Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2005

I've been traveling with old luggage (my standard suitcase is probably 30
years old, beat up and nasty, which makes it the perfect travel luggage)
but our upcoming trip will involve train travel, it's time to
get something with wheels on it.

I'm not very experienced in the way of finding cheap ridiculously low
airline fares, but some people seem to know where to look. A friend recently
got a return to Hong Kong for a hundred quid. Ok, i once got to Milan return
for 49 pounds with GO & a BA deal to Dallas return for 299 ...

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
announced its members had voted by a 94 percent majority this month
to authorize a strike if United succeeds in unilaterally imposing new

I have just booked a flight from Man to Las with Delta, our connection time
in Atlanta looks quite tight : arrival time in Atlanta 4:05 pm . flight to
Vegas leaves at 5:25 pm
We were there in April and it took ages through immigration, then our bags

Which North American airports could handle the A380? I've heard it is very
few.

They say timing is everything...
I'm planning to fly from the US west coast to Thailand in late august,
returning in setember.  Going on a free United ticket that I got
through cashing in the frequent flyer miles I've been hoarding for

Posted online: Sunday, May 08, 2005 at 0052 hours IST
Faced with allegations from Airbus, tinged with diplomatic overtones,
raising doubts over Air-India's decision to purchase 50 Boeing
aircraft for $6 billion, the Maharaja has approached the Solicitor

CHICAGO (AP) - With scores of its concerned employees and retirees
looking on, United Airlines told a judge Tuesday it has no choice but to
shed billions of dollars of pension obligations in order to emerge success-
fully from bankruptcy.

CHICAGO (AP) - An overflow crowd of current and former United
Airlines workers turned up at a downtown bankruptcy court Tuesday,
delaying a courtroom showdown between the carrier and its labor
unions over its most radical attempt yet to slash costs.

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines'
plan to terminate its employees' pension plans on Tuesday, clearing the
way for the largest corporate-pension default in American history.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050511/ap_on_bi_ge/united_airlines ...

Does BA have separate fast Bag Drop desks at LHR T4 for European
Destinations and International Destinations like it does at LGW?

Tuesday night approx 20:00 two NWA airplanes collided on the runway.
Local news is leading with the story. I think it was a DC9 and an
Airbus. Preliminary story says one plane lost control and rolled into
the other. Pictures show nose under wing of other plane, from behind,

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