RE: End Of The Cebu Pacific DC9 Era In The Philippines

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RE: Airlines Flying SIN-CCU Besides SQ?

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RE: Airlines Flying SIN-CCU Besides SQ?

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RE: Airlines Flying SIN-CCU Besides SQ?

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RE: Airlines Flying SIN-CCU Besides SQ?

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RE: End Of The Cebu Pacific DC9 Era In The Philippines

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RE: End Of The Cebu Pacific DC9 Era In The Philippines

In all honesty, I'm glad the <acronym title="Cebu Pacific Air (Philippines)">5J</acronym> 9's are being replaced. Other than their specialty livery colors and occasional nostalgia, I never really did like them. For some reason, they felt tighter and more uncomfortable than <acronym title="Northwest ...

Airlines Flying SIN-CCU Besides SQ?

Hi all, I'm wondering which other airlines fly <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-CCU besides <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>? <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> is fine with me however they only fly 4x a week. I know Jetstar Asia...

RE: 727 Party Limo On Ebay! Cool!

I'd like to see that thing cruise down Las Vegas Boulevard with its wings.

RE: To Manila By Air France

Just a suggestion... if you really want to fly <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> why don't you take <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> to <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHH...

RE: Walkway From UA Terminal To International At SFO?

Carpethead, I have normally taken direct transpac flights from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> (to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> or <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap K...

RE: Walkway From UA Terminal To International At SFO?

Thanks guys. Exiting the secured area and then re-entering is no problem. I'm just trying to avoid taking the AirTrain. I've never walked from the domestic terminal to the international terminal but I have taken the aforementioned bus before. However when I took it, I was under the assumption that t...

Walkway From UA Terminal To International At SFO?

I have connected on many international flights from <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> in the past however my previous flights from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> to <acronym title="S...

RE: Flying SAS; Should I Transit Through CPH Or AR

<i>Love those comfy chairs at <acronym title="Copenhagen - Kastrup (CPH / EKCH), Denmark">CPH</acronym> that you can relax and sleep in. Great place to view all the SAS planes as well</i> Just checked out the <acronym title="Copenhagen - Kastrup (CPH / EKCH), Denmark">CPH</acronym> site!  <img ...

RE: Flying SAS; Should I Transit Through CPH Or AR

<i>You wan't have any time to see Stockholm if you take the connection at <acronym title="Stockholm - Arlanda (ARN / ESSA), Sweden">ARN</acronym>. You arrive at 6.30 am from <acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / VTBD), Thailand">BKK</acronym> and flight SK945 to <acronym title="...

RE: Verbal Traffic With Pilots And Tower

A lot! You figure clearance has to be made from metering to ground to tower to eventually departure. And depending on the airport, there's a lot of communication to guide the aircraft from other traffic. I listen to Channel 9 whenever I fly and even though I've heard it a million times, I still find...

Flying SAS; Should I Transit Through CPH Or ARN?

In going through my flight options for a trip this summer, I have the option to fly SAS back to <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> from either <acronym title="Copenhagen - Kastrup (CPH / EKCH), Denmark">CPH</acronym> or <acronym title="Stockhol...

RE: Someone Hacked Into Philippine Airlines WebSit

Well it's been more than 24 hours later and the site now appears to be down. Perhaps they are rectifying the problem at this moment. My first thought whenever I see or hear about airline sites (or merchant sites) being hacked into is how vulnerable these sites truly are. Subversion is certainly a po...

RE: Someone Hacked Into Philippine Airlines WebSit

Here's a screen shot of it.

Someone Hacked Into Philippine Airlines WebSite

Weird. Looks like someone hacked into Philippine Airlines' website. Once you click on <a href="http://www.philippineairlines.com" target=_blank>http://www.philippineairlines.com</a>, instead of the homepage being displayed, you will see a black background with the words "Kernel Attack" written in re...

RE: Southwest's 2-Letter Code

WN stands for "Wer'e Nuts".

Read the book "Nuts" and you'll get a better underastanding of WN's philosophy. It's written by Herb Kelleher, WN's President.

RE: Replying To A Thread Without Entering Password

Just for the hell of it, I tried it a few times and all I kept getting was "Please fill in username, password, topic and body." repeatedly.

Unless of course they've fixed it...

RE: The Most Popular Thread Ever

Oh man, I remember coming home from work early on 9.11 and following what's been going on on that day through the forums on A.Net (among other places). Unfortunately, I certainly remember that thread very well.

RE: UA 747 Seats?

http://www.seatguru.com

RE: Where Is Everyone Flying Over X-mas?

I should be somewhere over the Pacific headed to Singapore!  

RE: Political No No Routes That Would Make Lots Of

<i>Pyongyang-Seoul (until the day when high-speed trains ply between the two cities).</i> ...or Pyongyang to its major "neighboring" cities as well - <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>, <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok Interna...

