Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2004

Wich Web sites are the best for the price to buy airplane ticket for
travelling
from Europe?

There's a slight (very) chance that I'll have to buy a one-way fully
refundable ticket at the airport  (large one in USA)....Can this be
done fairly quickly at the
airport checkin counter (i'm "elite", so no waiting on lines).   Here

I am traveling from India to London next month (Don't know by which airlines)
Can somebody tell me as how much weight I can carry?
TIA,
Sanjeev.

BBC news reports early news of 2 russian jets down over russia. TU 158 if I
recall properly. (Isn't that the 727 look-alike ?)
No news on survivors yet.

Anyone has any experiences to share about this East European Airline?
Tia.

1)   Their search engine produces fares for which there is no seat availabity on your specified dates.
2)   They try to pressure you into a date you don't want.
3)   They then ask what  you are going to do.
4)   When you politely thank them and say you'll keep them in mind, they say ...

After landing at Heathrow Terminal 4 yesterday I went into the Gents toilet
just before passport control. By the wash basins I noticed a bag containing
two bottles, one was a dark glass, litre size, drink bottle, the other a
smaller water bottle. It was clear they had been left ...

the cancun packages are deeply discounted, because it's coming the hurricane
season in sept--oct (exactly when?)
if ya take that increased risk, ya adventuresome damn fool:
in order to be abreast of the weather report, one ought have a radio, because

Continental are to shortly announce a three times a week service between
Liverpool and New York Liberty.
757 equipment, all economy class, Mon, Weds. Fri operation.
cgh1

From Manchesteronline.co.uk
POLICE escorted a pilot from a holiday jet at Manchester Airport after
suspicions were raised he had been drinking.
Officers boarded the Finnair Boeing 757 and arrested the captain, Heiki

Both the Star Alliance and One World web sites mention their respective
Round the World possibilities but neither gives much idea to the rules that
apply.
Is this information available to the paying public i.e. me before I tackle

Hello, all.  I am thinking of taking a trip to Dubai next month, and I
have got a few bargain fares, but on the outbound leg from LHR (on
British Mediterranean Airways Limited, a BA partner), I have to change
planes in either Beirut or Tehran en route to DXB.  Has anyone ever

   I have been reading a rather engrossing novel about a volcanic eruption
in the Bay Area.
They mention a Japan-bound flight departing from Oakand in one chapter. I
thought all the

could you please give me some advice where to rest or sleep at jfk
airport, new york??
i will arrive there coming from the west coast at 7.oo a.m. and my
further flight to frankfurt, germany departs in the evening, so i

If I were to book flights for June 2005 from LAX to London, Paris or
Frankfurt, which airlines are most likely to not have shutdown or be in
bankruptcy by that time?
I assume booking on United or Delta would be risky.