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RE: Any Other Airline With "Student Benefits"?

Im sure SAS has youth/student fares, or definitely used to. I remember getting to Shanghai with them on a reduced fair ticket when I was doing voluntary work in my gap year.

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RE: BA: End Of Free Meals On Shorthaul?

There is nothing to suggest in the Times report that there will be a withdrawl of free inflight meals - thus there is no reason that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> would communicate any such information amongst staff. I'm a manager at a large UK supermarket firm, and I find it odd how...

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RE: Why Is VS Not In An Alliance?

"Well why isn't one of the largest airlines in Europe not interested in an alliance?" Well to be fair its not one the largest airlines - <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>, <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>/KLM, <acronym title="Scandinavian Airlines (Denmark/Norway/Sweden)">SK</acr...

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RE: SAS To Buy New Long Hauls?

I flown a lot on <acronym title="Scandinavian Airlines (Denmark/Norway/Sweden)">SK</acronym> this summer during some travelling I've done and must say, all the planes I were on were rammed full. I flew from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title=...

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SAS To Shanghai

I'm flying with SAS to Shanghai in April from Copenhagen, is this a codeshare with another airline, or will I be on an SAS a340??

Anyone know?

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RE: Unruly Passenger On SQ To BNE Dumped In Darwin

Maybe im being stupid, but wouldnt it have been easier just to handcuff him to a seat and if necessary restrain him further, and continue flying to <acronym title="Brisbane (- Eagle Farm) (BNE / YBBN), Australia - Queensland">BNE</acronym>...sounds like a lot of fuss over some pissed up bloke having...

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RE: Anybody Have First/business Class Seats On An RJ?

i've flown business on a qantaslink Bae146 there isnt really much point in going too much into detail as its pretty much the same as business on a larger jet...

but if you want to ask any questions?

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RE: Virgin To Acquire Concorde...what Happened?

"Hmmm, the average British tax payer doesn't complain about paying for other British traditions like the Royal family that is powerless and just kept for show"

yeah like im bothered about an American's view on the monarchy!?

end of story.

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RE: Virgin To Acquire Concorde...what Happened?

"What a complete load of B******s that is" - nice to know you can express yourself in a civil way...dont give it loads matey. Im expressin an opinion, which myself, and people i know hold, so dont jump down my throat darlin.... Where do I get my info from...well ummm lets see, oh yeah, try getting a...

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RE: Virgin To Acquire Concorde...what Happened?

"Branson should get the Concorde, it's the British Taxpayers call"

Yeah well the two British taxpayers in this discussion have spoken, so respect our opinions! If you all lived in the UK you'd realise

End of story

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RE: Virgin To Acquire Concorde...what Happened?

I dont think the average british tax-payer is too concerned with concorde, a few decent hospitals and an end to tuition fees would be great. The concorde fleet is owned by <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>, they did a favour by taking them on and running so long. UN_B732 - if you lived i...

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RE: Accident With "Spirit Of St. Luis" Replica

We live very close to the airport, didnt hear anything though? Apparently the pilot was taken to hospital with serious injuries but unfortunately died in the early hours of this morning. All weekend Air Atlantique planes have been flying verrrry low all over this part of the city - noisy lol!

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RE: 747SP In Basic AF1 C/s

wasnt it used for the film "air force one"?

Chris

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SYD Olympic Redevelopment

Hi I'm doing a research project at the moment, and I was wondering, what if any redevelopment took place at <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> for the Olympics, or shortly before that date? Any help would be very g...

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RE: Purchasing Tickets With BA.com

I work for Tescos, and the system is very much the same. Although it is strange, because usually the system checks your credit limit. However, the money is not usually taken until the day after. You could have booked, then spent something else on your card, so when <acronym title="British Airways">B...

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RE: Space Shuttle Columbia Crisis

"the USA is the only country possible of shooting anything that high down"

So the USA is capable of shooting down an aircraft travelling at 3 times the speed of concorde and 200,000 feet high?? hummmm

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Cheapest Way Of Getting BHX-PVG

I've been trying to find a way of getting from Birmingham to Shanghai via Europe. So far ive only found flights via AMS and FRA. I dont mind KLM but Lufthansa long haul economy is awful in my opinion. I'd love to travel on an A340, don't SAS fly to Shanghai from CPH?

