase of another, but then I had a
thought...could I buy a refundable one and then get a refund on that?
If not, will that at least extend the usable time for another year?

Airbus CEO Nöel Forgeard on the 7E7:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H24653578
"Dass Boeings «Dreamliner» 7E7 mit der japanischen All Nippon Airways einen
potenten Kunden

"R J Carpenter" <rcarpen@erols.com> posted:
One airline, I think NW, used 727s on the West Coast to Hawaii route for a
short while.  IIRC, some European charter outfit used a 727 transatlantic,
probably with a tech stop at Gander.