Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2006

Apart from the business man travelling with a computer and bits and
pieces - how on earth can anyone need more than  5kg of hand luggage ?
The average person might need a book to read, perhaps a camera that he
frightened to put in the hold in case it gets nicked, his passport and

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/438329p-369337c.html
United airlines is trying to make nice with comedienne Mo'Nique, but
so far it's been a bumpy ride.
The TV star is refusing to take United's calls and is considering

Anyone know how to source cheap flight back from Canaries around Jan
4th?
Don't mind indirect but expedia etc quoting for dreadful 0715 return.
(have two young kids).

Climate meltdown 'in 10 years'
The environment was one of the main subjects at the annual conference
of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Norwich
A climate change timebomb may be just 10 years away from detonating,

United lets you use just 15k miles for a free ticket so long as the
journey is less than 700 miles. The promotion seems to end this year.
Does anyone know if they will likely have a similar promotion next
year? I am wondering if I should use up my miles on this promotion or

Below is a link to a story about automated dual jetways being useing by
UA at DEN.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060907/united_jet_bridge.html?.v=5
Sounds like a good idea to me, as it allows for loading from the front

 Has anyone ever heard of the new Cuban airline Aerogaviota. I am
scheduled to go to Cuba to cover two figure skating competitions over
two weeks in October, and my curent travel plans include flying o

Are the airlines currently agreeing to pay for lost/stolen goods taken on
their planes in the hold that would otherwise have gone as carry-on?
I need to take my laptop and camera with me to the US at the start of
September - I'm worried about someone stealing them because they have ...

Hi, anyone know where I can view different aircraft seating layouts with
numbered seats.
Or to be more specific the following
Continental  Boeing 767-200/200ER

I have been flying for 20 years and dont understand why they dont
eliminate the safety presentation at the beginning of every flight?
They are so elementary that a simple video would suffice. Or why not
just require first time flyers to be 'certified' for having seen the

It seems to me that RFID would be ideally suited to speeding up
matching up of air luggae and would help in security as well.
Given the relative cost of an air ticket, the RFID cost seems
negligible, no?

This happened yesterday. My wife flew to Heathrow from the US.
Everyone who was waiting to board the plane was
eyeballed by BA staff at the gate to be sure their carryon bags
were not too big. And some were. And those passengers were given

The following links provide answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) in the alt.travel.uk.air newsgroup.
Airline Seating Plan Index -  http://www.uk-air.net/seatplan.htm
now links to the official seating plans **Thomas Cook Airlines** site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14686113/
Flight-scare passenger in mental health facility
Woman to be detained indefinitely in N.H. after causing flight
diversion

Flying to Canada for a trip and wondered if the following can be included as
hand baggage.
Flying with My Travel
Mobile phone