There is a story in the newspapers which epitomizes just what a shitty society Britain has become; and how laws brought in to deal with yobbish behavior are being used to the advantage of big business and are being targeted at some of the most vulnerable people.Anthony Delaney, an unemployed chef who has fallen on hard times after loosing his job and home, found himself on the street and started using the facilities at Gatwick airport to wash himself and keep tidy. Out of sheer desperation he eventually ended up living under its roof, rather than face the fear and desolation of sleeping rough on the streets. The Airports owners encouraged the police to take him to court and eventually a court issued an ASBO against him in 2006 which banned Delaney from Gatwick airport and its train station until 2011. Mr Delaney understandably ignored the ASBO, as he was caught between a rock and a hard place, he could go back to living on the streets or ‘illegally’ stay at the airport where at lea
Coming in to land for the first time at Hyderabad’s new Rajiv Gandhi airport at Shamsabad, Captain Gandhi, commander of Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 9009, says it is ‘a pilot’s dream’. The airport, located 30 km away from the city centre, has none of the typical obstructions that pilots have to face at other large cities. It is also a contrast to the current airport at Begumpet, which has gained notoriety in the aviation industry for a huge number of bird-hits. Mr Gandhi was conducting the first test flight to the airport to try out the navigation aids, ahead of its inauguration next month. An hour later, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Reddy added more gloss to the airport by announcing that he would cut sales tax on aviation fuel from 33% to 4%. The cut in sales tax would make for a substantial saving (Rs 10,000 per kg) for airlines uplifting fuel from the state. Both airlines and aviation minister Praful Patel have been asking states to cut tax rates to help airlines i
February 03, 2008 (7 posts)First post of this forum :"Hi all,I was wondering if you could help me out. I have been to Malaga airport many times as we own an apartment down near Marbella, but I cant for the life of me work out the answer to my question!!Bascially its about car hire. I want to hire a car for me and my g/f for our stay. I will do this the usual way of collecting from downstairs at the airport, and we will get a small car. However, she will then return to the UK after about 2.5 weeks, and then some friends will be joining me. Unfortunately, my friends are rather big chaps, so I will need a bigger car. My question is, if I was to return my first hire car the usual way and then say good bye to my girlfriend, how will I get to the car hire bit downstairs again to get my new car, as I wont have come through the arrivals lounge. I dont fancy the idea of sneaking past the sliding doors where the taxi people wait incase I look a little dodgy! Is there another way of getting there
Dec 30th 2007 (6 posts)First post of this forum :"Up to now we've been travelling to Granada airport with Monarch..... wonderful, no car hire queues, everything nice and easy, but now Monarch have cancelled the LGW/GRX route, we're having to fly to Malaga from Gatwick. We've also been using CarJet but now they've started charging for a full tank of fuel, and the queues for AurigaCrown and EuropaGoldCar are horrendous, we're looking for alternatives.Apart from CarJet, what are the options for:a no-excess insurance,pay for what you use fuel policy,and little or no queuing.I suspect, by definition, there isn't one that fits all, but what are the best options?"see this forum at : http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502375
February 09, 2008 (>2 posts)First comment from this forum :"We are flying into Gibraltar and staying at Mijas in early April, as we found relatively good rates on Easyjet. But in trying to book a car with Europcar via the Easyjet website, it seems to say that pickup and dropoffs are in Algeciras? Am I reading this wrong? In reading the posts in the forums, it seems everyone recommends picking up the car off airport, but I will have my young daughter and mother in law with us, so I don't know how far we'll want to walk. Europcar seems to be the easiest and cheapest, but only if there's transportation to the airport and back. Does anyone know what the best (and least expensive) option is? Thanks!"see this forum at : http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g580271-i10015-k1727225-Car_rental_at_Gibraltar_airport_confused-Mijas_Costa_del_Sol_Andalusia.html
There are several hotels at airport side or in the neighbourhood of the Airport that one may want to make use of.Cheaperthan hotels in the UK near the airport provides excellent facilities that one can expect from a hotel near an airport.The stay is very comfortable and their hotel rooms are available at discounted prices.There are various rates for the airport hotels but it is convenient with cheaper than hotels to book either before hand or even last minute booking can yield discounted prices.The four airports here listed are the London heathrow,London Gatwick,Stansted Airport and Manchester airport.The heathrow airport is the largest aitrport and the busiest one in the UK.The London Gatwick is the second largest airport in the UK.The Stansted airport has a large number of passengers coming there and the Manchester airport is the fourth busiest airport in the UK.If you get jammed near this airports then stay or book with cheaperthan hotels.
