Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / February 2006

By JOHN GILLIE
Tacoma News Tribune
February 20, 2006
- Consider the humble but versatile Boeing 737.

Is there some inexpensive way to fly from Edmonton Canada to Prague?
I realise that Edmonton no longer has any good air service to Europe,
but perhaps via Calgary?
I hear that air from Seattle to London is around US$300, and then

Could any well-informed person (Lansbury) please advise.  What time
should I arrive at Heathrow for a Gulf Air flight that takes off at 10
am on a Monday morning in Easter week?
Last time I used this airline I thought I was in plenty of time, but

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/travelgetaways/6838150/detail.html
CONCORD, N.H. -- A discrimination trial began Tuesday in the case of a
300-pound Exeter, N.H., woman who sued Southwest Airlines after she was
kicked off a flight when she refused to purchase two seats for herself.

Suspected 'drunk' pilot is arrested
By Tom Anderson
Published: 12 February 2006
An American Airlines pilot was arrested at Manchester Airport

I am taking a trip, for two, from Portland, OR to Maui, HI this July
(leaving approximately the 1-3 and returning between the 7-10). I was
wondering what tips you all had for cheap air fare. It's odd to me that
it costs more to fly to Hawaii in the summer months, which is their low

Stelios was being interviewed on (BBC) R5 last night and he revealed
that his latest scam, um fare reducing idea, is to charge extra to be in
group A and get on first.
He suggested 5 pounds would put you in the same group as the:

15-year-old son will be flying alone in the US this spring.  Doesn't
have a passport.  Does his school photo ID count as a "government-issued
ID" for the purposes of getting through airport security?
If not, what ID should he be carrying?

Anyone have any experiences with Zoom, Thos Cook or MyTravel to share-
good or bad?
Loking a using them to get to Manchester in late August
Thanks

you might find this article on over coming airport stress useful:
http://www.flyfreeasacourier.com/overcoming_airport_stress.htm
All the best
Gerr

Anyone have any experiences with Zoom, Thos Cook or MyTravel to share-
good or bad?
Loking a using them to get to Manchester in late August
Thanks

By Michael Harrison
Published: 17 February 2006
Willie Walsh, the new chief executive of British Airways, is scrapping its
daily service from Heathrow to Melbourne, the home city of his predecessor,

I live in NW London and am looking for a scanner to listen to LHR ATC.
Ideally I need one that can be connected to my PC so I can also stream it
over the internet.
Which model would suit me best?

In December I had a good trip Delta JFK-NCE-JFK and had planned to choose
this again to avoid change in CDG but has it been discontinued? Not entirely
surprising as the flights were 1/3rd capacity (767) but definitely a
time-saver.