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RE: Which Major Carriers Never Flew The 747?

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RE: BA Evicted From FTSE100 | JAL Could Exit Nasdaq

"Evicted" is a little strong!! BA has simply dropped out of the biggest 100 companies in the UK, which is damaging but not a huge deal, in time it may rejoin it, its like a football league table, teams get promoted and relegated all the time. BA should be applauded for holding such a position in the...

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RE: More, Ahem, Cooperation From An "Ally"

Germany was a signator to an EU law which means they cannot extradite anyone if they are to face execution. Germany has no say in the matter, it is a law across the EU, and it would apply to any country from the UK to Finland. I remember there was a discussion on TV, regarding Bin Laden, and that if...

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RE: Address Formats In Your Country?

UK

Name
Street Number, Street Name
Voting ward
City
Post Code

e.g

Mr Smith
123 Hill Road
Merry Hill
Birmingham
BH15 6XC

Its different for central london though

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RE: What Is Your Job?

I'm in the last year of school here in Britain, and work in a supermarket coffee shop (www.tesco.com)!! Great fun....

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RE: Only 30% Of Brits Support Iraq Attack

Well its obvious we'll be drawn into any military action, Blair just has to wait for Bush's shouts and he'll be straight over. To say Saddam hasnt got the ability to strike Europe is tempting fate, there hasnt be any UN representation there for years and no one knows what hes capable off. Whether th...

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RE: Frankenstein 3-engine 747/DC10 Combo For Fire Crew

I remember seeing one of boeing's preliminary designs for the 743, and it had the same idea, a 747 body with a third engine under the tail....

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RE: Shame! British Airways Overbooked Flight!

Most airlines overbook their flights, its simply to ensure that flights are full regardless of last minute cancellations. 68 overbooked is very high though!! At LHR T4 you will usually be handed a letter saying if you fly on the next available flight you will be given £200 or so. Overbooking is noth...

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RE: Lufthansa To Announce New US Destination

LH may not want to anger SK by starting a Seattle service, as i would presume a lot of feed for the CPH-SEA would come from Germany...

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RE: What Airline On What Aircraft Have You Flown On?

AE - Bae146, F50
BA- 735 (Maersk UK), 734, A320, 742, 744
QF - 763, Bae146, Dash 8, 717, 744
BM - 320
Air UK - F100
Alaskan - 734

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RE: VS Makes Loss Of 92 Million

this is a major loss for VS, but not suprising considering their major presence on transatlantic routes. Also consider the fact that they got rid of their paid for 742's, in exchange for 744's with high lease rates...draining money. More worrying is their preiction of a £2mil profit if it were not f...

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RE: Qantas To Join Star Alliance?

What?? The BA-Qantas relationship is very strong right now, years of cooperation has lead to a strong understanding between the two. Why would QF want to go through the major costs of unwinding the un-countable number of links between itself, BA, AA, CX?? The airlines share lounges have major number...

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RE: What Makes Inflight Service Good?

I like cabin crew who although are kind and friendly, remain quite discrete and proffesional, i.e. they aren't in ur face constantly. BA is great for this, Qantas less so.

Bad service is from crew who sling food at you, and really dont seem to care about their jobs, for example Alaska Air!

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RE: New JAL Business Class

let us all remember where, the first flat bed in business came from lol! <table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><a href="/open.file/208377/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/208377/M/" target="_bla...

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RE: Around The World Trips

I did mine about this time last year on BA and QF in business!

LHR>SIN>PER>CAI>HTI>SYD>LAX>YVR>LHR

It was fantastic, an experience me and my family will never forget!

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RE: Pilots Are Now Allowed To Have Gun In Cockpit

This is crazy! As most have said the terrorists dont even need to sneak a weapon on board, they can simply rush the cockpit, meaning the pilots will have no time to use the gun. Plus, its all very good the US government allowing guns aboard american airlines planes, but thats certainly doesnt mean o...