One of the problems that you have when travelling these days is that every time you go, the airport security seems tighter than it was the time before.
Twice recently I’ve ended up spending almost 30 minutes in security. That’s not 30 minutes queuing to go through mind you, that’s 30 minutes whilst they go through [...]
It’s currently 11:05am as I’m composing this, waiting for our flights boarding. I’m right here inside a coffee shop, thinking that there might be WiFi, but the heck, there isn’t. Not even the weakest signal. And I realized, my laptop requires an adapter. Wehehe.
Anyway, being my usual self, I spend my waiting time watching other people, and even when I’m not auditing, some things just sometimes
KOCHI: The plans of Cochin International Airport (CIAL) to become an international consultant for cost-effective airports have moved a step further. A high-level delegation from CIAL is visiting Sri Lanka on the invitation of its president, Mahindra Rajapakse, to discuss the possibility of setting up a new airport in southern part of the island nation. The delegation, headed by its managing director S Bharath, will hold discussions with the Sri Lankan president, the minister for ports and aviation, and other senior officials of the nation’s government in this regard. Rajapakse had visited Kerala in December 2005 and saw the facilities at Cochin international airport. He had also invited a delegation from CIAL to discuss the possibility of setting up a new airport in Sri Lanka on the lines of the Indian entity. Later, the matter was routed through the prime minister’s office. In September 2007, Lalith Weeratunga, secretary to the president of Sri Lanka, held discussions on the pro
KOCHI: A team of Cochin International Airport Limited will hold preliminary discussions with Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa on the possibility of setting up a new greenfield airport in Southern part of the island nation on the model of Nedumbassery airport near here. The delegation, headed by CIAL Managing Director S Bharath, will hold talks with Mahindra Rajapaksa, Lankan Minister for Ports and Aviation and other senior government officials, a press release from CIAL said. The team, which will leave for Lanka today, would also visit the proposed airport site at Southern Srilanka and hold further talks with the authorities concerned, ministers and senior Sri lankan government officials on the steps required to undertake the project. The release said Rajapaksa was impressed with the facilities he saw at the Nedumbassery Airport, owned by CIAL, during his visit to Kerala in December 2005. On his return, he was keen to receive a delegation from CIAL to have detailed talks on the
Singapore: Travellers from India and China boosted passenger traffic at Singapore's Changi Airport to an all-time high of 36.7 million last year, 4.8 percent higher than 2006, the state's civil aviation authority said Monday.Visits by Indians and Chinese increased by 15.6 percent and 12.6 percent from the previous year. "Emerging markets such as Vietnam, Russia and South Africa also saw double-digit growth in traffic at 24.4 percent, 27.7 percent and 15.1 percent respectively," the authority said."We got off to a good start in 2008," said Chief Executive Officer Lim Kim Choon, citing the opening of a third terminal. The airport "is in good stead to tap on the strong demand for air travel," he noted.The traditional peak travel month of December also set a record for highest monthly traffic. More than 3.5 million passengers went through the airport, a 3 percent increased over the corresponding month in 2006.On the cargo front, 1.89 million tonnes of air freight was handled in 2007, a mar
The much-discussed Riviera Maya airport will be in the Tulúm areaThose of you who have bought property in the Riviera Maya, take heart—the wait for a new airport may soon be over. Bidding for the new Riviera Maya Airport has not yet been announced, but the project is now considered so certain that it’s regularly listed as one of Mexico’s top infrastructure projects for 2008.Having a shorter commute to your property is hardly the only benefit a new airport may bring. As we've seen in other areas in Mexico, a new airport can drive up real estate values, attract foreign investment, and lead to public and private infrastructure projects. (And, in fact, highway expansion and improvement in the state of Quintana Roo, where the airport will be located, are also high on the list of infrastructure projects for this year.)Newspapers here in the Yucatán say that the preliminary studies for the airport, including market and technical studies, have been submitted
A passenger who went through an airport security checkpoint -- before remembering that he had a loaded gun -- is facing charges after going back to report his error, authorities said.
