Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / July 2008

I will have a 6+ hr layover (7:15am to 1:45pm) in Otopeni airport
soon. Is there anyway to spend my time usefully? Perhaps take a short
tour of the city?
Thanks.

While I don't doubt that airfares have gone up everywhere, can anyone
confirm the domestic airfares on the Vietnam Airlines website have not been
updated to reflect their current prices?  For example, the one-way, DVN
business class ticket from Ha Noi to Da Nang on the website is ...

Decisions about both Heathrow and Stansted are being delayed
See latest update in the business section of today’s Sunday Times
Brakes put on airport growth
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I was somewhat surprised today that I had to go through the usual
charade about liquids, shoes being x-rayed but not once was my ID
document checked. I was on an internal flight and used fast check-in
(no hand luggage) but even so thought they'd have checked that I am

Hi I am new to this group.
My mother is flying from IL to AZ the first week in August, via Southwest
Airlines.
Have there been any new developments we should be prepared for? Has SW

During the Second World War some national laws rationed tires,
gasolene and others.
It certainly was imperfect, though they tell me it seemed to work well
enough

We have a shower base which has a surface which is divided into small
squares and my wife finds that cleaning the base does not clean the centre
part back to its original white look
Can anyone suggest a remedy please?

Some of the pictures on the right hand site of the article makes for
better viewing, them UK papers know how to put a web version of a
newspaper together.
I have no clue on how the Ambulift device works over there - none on

16 July 2008
BAA Scotland has today announced the team that will lead Scotland’s busiest
airports into the future.
Gordon Dewar has been appointed Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport,

14 July 2008
Glasgow Airport's £31 million skyhub extension is on course to open in less
than 100 days, promising state of the art security screening, a wider
choice of bars, shops and restaurants and a better airport experience.

Any idea what happened to Bill Mattocks?  His posts and trip reports
were so humorous.
What about Helen Rose?  Her trip reports were so very informative.
I know neither person personally.  I never wrote them or met them in

I was flying from Denver to Portland and we tried to pack sensibly and
try to guess the ridiculous rules at the security gate. I thought we
had everything covered and checked EXCEPT my sons half empty bottle of
Black Polo Cologne ($70). They confiscated it because it had trace

Transcribe:
Jose Luis
   You need money?
 You Are honesty and comply?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7489483.stm
Short-haul Air France passengers could soon be moving onto trains
Air France is holding talks on a joint venture that could lead to it
offering high-speed rail travel.

If I am not mistaken, you wrote that SS has been a success.  I had to read
this a few times, to certify that I was not hallucinating.  You are the
first person I have ever heard say this.   Well, I say the following:
1.  First, it is a big lie.  There was supposed to be a trust set ...