Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / April 2005

I need to visit two of our factories in Tashkent next week and will be
travelling with Uzbekistan Airways (!).  Thankfully, I've got a
Business Class ticket from Birmingham - does anybody know more about
this airline?  What kind of aircraft am I likely to travel on, and what

Any suggestions on how to make United do a better job of protecting
customer property from being stolen or provide compensation?
    -Arun
http://www.sharma-home.net/weblogs/2005/Apr/15

Just found a very old email promising "more exciting details soon".
What ever happened to it, I take that it hasn't launched?

About rogue Cisco employee and netkook/troll/usenet flooder
Michael Voight, alias "Merry Christmas", "I Love YOU", "MyNewServer
Comcast", "anon", "anonymous", "nothilaryduff", "Really Me",
"mrtravel", "mrtravelkay", etc. etc. etc.

The plane wasn't in the airport and I was only partially refund!
I send a lot of fax > no answer...
Very bad compagny!

    [ First NWA, then KAL, now ACA rejects the A350. Perhaps it's
     time for Airbus to rethink their strategy. -Ed. ]
    http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q2/nr_050425h.html
Air Canada Selects Boeing 777s and 787 Dreamliners

Could some kind person please give contact details for an affordable
place to stay near Heathrow (7 am flight the next morning)?
I actually stayed in a near-ideal place last January: following a
recommendation from the group I took a bus to Brunel University

Is there any transportation to JFK airport from NJ (middlesex county)?.
Thanks in advance.

My folks have decided they want to go to Majorca for 2 weeks in the first
two weeks of June, so as usual it's up to me to do all the bookings for
them, we can do the hotel booking so all that's needed is return flights
from Newcaslte - Palma. They need to be non-stop, no changes. ...

Homeland Security considers emergency amendment
Monday, April 11, 2005
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An incident in which U.S. officials refused to
allow a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 to fly over the United States has

FYI

What's the best deal for a week rental to tour Tuscany starting at Rome
airport? I notice Avis has unlimited mileage while Hertz charges .23 Euros
per kilo after 700.

I am taking my family (by age definition 3 adults, 3 kids) from
Southern Ohio to North East England in Mid August.
Having experienced a bad layover in Paris on a similar route in the
past and due to having two toddlers we would prefer a direct flight.

Can someone please tell me why there is such a huge difference in the fares,
between economy and business class? The seats look more comforable and I
suppose the meals are better; but not to the extent of thousands of dollars
on a long flight.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 (Mumbai):
In one of the biggest deals in India's aviation history, Air India has
decided to buy 50 aircraft from Boeing. The AI board approved the
purchase of aircraft costing Rs 30,000 crore ($6.9 Billion), subject to