Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / April 2006

Silverjet is set to launch a new low-fare business-class airline, including a
route to New York.
The company is looking to raise £25m from UK institutional investors to
finance the airline and develop new routes, exclusively at business rates.

A few weeks ago I asked if it was possible to walk south from LAX
through the Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel.  Here's what happened when I
tried.
It was easy to walk from the southern row of terminals to the entrance

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060411/nytu067.html?.v=46
NBC's The Apprentice Selects JetNetwork as Its Private Aviation Provider
Tuesday April 11, 9:00 am ET
JetNetwork Aircraft Flies Winning Contestants to Washington, DC to Meet

I have been studying the Arrival charts for Heathrow and couldn't help
noticing that, when the winds are from the west, they route the majority of
the traffic over north and north-east London, including highly populated
areas such as hackney/highbury.

Passengers stranded after a plane landed at the wrong airport may not have
been offered compensation they were entitled to under EU law.
Last month a Ryanair flight from Liverpool to Londonderry landed at Ballykelly
airstrip instead of City of Derry airport.

Tryuing to book air fare from San Antonio, Texas to Midland, MI for
late July.  Made the trip a couple of years ago for @$300 per person on
NWA.  This summer it looks like NWA is wanting over $600 at this point.
Should it come down in the next several months??  Kind of important

A few international airlines now have this class.  The first time I
purchased this class was on EVA Air.  The extra couple hundred dollars was
well worth the extra pitch in the seats, which made the transpacific flight
less torturous.  I now understand United has such a class ...

When I made a connection af Frankfurt from a Lufthansa filght at one of
the A gates to a United flight at one of the C gates, I had to go
through an air side security check point.  Or, at least, it never felt
like I left the secured areas.  Why did they do this?  Was it just a

Europe bans more than 90 airlines from its airports
By Stephen Castle in Brussels
Published: 23 March 2006
More than 90 airlines were banned from landing at European airports

Airbus test halted by injuries
Bloomberg News, Reuters, The Associated Press
SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006
HAMBURG Airbus, the European plane maker, said on Sunday that it had interrupted

I am trying to determine how I can get the best open JAW price for two
tickets to Asia.  Outbound flight would be Los Angeles to Beijing and
inbound flight would be Singapore to Los Angeles, although I would fly back
to China if the savings difference would be significant from ...

I am trying to decide on an Active Noise Reduction (ANR) headset or
earplugs.  I have looked at the Sony, Bose, Shure and other models, but
almost all reviews/comments mix two very different issues: noise
reduction and sound quality.

It seems they are not flying at all. Is this permanent? I had a look
and to get from London to Jakarta, a fairly reasonable routing that you
would expect any nation's flag carrier to offer (between two capitals)
doesn't exist, and you have to change in Kuala Lumpur, clearly on a

hi, anyone have a list of insurers who cover pre-existing conditions. Thanks
for looking.
andy.

Have to go to Kathmandu, Nepal;  in a couple of weeks. Which is the best way
to go about getting a good airline at a good price please?