Going back into the 1950s and 1960s, Loftleiðir flew the route using DC-6s. Before that, I believe that they even used DC-4s. It was a very slow multi-stop route across the north Atlantic. My (possibly faulty) memory tells me that at one point the eastbound route was NYC-Gander-Reykjavík-Prestwick-L...
Jump to postFrankly, I suspect that it's an airline problem. I frequently fly YVR-BWI and YYC-BWI (Air Canada all legs), connecting through YYZ. I have never had a problem with checked baggage being delayed at YYZ. Just 2 weeks ago, I flew YVR-YYZ-BWI with the usual change of plane and U.S. CBP preclearance at ...
Jump to postIsraeli security agents are just the best in the world. They ask very strange questions, and yes, if you walk into it as if it was another talk with your bank advisor, then some questions may be so weird that some people will regards them rude. Just tell the truth. The exact truth, with no shortcuts...
Jump to postMy usual TATL carrier is BA. But I have flown Norwegian TATL twice in the last 2 months. Excellent flights. Spotless 787s (in fact, they appeared to my untutored eye to be new). On-time departures and arrivals. Decent cabin baggage allowance. British captains and first officers (judging from accents...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lazyshaun" class="quote" target="_blank">lazyshaun</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Are Westjet a good airline or just bog s...
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Jump to postSlightly off topic, but nevertheless related. I have noted that - very consistently - cockpit crews of U.S. airlines do not turn off the seatbelt sign after takeoff until reaching initial cruise altitude, no matter how smooth the ride. In contrast, cockpit crews of European airlines very consistentl...
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Jump to postRubbish. The ME3 fly a lot of Israelis via Amman. Emirates and Etihad even offer kosher meals to accommodate orthodox religious Israelis. Qatar Airways doesn't, but (as noted above) nevertheless flies a lot of secular Israelis via AMM. Ha'aretz should apologize to its readers for stooping to the lev...
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Jump to postET's domestic routes are helped by the appalling lack of adequate forms of other public transport throughout the country. To travel from Addis Ababa to Lalibela (site of some very interesting and historically important monolithic rock-hewn churches of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church; a World Heritage ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EA+CO+AS" class="quote" target="_blank">EA CO AS</a> (<a href="#95" class="quote">Reply 95</a>):<br/><i>As I said earlier, MedLink's command cen...
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Jump to postBWI has a lot of potential for additional international service. It's passenger catchment area includes not just the Baltimore area, but also the northern, eastern, and southern suburbs of DC. Most DC suburbanites living in Montgomery, Prince George's, or Charles Counties in Maryland detest the driv...
Jump to postWe have been hearing about this fantasy since 2003, seven years after Fokker Aircraft went bankrupt. If "Fokker Restart" or "Rekkof" or "Rekkof Restart" (or any of the other names this fantasy company has used) had adequate administrative, engineering, and financial backing, that plane would be flyi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/phunc" class="quote" target="_blank">phunc</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Tell you what, when you fly <acronym title="Em...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mysterzip" class="quote" target="_blank">mysterzip</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Has this been tested? Sure, in the Nor...
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Jump to postThe emphasis at the end of the video on crashes and fatalities is a bit misleading. After the United States entered World War 2, Pan American's long-range heavy-lift flying boats (Martin M130s and Boeing B314s) were flown in military service - and, to a degree, without the meticulous attention to sa...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/2travel2know2" class="quote" target="_blank">2travel2know2</a> (<a href="#77" class="quote">Reply 77</a>):<br/><i>how many <acronym title="Emira...
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Jump to postWithout question, I would say the dedicated Eastern Shuttle service between <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym>, <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym>, and <acronym title="Wa...
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Jump to postThere are perfectly reputable tour guides in Bangkok who give a tour of the city using the airport train, rail mass transit, the water busses, and the water ferries. This keeps one out of the horrible time-eating Bangkok road traffic. If you opt for this, I highly recommend the Royal Palace (spectac...
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Jump to postThere are a lot of U.S. federal government employees who live in the Maryland suburbs of DC, and who are therefore closer to <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> than to <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD ...
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Jump to postAfter following this event on major media outlets (BBC, CBC, CNN) since its inception, and reading hundreds upon hundreds of posts in this forum, I am forced to one of the following conclusions: 1) The Malaysian authorities are deliberately hiding something very bad; something that would be horridly...
Jump to postWhat is all the commotion about? U.S. Immigration and Customs pre-clearance at foreign airports has been in existence since the early 1950s. It began in Toronto in 1952. And has since spread to airports all across Canada, to Ireland, to Bermuda, to the Bahamas, and to the Caribbean. The pre-clearanc...
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