If you are planning a vacation or business trip that requires you to park your car and leave it at the airport you need to know the ins and outs of what to expect. As for example, UK airport parking can be expensive if you just turn up at the car park without having made a reservation. Cost savings of up to 50% are not unusual when you are able to pre-book your airport parking space.
Many
Apparently airport security personnel are assholes all over the world not just here in the U.S.A.
Neil Grant a brewery executive flying from Australia to the U.K. was forced to smash two bottles of wine valued at $3000 by airport security at Melbourne’s Tullmarine airport. The bottles were an 1980 and ‘82 Grange from Mr. Grant’s [...]
First comment from this forum :21/12/2007"Over the past year I have been a regular user of the CarJet website when booking car rental for Malaga Airport. Every time I have been given a car from Auriga Crown. The cars are always good and the service is quick when dropping back off. It appears that this christmas Auriga Crown are out of cars at Malaga so I can't collect there so I have to make my way to their office in Marbella. For future reference, does anyone use any of the other rental desks at Malaga and if so, which can you recommend? Christian "see this forum at : http://www.yourmarbella.com/forums/thread/24302.aspx
The new international airport terminal at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City officially opened Tuesday after three years of construction.The grand opening ceremony was held at the new US$219 million terminal, which was built with aid from Japan’s Special Yen Credit Loan by KTOM joint venture (Kajima-Taisei-Obayashi-Madea) and Japan Airport Consultants.With a capacity of 10 million passengers per annum it covers an area of 92,920 square meters with three floors and one mezzanine.In his address to the ceremony, Southern Airports Authority director general Nguyen Nguyen Hung said the airport authority was aware of the importance and difficulties of running the terminal as it had been trialing since August, and handled more than 27,000 flights with two million passengers.He said the authority was installed with specialized systems like access control, information and building management, baggage X-ray machines, escalators and moving sidewalks.The Japan Bank for Intern
The new international airport terminal at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City officially opened Tuesday after three years of construction.The grand opening ceremony was held at the new US$219 million terminal, which was built with aid from Japan’s Special Yen Credit Loan by KTOM joint venture (Kajima-Taisei-Obayashi-Madea) and Japan Airport Consultants.With a capacity of 10 million passengers per annum it covers an area of 92,920 square meters with three floors and one mezzanine.In his address to the ceremony, Southern Airports Authority director general Nguyen Nguyen Hung said the airport authority was aware of the importance and difficulties of running the terminal as it had been trialing since August, and handled more than 27,000 flights with two million passengers.He said the authority was installed with specialized systems like access control, information and building management, baggage X-ray machines, escalators and moving sidewalks.The Japan Bank for Intern
Only Russians can manage such things without consequences...He should have down some beer instead :)Man nearly dies downing vodka at airport4:38 p.m. PT Dec 12, 2007BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation in Egypt.New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked.Instead, he chugged the vodka — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg c
Lot of booze hound stories lately. I like it.
A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man [...]
First comment from this forum :Mar 5th 2006 (18 posts)"HiCan anyone give any recommendations for car hire companies operating atMalaga airport."see this forum at : http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=359369
Today our guest blogger and friend, “Megeve Mike” Beaudet gives you the best tips in getting to Megeve skiing area from Geneva International Airport. Megeve is located in France, just like Serre Chevalier that was discussed in our previous resort review. Mike is an experienced skier and private instructor who holds Full Certification in Professional [...]
In my own opinion, Russians take their airport security much more serious than they do here in the United States. The trip from the USA to Moscow was long, but smooth. What I thought was good airport security seems a little lacking compared to the Russians though. The return trip home was not as smooth, but nothing too surprising. At the Moscow International airport ? Sheremetyevo ? they have 5 different layers of security we had to go through before getting onto the plane to leave Russia:
- Metal detectors/x-ray machines coming into the airport.
- Another metal detector/x-ray machine going to the Delta counter to check-in.
- Questioning by a Delta representative, then our bags searched. This was done to everyone.
- Passport control.
- And yet another metal detector/x-ray machine to get into our gate. As well, they searched our carry-on bags here also.