RE: ATA Bankrupt, To Sell MDW To AirTran

Wow, it seems like it was just yesterday that I kept hearing news about ATA's new livery, new planes and new focus.

I hope its employees become more truly committed that ever.

RE: Philippine Airlines Reported To 'resume' India

Great news.. I wonder if this could possibly spark some type of agreement with <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym> or even perhaps one of the many Indian domestic carriers that could shuttle PAL passengers to various domestic destinations. <i>PAL was the first international airline they saw ther...

RE: Flying On Christmas Day

I flew on New Year's Day last year on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> from <acronym title="Manila - Ninoy Aquino International (Col Jesus A Villamor AB) (MNL / RPLL), Philippines">MNL</acronym> to <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> and it was b...

RE: FedEx Crash Publicity In Movie "Castaway"

I think you can rate it positively

Nice play on (aviation) words!  

RE: 747 Lower Galley

May have been from here too http://www.airhollywood.com

RE: Ticket Class Question

LondonKate, what airline? I can provide you United's.

RE: AA And Their Spelling

RE: ORD Spotter Question: Police Hassle?

Manta, I cannot tell you how many times I have been hassled by <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> security over the years... most happened before 9.11. They've looked through my bags, taken down my info, grilled me thoroughly... no strip search...

RE: Reward Seats Limited?

Depending on your route and destination, reward seats can fill up pretty fast. Reward seats on flight to <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> from the mainland for instance can be as good as gone up to 6 months prior. The last t...

RE: Airline 2 Letter Codes

Southwest got WN for Wer'e Nuts!

RE: International Flight: Check Passport Counters?

Jasepl, <i>Also, not all of them seem to be consistent in stamping passports. I go to France often and they don't stamp my passport at times.</i> Yes this has happened to me more than once as well. Apparently France (or at least <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France...

RE: International Flight: Check Passport Counters?

Csavel,

The departure tax in Manila (and assumingly in Peru) is not handled by immigration officers... it's a seperate line just for departure taxes, usually after check-in and before imig and is handled by non-imig airport employees.

RE: American Connection Plane Crashes In Missouri

Uh oh... this doesn't look good at all.

RE: International Flight: Check Passport Counters?

RoseFlyer, I'm not sure whether your reply was directed toward my reply or ETStar's original post but yes you are correct... the US does not control anyone from leaving the country and the only reason one has to provide passport info is for entrance to the destination country, such as approrpiate an...

RE: International Flight: Check Passport Counters?

Well most (if not all) of the countries I've been to has required me to pass through immigrations and turn in exit forms along with a stamp on my passport. After check-in, immigration follows right after. The US however, does not have immigration counters upon exit. If there are any forms to be turn...

RE: 747 Heaven...ANC?

<i><acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym> sees a lot of Freighter 747 traffic, but with the exception of Korean, China, and Asiana, almost no passenger 747 traffic.</i> L-188 I believe <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acro...

RE: 747 Heaven...ANC?

I can see how it's easy to assume that <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym> has more heavy 747 traffic due to most planes landing there being cargo planes. However its 747 frequency compared to other airports. For instance, 747 frequency at ...

RE: Funny Caption I Found

https://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1781619/4/

RE: New Indonesian LCC?

<i>Hopefully one day <acronym title="Air Asia (Malaysia)">AK</acronym> will also start another subsidiary in the Philippines to cover the all 4 corners of Southeast Asia.</i> Yes, I am hoping for this as well. Right now Air Asia flies 2x weekly to Subic Bay on charter flights... however when not ful...

RE: Aetra Best Airports Award 2003 - DXB, SIN & KUL

Although I have never of this award either, in all honestly I never expected <acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KUL</acronym> to be in the top three for any award. I have heard <acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KU...

RE: Worst Airport Security Lines.

In case you're curious, here's a topic somewhat similar to yours that was started in the Polls and Prefs Forum: <a href="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/aviation_polls/read.main/21278/4/" target=_blank>http://www.airliners.net/discussions/aviation_polls/read.main/21278/4/</a> Anyway, <acronym t...

RE: Big Airports Without Jet Bridges

There are many airports in the Philippines (albeit rather smaller ones, most of which only have one runway) that do not use jet bridges. In fact, most only have one terminal. One of the things I love about landing in rural locations is the opportunity to be able to use the stairs when deplaning and ...

RE: Daytime Flight - Blades Down?

Could it possibly have anything to do with the being able to see the in-flight movie much clearer? Because on many of my flights the FA's have asked passengers (although not mandatory) to lower the shades to be able to see the screen better.

RE: Passports Not Required

I have crossed the Canadian border several times without a passport... just driver's license.. however I have only crossed busy borders such as Port Huron, Detroit and Vancouver, if that's any indication of anything. When I fly, I always have my passport with me and they always stamp it so I'm assum...