Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2005

Does mail go through customs over the weekend? Are they open during the
weekend?

Anyone have any experience of Lao Airlines. I have read about their poor
safety reputation, but understand this may relate more to their previous
incarnation as Lao Aviation. Is Lao Airlines any different?
Any comments?

On 20th July we arrived at Manchester at 08:00 for a 10:00 flight to be told
it wouldn't leave until 14:00. We were immediately given food vouchers and
handed a letter by the handling agent explaining it was due to operational
reasons and not weather or anything.

When I attempt to print the results of a flight search on the United
Airlines site (results are on <https://www.itn.net/cgi/air . . . >
actually), the first page of search results overprints the initial
United Airlines page as if there were no page feed, creating a garbled

I'm very interested to visit Venezuela at Feb 2006. I am looking for
some cheap flights (can be multiple ones), but still nothing cheaper
that 579,- Euros round-trip.
May be some of You do know cheaper connection? =)

The news item hereunder was posted on the Australian Broadcasting
Commission.
Today there was an item on TV where it was said that it appears that a
malfunction of the autopilot caused control of the B777 to be lost. This was

http://www.airlinemeals.net/
Bon appétit!
Gerry

British Airways (BA) saw earnings rise 36% in the first quarter as first and
business class passenger numbers rose.  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4747693.stm
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I still want to know why there are (apparently) no video cameras
installed to provide a visual record of landings and take-offs at
large airports (in general) and specifically Toronto.  Or is this a
liability issue where it's better NOT to have such a visual record to

Passenger jet appears to have skidded off runway and is in flames.... let's
hope the evacuation worked.

I plan on traveling next year from London to Athens via Fiumicino.
Does anyone know how much time I should leave between the London flight
into Fiumicino and the Athens flight out? To clear customs, will I have
to retrieve my luggage at Fiumicino and re-check it to Athens?

I booked an international flight with Delta from Cincinnati to
Barcelona with a connection at JFK. The first flight was late so I
missed a connecting flight from NYC to Barcelona. This was my first
*both* international and connecting flight so I learned a lesson the

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I see these airline travel vouchers on e-bay.  They are generally worth
$800 each.  Are these really safe to purchase/use.  Are there seat
restrictions, etc.  I hate to bank a vacation on them without knowing
more.  Anyone have experience with these? Thanks, jr.

I recently took a voluntary bump to get a $400 travel certificate.  What if Delta files
for bankruptcy.  Will they honor that or will I be relelgated to the position of an
unsecured creditor?