Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / January 2006

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:6:./temp/~c109nqUiql:e91030:
This came into force this week. (Section 113 of HR3402 which modifies
the communicatiosn act to include internet.)
The press are finding this change ludicrous and an attack on free

Battle lines drawn on BA pensions
British Airways has clashed with its main pilots union, following threats of
strike action in protest at potential changes to BA's pension scheme.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) warned of possible action in

British Airways is to relaunch its budget airline as part of a bid to improve
profits and compete more effectively with low-cost rivals such as easyJet and
Jet2.com.
Europe's third largest airline said today that BA Connect, the new name for

It's not too difficult to come up with an 'advanced' aircraft if you shovel
billions of pounds of taxpayers' money into it. Concorde's development cost
was £11 billion in today's money. This words about at about £2000 for every
single passenger ticket throughout the 30 years of ...

I'm looking for ways to stop my nervousness of flying. It's gotten to
the point where I think I will never get on a plane again, but that is
debilitating. I've flown many times, at least 35 if you count each take
off and landing. It didn't used to be bad but it's just gotten worse

Last night's airing of Tonight with Trevor McDonald (for those who are
not conversant with British television, this is a twice-weekly
half-hour current affairs programme for the not very cerebrally
inclined - but I watch it anyway) was about Ryanair passengers whose

Look out for falling airline schedules
Most of the "legacy" airlines—American, Continental, Delta, Northwest,
United, and US Airways—have announced some degree of cutbacks in
domestic flights. Although all cutbacks needn't result in schedule

Anyone ever fly on Casino Express Airlines? I am asking, as I have a
friend in Casper, WY that said he booked him and his wife on flight
with  this company to Wendover, NV. If I remember right he said they
paid about $120pp for airfare and hotel. Sounds even better than the

Travel News
By Jessica Labrencis, SmarterTravel.com Staff
--- Date Posted: 01/03/06
Independence Air to cease operations

I reckon this topic has been given a good run for its money. Probably
plenty of mileage in it yet. The web page has been mentioned in a
number of uk.local. groups. It is in everyones interest to take note
and respond. Its nice to see such a positive response.

Pastor's wife says she left airplane of own accord
Continental says she was asked to leave after argument with attendant
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- The wife of the pastor of the nation's largest
church said she chose to leave an airplane after a disagreement with a

Customer fails to check in by the required time at Easyjet Luton due to the
long queues at check in.
Storms to customer service desk and starts complaining, finally says I'll
never fly Easyjet again when staff refuse to bend rules and get her on flight.

Does anyone have any hints on how to organise it so that a car can be
dropped off by one person and picked up by another? Stansted, probably.
How does the second person get hold of the ticket (assuming they don't
have an opportunity to meet the first person)? Would a valet-parking ...

Cancelled flights in the EU could mean compensation
A legal bid to block new European Union air passenger rights has been
thrown out by the European Court of Justice.
Airlines had complained that EU-wide rules forcing them to offer