Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2005

Man, tons of planes heading to ATL!
http://www.flightview.com/TravelTools/ProcessFTQuery.asp?qt=at&arrap=atl
Click on a city to see current inbound traffic.

According to most airlines, luggage sized at 9" x 14" x 22" is the
maximum size allowed for carry-on.  Most airlines seem to have
luggage templates (Delta calls it Size Wise) that passengers can
drop their luggage into to see if the size is acceptable.  European

Posted on another forum by a Brit:
Viking Charter Flight Horror
A friend has come back off her holiday with the shakes! She flew out
for Corfu from East Midlands on Excel Airways, lovley service she

Airport parking & arrival-waiting at ATL is that special treat of one's
dull life, for instances:
10. $2 an hour ain't that bad for convenient parking especially if the
damne plane is delayed more than two-three hours on the tarmac in

I have a flight booked from Man to Las connecting in ATL on October 4
we arrive in ATL at 4:05 pm, we were scheduled to a connection to LAS at
5:25 pm which could have been a bit tight, but I now see from looking at my
itinerary on Delta web site that there has been a schedule ...

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=646523
G8 wants tax on airline tickets to help world poor
By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent, 13 June 2005
Airline groups have condemned plans by the world's richest countries to impose

Washington DC, May 31, 2005 -- The Department of Homeland Security announced
on May 12, 2005 that the current provisions for Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
travelers without machine-readable passports will end on June 26, 2005. As of

I'm flying China Eastern from LAX to Shanghai (MU586) next week and was
wondering if anyone here might know whether or not I can expect power
outlets available in coach, and if so, what kind?
Greg Downs

I am going to live in Brazil starting Dec. 1. I've been there many times,
but am a visa/plane ticket question. I know it's possible to renew your
visa for an additional 90 days after the first 90 are up...but what do you
do as far as the flight? Do you buy just a one-way (don't ...

Is there a search engine or online reservation website which has
concept of satellite cities? Let me give an example.
I want to go from Seoul/Korea to Medan/Indonesia, or Singapore to
Sandiego/USA. There may be no direct flights. I have traveled there. I

For domestic US discount tickets on most online sites, children under
two travelling on the adult's lap fly free. Over two, they pay full fare
same as the adults. My question is if you plan a roundtrip, and the
child is under two outbound but over two on the return sector, do I ...

Is there a good search engine that lists *many* airlines originating
from SE Asia? The ones I've tried are biased toward western owned
airlines, eg NWA. Sometimes I see China Airways or EVA in the list, but
never for example, Kuwait, which happens to have the lowest r/t flights

Govt to rethink Singapore Airlines decision
The Federal Government says it will reconsider a decision not to grant
Singapore Airlines access to the Sydney-Los Angeles route after it has
examined the effects on Australian carriers.

United Airlines have decided to pull the plug on the multi-million
dollar advanced baggage handling system in DIA. It was the very same
system that was partially responsible for the hold-up of the airport's
opening date.