Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2004

FAA Urges Fewer Flights at Crowded O'Hare
Aug 4, 5:33 PM (ET)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Persistent delays at Chicago's O'Hare International
Airport have a cascading effect throughout the nation's air system. So

source skynews.co.uk
Sir Richard Branson has announced plans to expand his airline, Virgin Atlantic,
which celebrates its 20th birthday this year.  
Sir Richard has outlined new airline orders and given details of possible new

I'm flying through LGW on Saturday, arriving from Manchester on BA,
departing to Newark on CO ... I'm on separate e-tickets for the BA and
CO parts of the journey, so I'll need to check in at Gatwick for the
CO flight ...

http://www.americawest.com/services/travelpolicies/sv_baggage.htm
I'm not clear about the above webpage.
Does it mean that I can check two 62" bags, each of which weights less
than 50lb, without paying any extra fee?

I shall be at 24th St & 7th Ave for two days. Unfortunately my host is
new and knows nothing about the city. On Monday he goes to work and I
need to be in Chicago by late afternoon. So, with 1/2 a day to kill,
I'd be more in a mood to spend time than money. I need to pick an

Is this going one elsewhere, too?
Here’s a tale of airline duplicity with implications for thousands of
airline customers.
On September 18th, 2003, I had reserved a morning flight on

Hello! I am currently reading for my Masters Degree in MSc Marketing.  I am
required to write a dissertation to complete this degree.
The topic of my dissertation is “The low cost marketing adopted by
Ryanair. Is this approach likely to succeed among all age groups (young

I fly very regularly (twice a week sometimes) and have never ever had even
a close call.
What is it with people saying that flying is unsafe?
IT'S HEAPS SAFER THAN DRIVING !!

If I went in BA's business class lounge at Heathrow (as a business class
passenger), do they serve hot food and how expensive is the food?
Chatting in the pub tonight, somebody told me that the food is free because
BA consider your flight starts when you check-in but someone else ...

from Business News:
The UK Passport Service is considering introducing five-year passports
and requiring interviews with all first-timer passport applicants.
The proposals are set out in its corporate and business plan for

How can I avoid this? Anytime its over five hours, I am almost put out
of service with sniffles, headaches, the sinus thing. How can I combat
what I suspect is just my senstivity to real crappy air.

Scenes From A Sad Airport
Welcome to America. Please give us the finger. Smile for the camera. Now get
the hell out
- By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

hello.  I'm trying to figure out which is the best frequent flyer program in
the Oneworld group.  This includes: Cathay Pacific Airways, British Airways,
Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Finnair, Iberia, LanChile and Qantas Airways.
which are good and which are bad?  any ideas?

Discount Package in Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
I have found a discount package in the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers Web
site - Special offer. (www.sheraton.com/hongkong). This package includes
breakfast, discount on SPA and a night in a Harbor View Room. Check it out!

I guess I remember reading this, but I had forgotten.  I was on a
5 hour Atlanta to Sacramento flight last weekend.  They don't serve
food on this flight.  They do sell it however.  You can buy salads
and sandwiches as well as a small variety of snacks (larger sizes