Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / October 2004

V-Bird operated from Weeze, some so-called Niederrhein airport quite far
from Düsseldorf.
They run out of money. They used to perate into Helsinki, Rome, Danmark,
Greece and Canaries as well as Munich and Berlin.

For sometime now I have been collecting Airmiles (as issued by The
Airmiles Travel Company) in the belief that they could be used for
discounts on airfares.
I have just, for the first time, looked at the website with a view to

Has anyone in here flown on Independance Air?  If so what was your
experiance like?

I must choose between two connections at Frankfurt.  The first is
LH to OS with a 50 minute connection (I assume both are at T-1
somewhere).  The alternative is LH to LH with a 2:20 connection.
Obviously the second connection is as safe as it gets, but how

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3729918.stm
"Two air stewardesses were prevented from boarding a British Airways
flight from Helsinki to London, after allegedly failing a breath test."
Hmm.. They spelled it "Finn Air" in that article.

 I am looking at getting two RTW trips originating from Canberra (CBR).  If
necessary they can originate from Sydney (SYD).  This is for my brother and
sister-in-law?  If it matters my brother is QANTAS Gold.  I don't know what
that is for One World.  Ideally he wants to do ...

How often does engine compression stalls happen on commercial flights?
I had my first one yesterday on UAL fight from Hong Kong to SFO. About 20
minutes into the flight @22,000 feet. Several very loud bang and vibrations.
It apparently blew out/up #2 engine. Had to dump fuel for 45 ...

My luggage was delayed by only 10 hours, but that has already caused
me a tremendous amount of stress.  I was forced to check my luggage
because there was no room on the plane. I have a business dinner the
night of my arrival (arrival time at 9am), i was told that it should

I'm flying to Australia on Singapore Airlines in Jan returning Jul.  Until 1
Oct Opodo offered the best fare (by a few tens of pounds) compared to
airline-network.co.uk and ebookers.com, ie, gbp700 inclusive.
Since 1 Oct, however, Opodo's fares have risen to gbp783 whereas

Need some help. I saw a thread here from 2003 in point of connecting from
LGA to JFK, and now I need to do the same. Unfortunately, I (and wife and
two kids) need to go from LGA to JFK right smack in rush hour. We do have
3.5 hrs to connect, though. I'm wondering which would be ...

Remember how Bombardier bragged about it not being affected by the US Air
bankrupcy and not requiring production cuts ?
Well, the've now fallen off of their rose coloured cloud and admitted that
there is now reduced demand for their flying skidoos, especially in light of

A couple of the usual suspects are offering business class sales for the
upcoming U.S.
NW started 2 weeks ago with offering its World Business Class fares to
Asia (look for Z fares). There is one which requires you travel

http://news.airwise.com/stories/2004/10/1097182334.html
US Air sais it needs immediate wage reductions in order to survive. It needs
to raise 200 million bucks in cash by february to survive, and right now, the
only do to this is to reduce costs significantly. (borrowing or new ...

(item contains other interesting material)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110005704
"I'll never give a veto to any country over our security. But . . ."
"I believe in being strong and resolute and determined. And I will hunt

I'd like to carry on my small suitcase (should meet reqs.)
and a small "daypack" on my Delta flights (SEA-CVG-AMS
and MUC-ATL-SEA) but wonder if they will allow it.
Does anybody have any experience with carry-on luggage