Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / October 2007

As a result of an unresolved industrial dispute between the locomotive
drivers union and the German Railways, further strike action is expected
in the coming weeks. The DB has contingency plans that concentrate on
maintaining Intercity service at the expense of local train ...

When traveling, it's often useful to know
if it is Friday where you are going!
http://www.panix.com/~steveo/cgi/is-it-friday-yet.html
With time zone support.

Not the same as the "under-dressed" incident.
Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21151557/
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Can anyone tell me whether this connection (apparently a published one) is feasible? How far between CDG 2E and 2F. Sounds close, but that usually means it's about 5 miles apart by bus and tram and shoe.
Looks like about 1/2 an hour (assuming on time!) to taxi to gate, deplane ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7026921.stm
Apparently he was hoping to go straight to heaven, but landed 75 miles
away...

We flew in spring 2007 from Zurich to Canada (Calgary) by British
Airways. Only 3 out of 6 pieces of luggage arrived at the destination
and caused a delay of our vacation. The lost baggage arrived 1-2 weeks
later and compelled us to postpone the flight back to Zurich. The

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/02102007/325/easyjet-open-new-french-hubs-2008-report.html
Easyjet to open two new French hubs in 2008: report
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's second-biggest budget airline, easyJet
<EZJ.L>, plans to open two new hubs in France in 2008, stepping up

Your wasted tax dollars at work
ALL while the FAA continues to cut controller and technical
staffing
Great priority huh?

three ways I can think of boarding an aircraft faster
one is to have people line up along wall, have gate agent or flight
attendant blow whistle, tell passengers that as soon as she blows
whistle, everyone get on board, when she blows the whistle again (about

I booked a flight  to Nairobi flying out from Birmingham UK ( see...thats
how *desperate* I am to avoid Heathrow) and due to fly this week. However,
Emirates ' manage your booking' refuses to accept my online booking ref
number, and get this..

For those of you that have visited Greece, or considering visiting,
what do you think the touristic industry of the country lacks? And
what do you think are the strongest attractions?

We all know that:
1) The Underground is being rerouted and extended to provide service to T5
via Central 1/2/3.
2) Hex is being extended to T5 from 1/2/3 and HC will serve T4.

A mutiny is brewing amongst FAA employees and in the Air
Traffic system. Buckle your seat belts pilots and flyers
it's going to get rough
Ex-NATCA President tells all

Why the world doesn't know about the most beautiful cold desert at the
top of the world in Ladakh, India?
Why the great tourism opportunity in Changthang, ladakh is not fully
exploited?