Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / May 2007

I recall reading that air travel is more harmful to the environment
than travelling the same distance by car. This seems hard to believe.
I travel a lot by train since it is cheaper and supposedely the most
environment friendly? What are your thoughts? Should I feel guilty

In planning our trip, I am still struggling with Rome -> Delhi leg and
would appreciate advice from all of oyu.
The only nonstop is an Italian airline called Eurofly. I have never
heard of them, and they don't seem known in these newsgroups either

Losing Something in Translation...
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In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we regret that

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/09052007/325/ryanair-launches-airline-price-war.html
Ryanair launches airline price war
Travellers board a passenger jet belonging to Irish discount airline
Ryanair

I need to book some flights from London to Athens... looking at various
online booking sites it seems the sensible options are scheduled from
Olympic Airlines or a two-leg journey using Lufthansa/Swiss/Alitalia/etc.
The prices on Expedia, Lastminute, eBookers, etc all seem much of ...

For specific dates/times, I'm a big fan of kayak.com, with its
intuitive sliders.
For flexible dates, travelocity sometimes helps, although often the
dates that it highlights as having potential availability "disappear"

Let's face it, one of the most frustrating things about traveling is
trying to find your luggage at the carousel amid a sea of identical
bags! Make it easier with big, bold, and stylish tags that are
impossible to miss!

I am planning to buy insurance in the UK, which is why I am posting in
this group.
Anyway, I am planning a journey that involves buying two separate air
tickets for different sector of an international journey (London -

I tried to visit Finnair.com, only got "No content available". Do they
use some other non-obvious name?

I flew United Express from LAX to SJC Sunday evening.
The line is run by Skywest Airlines for United and it is a small
commuter plane having 2 and 2 seating.
The plane was full.

I know I can bring 3oz. or less travel bottles. I assume this means I
can bring my own (clear) bottles and fill them with whatever I want
assuming they are less than 3oz per bottle and the total fits in a
quart zip bag?

Do I need to pack a parachute if I fly US-scareways, the former
America-Worst...  Also, will I have to load my own luggage and help push
 the plane back from the gate ??
I am used to flying an airline that delivers everyone's luggage to

We will be flying from Newburgh NY to Detroit and then on to
Frankfurt. The problem is that we have a nine hour layover  in
Detroit. Do you think we can check our luggage straight through or
will we have to check them in at Northwest in Detroit?

I made a reservation with Continental last week from Newark to Narita
and paid via my debit card. Got the e-mail with the e-ticket and
everything seems fine.
However, on reviewing my checking account I noticed that Continental

Despite my usual efforts to avoid the place, I'm going to need to fly
from LHR next Tuesday morning at 08:40, with KLM so I believe that's
T4.
I'll be checking in online and carrying only hand luggage well within