Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / August 2007

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I think it will be useful in search of hotels.

Love the snip: "four to seven men were possibly speaking Arabic in the
boarding area".   Possibly speaking Arabic?   Oh brother.
Full article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/534860,CST-NWS-air30.article

airport security as it is now is a big waste of money...
you have people who are inconsiderate, poorly trained, have poor work
ethic and don't care. they need to keep in mind that they are dealing
with people not objects.

Ryanair is to levy a £2 or €3 fee for passengers who choose to register for
their flight at the airport
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/articl
e2321320.ece
Wonder who else will think this is a good idea

Thanks to all that responded to my original post.
To the ones who commented on the back of the plane being very loud,
WOW they were not kidding!!!
when walking to the rear bathrooms the decibel level just skyrocketed.

Hey all - I'm mostly a lurker but felt compelled to comment on this.
Time Magazine recently had an incredibly asinine piece on "What's
causing flight delays."  In it the writer blames the old ATC system,
but barely gives word to busy hub airports, overscheduled/canceled

Bought the Ryanair "Priority Boarding Option" at Malaga A/P. assuming
we'd be among the first to board the plane. [ Ryanair's normal
boarding procedure is "weakest to the wall' ]
Came time to board, we were first onto the transport bus [ to the

I'm a college student at good ol' BSU (David Letterman, represent!)  I
just wanted to be able to talk about some of those neh-sayers who
don't "want" or "like" to travel.  I think these are the people who
haven't tried it, or can't afford to.  And because they can't do it,

I am an independent recruiter and I am working with a renowned
engineering firm who is looking form a civil or mechanical engineer,
it could be someone with up to  or more than 10 years, to be an
integral part of their APM team.  In the beginning there will be a

I'm new to the travel industry.  Can anyone tell me which airlines
offer IATAN discounts for personal travel?
Thanks in advance.

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I'm planning on going to the United Kingdom for a week and was
wondering if I needed a Visa.  I'm a US citizen.
Also, would I need one if I were planning to go to France via a train
for a day?

I'm looking for a list (with quantities, ideally)
of the most popular vacation air-travel destinations
for the residents of each major nation.
I'm interested in destinations that are foreign (not

What is the convention for numbering runways? I had always assumed it would
be related to compass direction, ie an aircraft landing on a South-North
runway, the pilot would se the number 0 one way, and 180 the other way, but
clearly this is not the case. The runway at Southampton ...

At IAD, I had a non-TSA lock on my bag, and they didn't complain when I
checked my bag.  But at SFO, they demanded that I remove the lock when I
checked my bag.  What is the rule?  I am OK with taking the risk that they
will need to break the lock.