The plane left the terminal about 15 minutes late and sat on the runway waiting to take off for another 30 minutes. So we were
First comment from this forum :Posted on: 10:31 am, November 14, 2007"Could anyone tell me,if thre is a car hire company at malaga airport that accepts Visa debit cards.We don't use credit cards as we do not believe in getting into debt.Cheers."see this forum at : http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187438-i333-k1563845-Car_hire_malaga_airport-Malaga_Costa_del_Sol_Andalusia.html
This can be filed under "NOT doing the job you're supposed to do" The report, obtained exclusively by CBS News, details how GAO investigators conducted covert tests at 19 airports earlier this year to test the vulnerabilities of the passenger screening process. The investigators succeeded in passing through TSA checkpoints undetected with components for making improvised explosive devices (IED) and improvised incendiary devices (IID). [...] Investigators identified two devices a terrorist could use to cause such "severe damage." The first was an IED made up of a "liquid explosive and a low yield detonator." The second was an IID "created by combining commonly available products (one of which is a liquid) that TSA prohibits in carry-on luggage." The bomb parts were purchased over the Internet and from a local store for approximately $150, according to the report.
This is friggin' ridiculous. Federal immigration officials announced Thursday they have arrested 10 more workers in an alleged fake ID scam at O'Hare International Airport, raising the total number of defendants to 36. The operation was revealed Wednesday after a team of federal and local law enforcement agents raided several airport warehouses and residences of employees at Ideal Staffing Solutions, a temporary employment agency in Bensenville. Two of those previously arrested were company managers who now face up to 10 years in prison for federal felony charges of harboring illegal immigrants and using phony Social Security numbers. All of the 34 other workers arrested are in the country illegally, officials said. Still unanswered is how the company got access to expired city Aviation Department badges that officials charged were fraudulently used by the workers. Officials said they're also unsure why the deactivated badges allowed the workers to pass through security checkpoint
First comment from this forum :Posted: Thu July 26, 2007"Having experienced the hell that is the car rental hall at Malaga, are there car hire companies that operate away from arrivals, ones that will pick you up at arrivals and take you to their offices?"see this forum at : http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-365003-1-1-Travel-0-0-Malaga-discussion.html
Stop Press. It is reported that Sai Baba’s airport, which has long had capacity for international flights, is up for sale.
Especially when devotees see scenes such as a jumbo jet landing at the Sathya Sai Baba airport from Hong Kong, heavily laden with a panoply of sets and costumes to celebrate the Chinese New Year at [...]
First comment from this forum :"I have wanted to write this for such a long time and iam that pissed off with the whole industry that i felt compelled to offer my advice to people looking to book car hire from malaga airport, firstly iam no beginner i have rented cars from various companies at malaga airport for the last 12 years , so iam a little bit experienced in the subject of car hire from malaga airport. so here goes when you get a quote from them forget it, add at least 50 euros to your stated price,because all the car hire quotes you get you get from companies at malaga do not include damage to tyres , windscreens, underbody, clutch and engine, so basically when you get there you are obliged to take out this extra cover as you know that the state of spanish roads that there is a high percentage that you will damage your car due to one of these factors, the normal added charge for this is called super cover insurance by these companies at the airport and usally charge 3 euros
First comment from this forum :"Does anyone know of a decent car hire Company at Malaga Airport where you don't have to queue up for 2 hours just after you land to get your car even if it's pre-booked?I have heard there are companies who will deliver your car personally on arrival to avoid queueing, but don't know who offers this service. Can anybody help? "see this forum at : http://www.expatfocus.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9358&view=previous
with fifteen minutes to spare. I love the DFW airport. I think it is one of the easiest and most convenient to navigate and has very few extremely annoying long walks.I'm at the gate waiting to board. Right now I have an aisle seet with no middle person next to me. If it stays that way, it will be a very comfortable flight in comparison to the trip down where I had a middle seat.I'll be back to Minneapolis by 10 a.m. if all goes well, but I'll probably miss the first shuttle and end up in the airport until 1:15.
For years Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, has disliked the three-letter airport code they were given, so much so that they twice petitioned the FAA to change it. They were offered GWU, GYO, GYT, SGV, and yes, GAY, but they decided in the end to stick with and embrace the one they've had for years — SUX. No word on whether they've embraced it enough that they'll have a French Connection fcuk store in the terminal.
