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Biggest place served by one airport with scheduled flights	13 Jan 2005 19:19 GMT	3
Looking for the biggest city/metropolitan area (by inhabitants) served by one airport. What about Mexico City? Regards, ULF
Swiss booking fees	13 Jan 2005 18:38 GMT	1
Swiss's latest attempt to commit corporate suicide is to charge customers a fee to do business with them. http://www.swiss.com/web/NS6/book-fly/tg-ob-servicefee.htm Explains the new 'transparent sales model' in which calling the call
Unethical practices in m.t.a-i - Beware!	13 Jan 2005 17:00 GMT	17
Posters in rec.travel.air should be aware: Your posts are being stolen and replied to in misc.transport.air-industry without notifying you. This unethical practice is being perpetrated by the moderators of
California to Amsterdam to Edinburgh	13 Jan 2005 15:20 GMT	2
I'm leaving in a couple of weeks to fly NWA to Scotland and I can not find any place searching Google that tells me if I can bring Fruitcake, Corn Nuts, Kool-Aid and a bottle of Tuaca which is a liquor. I will have one 3 hour lay over in Amsterdam and then onto Edinburgh.
Suggestions For Weekend Break Please	13 Jan 2005 11:07 GMT	12
Can anyone help with some suggestions for a special weekend break with a really nice hotel and a very good restaurant. Dates 28/29th-31st January. I am open to suggestions anywhere with a shortish flight (4 hours max),
Airline refuses deaf teens flight	13 Jan 2005 07:56 GMT	16
source bbc.co.uk A group of deaf teenagers going on holiday to celebrate the end of their A Levels could not board their plane because they did not have an escort. The pupils from Mary Hare Grammar School for the Deaf at Newbury, Berkshire,
In Flight Humidity on Long Haul Flights	13 Jan 2005 05:30 GMT	2
Greetings from Down Under. I'm interested in the latest information on long haul in-flight humidity levels and the effects of dehydration ? Is there a clear link to travel fatigue...
Delta May Be Desperate, But I Want to...	13 Jan 2005 03:00 GMT	3
Delta may be desperate, but... I WANT TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM!!! You know, sometimes an interviewer does you a great favor by turning you down for a job. This definitely was the case for me with [most of] the airline industry. (Not Delta, however, I turned down their ...
Southwest	13 Jan 2005 02:51 GMT	17
I have been flying Southwest quite a bit lately. Think they are flying the 737-300 version, although I rarely read the laminate card about the plane as I have been on it so much. Noticed in flights to New Orleans, Houston, Tampa, Pensacola,
radio reception	12 Jan 2005 22:33 GMT	5
I want to listen to the football game this Sunday while flying across country. How can I do this?
Airlines with many kinds of airplanes	12 Jan 2005 18:31 GMT	29
Northwest Airlines (not Airlink) has the following kinds of airplanes: Boeing 747 (-400, -200Z, -200G) Airbus A330 (-300, -200) Douglas DC-10
Donating FF Miles?	12 Jan 2005 11:55 GMT	5
Since it's gotten hard if not impossible to use one's FF miles, would donating those miles in the airline's programs be a viable alternative to cash for charities? Many people are trying to cash in their US Dividend Miles
birth certificate stolen while travelling - identity theft?	12 Jan 2005 11:17 GMT	4
My birth certificate was stolen while I was in the Philippines. Can the perpetrator (or someone else) use it to assume my identity for criminal or fraudulent purposes, and if so, what steps can I take to prevent this?
Guy arrested for shining lasers at aircraft	12 Jan 2005 08:47 GMT	42
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-04-laser-aircraft_x.htm
Inflight	12 Jan 2005 00:52 GMT	22
I will be flying from LHR to JFK soon and the cost is the same for both Virgin and AA I will be traveling with a friend so BA is out of the question. I have flown with Virgin before and have found there service top quality, on this route they provide 9" screens with video on ...