Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / December 2004

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Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways have authorized their union to call a
strike should a federal court allow airline management to void their
contract,  according to the Association of Flight Attendants.

Thinking of going to either Florida or New York in the summer of 2005.
Months will be either June July or September
Are these expensive months to go in? Which is likely to be cheapest?
Anyone recommend any travel agents to go to. Not sure if we wanna book

  I see that FS2004 shows two commercial airports in Athens, Hellinikon,
and
Venezielos. Why would they build a second airport when Hellinkon would more
than do its job?

Boeing believes its 250-seater 7E7 aircraft is ideal for non-stop services from
regional airports
The the plane will be light and efficient, and open up destinations such as
Vancouver, Chicago, Hong Kong and Cape Town.

Erik G3 would turn in his virtual rec.travel.air grave...
The red communist Air China has gone capitalist with  a major IPO on both the
Hong Kong and London stock exchanges today.
I wonder if raising its own money will give it more independance frim the

A funny thing happened when I was opening my post this afternoon. A
little shiny silver card popped out of an envelope from United.
Apparently they've just made me Premier status......for 2004! Oh well
I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Hello friends,
Is there any direct flight to any North Indian city (Delhi, Amritsar)
from Birmingham?
If not, any good airlines planning to start any service in near future?

Hi I was wondering if anyone had information on what is needed to have a
laptop on an intercontinental plane.  Is there outlets onboard that you can
connect to? Do you have to get adapters for the outlets?  I am going to be
taking MartinAir and KLM for a 16+ hour trip and would like ...

Ha!  ha!  ha!!!
Karl Rove told Barbara Walters that Dubya's nickname for him
is Turd Blossom!
Haaaahaaahaahaaahaaahaaa!!!

Just wondering if we still can call this newsgroup rec.travel.air.
This week especially I have found less on here to do with air than
ever before.
Michael

I've a flight on Singapore airlines to Australia booked for mid Jan through
Airline Network and now it looks like I won't be going after all.  I can't
change the outbound date without paying a cancellation fee.
Am I right in thinking that I can't sell the ticket to someone else ...

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  About
JF MEZEI
The "nobody" troll of rec.travel.air and "John Doe" troll of the

Kuwait's First Private Airline to Start in Feb
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's first private airline, no-frills
al-Jazeera Airways, said on Saturday it would begin operations in
February with two leased Airbus jets.

anyone else had dealings with travel city direct? anyone had problems with
this company and if so
how did you solve them?????????
please reply

I hope to back-pack Bali in 2005.
Seeking advice on  best way to get there, what to do when there, where to
stay? All on a budget of course.
Any suggestions of what else to take in whilst in the area?