Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2006

I am soon flying from the UK to Jacksonville FLA but I haven't ever used
any of the airlines the travel sites are coming up with.
Whatever airline I fly I will have to go through immigration and change
planes so they all look equally inconvenient!

I was boarding a CO flight in Ottawa (YOW) last week to fly back to
EWR. Next to us was a Metroliner from Bearskin Airlines. Is this
Canada's "Hooters Airlines" ? Where do they fly?

I hope to fly with my 5-year-old son from Indianapolis to Los
Angeles in early October or early November (I have a great deal of
flexibility as to when I can leave), and I can get a free ticket with
American Airlines or United on my frequent flyer accounts, but my son

We need a "Chicago-London-Delhi-Chicago" ticket in Feb/March 2007 with
one constraint: London-Delhi leg has to be a specific flight on a
specific date to accompany a relative. Other legs are flexible, dates
as well as airlines.

About a year ago there was considerable debate in this newsgroup about
Mark Thatcher and the likelihood of him returning to the USA. An
interview with his estranged wife in today's paper reveals that he
apparently never had US residency (and Visa), but "lived there" by

Bird flu poses 'real and substantial' economic threat: WBank
AFP Sunday September 17, 01:19 PM
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A feared bird flu pandemic poses a "real and
substantial" financial threat that could wipe as much as two trillion

The world has lost a grand person and personality, although one over the
years given to strong language.  I suspect she never uttered an intemperate
word - other than a grand capacity for "cussing" - without planning and
practicing it beforehand.....

British author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport
security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final
"Harry Potter" book as carryon baggage.
.....

To good to miss?
Acknowledgements to www.moneysavingexprt.com
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=252233
www.edinburghairport.org.uk

U.S. airlines sing the blues over Virgin startup
By Sean Lengell
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 18, 2006

We have a 06:30  flight on Friday from T2 , we should be there for 04:30
will there be somewhere open for us to buy a hot drink, also what time do
Boots and WH Smiths open ?
TIA

In the business where I am employed there are approximately thirty on
the staff who fly on a regular basis. By a regular basis I mean three
or four times a month with each trip lasting around four days.
Those of us who travel recently discussed with our supervisors

An excellent rationale for avoiding travel
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p06s01-woap.html

See
http://news.com.com/Will+airport+of+the+future+fly/2100-1008_3-6115126.html