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RE: LAX: Towing Aircraft Into Gate After Landing, Why?

The same occured last year after a SYD-LAX flight, the 744 had to wait ages just off a taxiway, it was worth it though, a DL 727 shot past the right side of the taxiway like a rocket...magic!

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RE: Gay Aviation Fans?

Oops

Look like I caused a bit of scandal by posting this haahaa. It saddens me to see how every discussion on this board is blown out of proportion..

oh well its been funny reading some of the responses and how narrow minded some are

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RE: Cow Hit At MAN By PIA 747 Today?

Maybe it escaped from the gate gourmet kitchens?? Well at least everyone in BMI business class will be getting beef pate for lunch hehehehe

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Gay Aviation Fans?

In my experience as being gay :-P and an aviation fan is that a lot of gay people are aviation fans, its all rather weird! Anyone got any ideas why this is??

Btw...I'm not trying to suggest all aviation fans are gay, just making a comment from my experience!!

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RE: Why No Planes With Rear-mounted Engines Anymore?

The 717 is just an old plane with a new name. Its like the MD-11 and the DC-10, the MD-11 is just a DC-10 which was given a new lick of paint, new engines new cockpit and a longer range...

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RE: What Airlines Are Operating 737NG And A32X?

Well SAS needed a larger aircraft for the Scandinavian and European trunk routes CPH-ARN CPH-FBU CPH-LHR CPH-CDG Etc... Until they were disposed of the 762 used to do some of these routes. The 738 was too small, the 763 was too big, and as SAS was ordering the A330 and A340 it made sense to order th...

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RE: What Is Your Favorite Plane To Fly On?

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RE: SIA Lets Passengers Enjoy The World Cup On Board

This isn't exactly ground breaking, I know British Airways announced this a while ago, and they have the matches as soon as possible after they are played, no simply from the last week. You will find *most* airlines will do this.

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RE: Should UA Fill Up Star Alliance's Gap In Australia

A half bankrupt American carrier setting up domestic operations on the other side of the world with 717's???? I suppose next week AA will be setting up a domestic network in Russia...

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RE: Ethnicity Of Pax On BA Flights

It is true to say that a lot of 'foreign looking' people who speak a foreign language travel on BA, however they are more than likely British. Just because people live in Britain it doesnt mean to say they speak english. I know many chinese and indian people who speak they're ethnic languages while ...

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RE: What Longest Flight Have You Been On?

I took a 12 and a half hour LHR-SIN trip on BA last summer and about 2 weeks later took a 14 and a half hour SYD-LAX flight on Qantas...Both in business class hehe

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RE: Qantas Experience.

I flew Perth to Cairns last august and the service was excellent. Although i was in business class the f/a's seemed polite and friendly to economy passengers aswell. However I flew from Hamilton Island to Sydney a week later, and was informed that although my ticket said business class, there was no...

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RE: Aer Lingus Grounds Itself From Friday

Aer Lingus is a highly reputable airline. Its service levels are high and to loose the airline would affect the Irish economy greatly, due to the vast number of transatlantic flights that would be lost. Ryanair is simply not a replacement for Aer Lingus. It will be a sad day if this almost historic ...

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RE: Singapore Airlines Might Order The B 747-400QLR?

The 773ER has been the most expensive Boeing aircraft for over a year now, I remember reading the Prices in airliner world. As demand drops for airliners, manufacturers try to sell them off cheap. This is especially true for Boeing, as the market price of second hand 747's is very cheap right now.

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RE: Singapore Airlines Might Order The B 747-400QLR?

I dont doubt that SIA will eventually order the 744QLR, it will replace some of their older 744. Launch customer of the 744QLR is Qantas r they not? United has quite a few 744 in the desert at the moment so i doubt they will be ordering them...

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RE: Singapore Airlines Might Order The B 747-400QLR?

I dont understand the logic of this board at all!! A few weeks ago sumone was talking about SAA changing their massive airbus order for boeing! Airlines order aircraft for a reason, they dont simply pick the name of aircraft out of a hat and order them. SIA picked the A345 because they dont think th...

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RE: Exotic Routes With 1x Weekly Frequency

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