Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2005

The signs at CPH state that anyone can check-in at their self-service
machines, whether you have an e-ticket or a paper ticket.  The SAS
signs are misleading.  If you buy a ticket directly through SAS, the
signs are correct.  However, if you buy a ticket through United

Someone posted here that an SAS ticket, flying to or from Copenhagen,
will suffice as a train ticket from CPH to Copenhagen Central train
station.  I can now say that this is not true.  I asked a train ticket agent
at Copenhagen Central about this.  She told me that certain tickets ...

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I can't imagine what the Airline Industry will be like five years from
now.

I am trying to find out which airline has a flight code 'MP' out of
Brussels to Zanzibar, any ideas ?

I've been using Expedia for many years.  Everytime someone touts some
new travel site I find that Expedia finds the very same fares.
My confidence in Expedia, though, has been shaken with two recent
experiences.

With new rules, it pays to travel light
Tom and Jean Craft received quite a shocker last summer when they
checked in at Rome's Da Vinci airport for a post-cruise flight to
Paris: a $332 charge for excess baggage.

   Anyone care to comment on the stability of Delta?
   I am thinking of buying tickets for September.  I would hate to see them
become worthless.  I am not suggesting anything special about Delta, but
these days who knows and I have not been following the airlines that much.

Excerpts from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/business/24road.html
Get ready for electronic portals known as backscatters, expected to be
tested at a handful of airports this year, that use X-ray imaging
technology to allow a screener to scan a body. And yes, the body image

I searched, but didn't find anything.  I booked an international
flight a few months ago on Delta via ATL.  In any case, Delta
cancelled my return flight from ATL ... and put me on another
flight, they didn't bother to call me (in fact, they still have not

I recently purchased a package with Travelocity, as the price was much
less than hotel and airfare bought seperately. My my airfare is via
Delta. Just need to know if I can some how pick my seats in advance.
The information Travelocity provided me shows that they will be issued

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At its bi-annual meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, the Chief Executive Board of Star
Alliance, the airline network for Earth, voted unanimously to accept the
application for membership of Swiss International Air Lines.
Our strategy at Star Alliance has always been to provide more ...

What is the best route to take from Newark to JFK?  Should we tell the
taxi go via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge or another way? Our flight
gets into Newark at about 11:00am (we have to go through customs) and
our other flight leaves at 3:00 on a Tuesday.  We are also probably

Airbus to Delay More 'Superjumbo' Jets
06.01.2005, 01:01 PM
The Airbus A380 may have overcome its weight problem, but the full cost of
beating the bulge looked set to mount Wednesday as the European plane maker

I need to know if Airbus 332 is also know as something else, maybe
Airbus 330-200?
Thank you for your help