Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2004

News coming from apparently the French investigation appear to point out
that the Continental DC10 part that damaged some of the Concorde tires,
pieces of which perforated the fuel tanks, were made of titanium instead
of the original softer material.

Anybody know if one can fly palermo to catania by air round trip?
A little googling turns up confusion.

    [ Luckily this ended without incident. Could have easily been
     another AFR Concorde. Plane in question is 9V-SYB. -Ed. ]
    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/25/1093246557652.html
Singapore Airlines jet makes forced landing in Melbourne

Heathrow has become the worst managed international airport I have had
the misfortune to use. BAA makes more money from shopping and parking
that it does from flying and seems content to create huge delays in
order to maximize revenue from it's monopolistic parking and retail

Qantas' current ads are the most expensive tv ads possible to make. They
are up to 2-3 minutes long (considering the cost of advertising, that is
long), feature a large cast and are set in multiple countries. I can't
imagine the cost of this advertising campaign.

They seem one of the cheapest at around £3/day (booking in advance). Have
used their MAN parking and was OK, and wonder what their Brum counterpart is
like. How long is the transfer (from Colehill I believe)? Pick you up
promptly from airport?

I'm currently living in Notts and need to get an urgent issue Irish passport
for a relative. Do I have to go to their Embassy passport office in London,
or is there one closer, perhaps in the Midlands? Couldn't find anything on
their website.

Seeking advise on pacific ocean travel.
I recently got  transferred  to the west coast area(USA). Expecting to
fly 12-15 round trip between West coast – SE Asia in 2005. Currently
have American Advantage EP mileage, thinking about switching over to

Air marshals cover only a few flights
Federal air marshals protect less than 5 percent of daily U.S.
flights, and the numbers are declining, despite assurances by the
federal government that most planes would be protected, according to

Are there any online air consolidators that will sell 1 way tickets
from Europe to USA for a US resident with a US address and credit
card......I have looked at most of the online consolidators and have
been unable to locate one that will do it...Thanks for any help.

I've been looking for a flight to miami recently.  I'm in Northern
Ireland, so this means I generally need to fly over to London to get a
USA flight.  Checked out ebookers, and London to Miami on my dates
20-oct to 01-Nov is coming in at over £1017 for two people with AA,

BA axes Bank Holiday flights
Sinead McIntyre, Daily Mail
27 August 2004
THOUSANDS of British Airways passengers are threatened with Bank Holiday misery

I lost track of the story when I left Britain in 2001, but I take it
that Concorde no longer flies... is this right?
Thanks,
David

I am thinking of going to Geneva for a weekend in November, I have seen some
reasonable flights with Easyjet but would like to know is the airport they
fly into close to town.
Also if you have any recommendations for good hotels I would appreciate any

Just wondered if there are any flights from Teeside, Leeds or Humberside to
LGW arriving around 9am?
Cheers
Phil