Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / March 2005

Melbourne (Reuters)
March 5, 2005
An Australian pilot was found dead this morning.
Bertie the Bunyip was found by his Mother, a Cover Model for Crack /

British Air 747 Loses Engine on 2nd Flight in a Row, WSJ Says
March 4 (Bloomberg) -- A British Airways Plc 747 that flew from Los
Angeles to the U.K. on three engines on Feb. 19 had a carbon-copy
incident on its very next round flight, the Wall Street Journal

Lufthansa May Sue Over Bush Visit Flight Disruption (Update1)
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's No. 2 airline,
may seek redress for cancellations and delays from German authorities
who temporarily brought the Frankfurt area to a standstill yesterday

Budget hostel located in heart of Hong Kong's shopping zone. Single room
US$22.69 night, Double bed room (with private washroom) US$33.36/night. Only
3
minutes walk from Mongkok MTR station. Please visit

The Times
March 11, 2005
Another danger of flying lies not in air but food
By Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor

Group:
I have an elderly relative who needs to travel from London (UK) to Los
Angeles (CA, US).  The 11 hour duration of the normal journey (LHR-LAX) will
simply be too long for him.

Hi, what generally is the cheapest airline to get to Tenerife please?
Thanks

Have I got this right?
DH flew to CDG this am, he's just rung to say AF flight back cancelled
[to LCY] due to hydraulic fluid leak and replacement aircraft not
turning up. [This still says "expected" on LCY's website]

what would be the easiest and least expensive place;  Malaga, Mallorca or
Tenerife, to get too from north london ( Luton and Heathrow airports are
nearest to me) or would there not be much difference in it?
Its because I need a fairly 'inexpensive' and warmish place to work in for a

U.S. Forces Wound Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq
By Andrew Marshall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by
her captors on Friday but U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly opened fire

Being very sensitive to all the discussions on rec.travel.air about the
loss of the 4th engine on its 747s, British Airways has decided to add a
5th engine to all its 747s which should quiet all those naysayers who
are uncomfortable with 747s having only 4 engines.

I am a slightly wider person (i hear all the flaming coming but lost 2 stone
in 6 weeks so far)
I am flying Air Canada to Vancouver from Heathrow and have seat 20H
Do the armrest raise on the boeng 737. It will give me hopefully a little

Public version of Saddam capture fiction, says ex-marine
UPI
March 10, 2005
A former US Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi

I've never understood the American obsession with "support" and their
need to wear this silly contraption they call a jock strap when the
rest of the world doesn't.
They claim they need to wear this weird looking device which leaves

If you carry spare re-chargeable batteries
for your digital camera, or other devices,
you might want to consider packing them in your
checked luggage. Some reports of batteries being