I know there are a lot of people here who like Adriana Lima (myself included), so here are some recent candid pictures of her going through a security check at the LA International Airport on October 17.I can't really tell if she has gained any more weight (I don't think she has), but she looks really cute, even without any makeup on!More photos of Adriana Lima at the airport...Photo sourceMore Adriana Lima photos & news:Adriana Lima at rehearsal of the Timbalanda music band in Bahia, Brazil
This was my first airshow and I was impressed. I took 129 pics of the event. I'm not a photographer, nor do I have a great camera. The zoom doesn't work well and I had to clean up the pictures with PaintShopPro to remove most of the "noise". I've never taken a picture where I had to follow something going nearly the speed of sound. Airshow Just click the above pic and it will take you to the picassa web album where you can see all the pics. Highlights of the day: To open the show, the Coast Guard did a mock rescue. They are incredibly fast. I think it took all of a minute to rescue the "stranded boater". The Oracle father-son stunt team had a really close encounter. Everyone gasped at how close they were. One of the Army Golden Knights parachute team nearly flipped over. His parachute nearly collapsed and you could see him trying to make an adjustment by pulling HARD on the other side to flip him back. The C-17 cargo plane was pretty cool. You wouldn't think so, but it
The new Airbus aircraft 380, while preparing for a test flight, collided with a building and a coach parked at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Saturday morning. However, no casualties were reported.
The aircraft, which was scheduled to fly to the Thai northern city of Chiang Mai for a show, was moving backwards when it collided with the building and coach.
One wing of the plan...
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Kafeel Ahmed was the guy who caught himself on fire during the airport "attack". I'm glad he had to suffer everyday. Kafeel Ahmed, the man who set himself on fire after crashing a jeep into Glasgow airport, has died in hospital. The 27-year-old Indian national was one of two men held at the airport after the attack on June 30. Television footage had shown the badly burned Ahmed being detained by police at Glasgow airport. He sustained 90% burns and had not been expected to survive. He died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, police said last night. He had been in hospital since the incident. Technorati tags: Glasgow, Airport, Terrorist, Ahmed, United Kingdom, U.K.
We've had brunch out this morning and are now at the airport a little over 90 minutes before boarding. Again we've found a nice spot and are thrilled to see that the airport has free wireless internet. My battery has plenty of life. It doesn't get a lot better.In fact, it wouldn't be better UNLESS we were headed away from home instead of towards home. We miss the kids and will be happy to see them, but we return to a world of teens and preteens where there is always stress, always testing, always arguing, always upsetting events. This would be true even if none of them had special needs, but when you add that to it all, it seems that it pushes it to a whole new level.It's interesting though. This morning, post convention, when most people have left and I remain observing others, I have one main theme in my thoughts. Last night, Bart blogged his thoughts about seeing the people around him and I have been since watching the people around me. And I've come to a conclusion.I
One of the stranger aspects of us living here is the different way that James & John refer to things.
As we’re in France, they aren’t picking up english from kids at school as they’d normally do but rather picking it up from home and the TV. This means that it’s possible for us to pick out where they’ve learnt a word. So, by and large, they “speak cooking” with an Australian accent and they “speak computer” with a Belfast accent.
It’s also interesting that whilst both James & John refer to “Granda” and “Nanny here”, James who used to be looked after by my parents has “Granda’s Nanny”, John who was born here has “Nanny at the airport” as that’s usually the last place that he sees her.
We think that it was because Wendy was looking after James a lot more when he was younger than I was that he has developed a largely Australian accent but with us both being aroun
Gatwick airport used to be one of our most used airports with the vast range of fairly cheap flights all over the world vs the more expensive ones departing from Heathrow.
That’s changed with the short-haul cheapies being taken up by the likes of Ryanair but, of course, you still get loads of choice from Gatwick and, more to the point, arrive in sensible airports. Anyway, that means that there is still considerable interest in the airport and if you’re leaving there chances are you’ll be looking for somewhere to stay as, of course, flight arrival and departure times are rarely great.
If you’re driving there, Gatwick parking is best arranged in advance as the range of options is quite bewildering. The best bet is usually to book a package of hotel plus parking which is often considerably cheaper than booking both separately.
Anyway, Cheap Parking has gathered together a fairly comprehensive set of information about the airport containing everything from driving d
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