"The reason we call them test flights or developmental flights is because if you know it is going to work, it's not a test, " he said.
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So that means reducing the number of flights, or delaying flights, with all that means for travelers.
Connecting flights can also take significantly longer than direct or nonstop flights due to long layovers.
When low-price awards were available, they often were for Tuesday or Wednesday flights, when travel is lighter, and often for very early morning departures or trips with inconvenient connections.
As a former member of Congress, I heard complaints all the time from my constituents when their flights were delayed or when their flights were cancelled, and this is going to have an enormous impact.
As Mr. Hartwig suggests, trip-cancellation coverage is best for travelers who are spending a lot of money for a nonrefundable itinerary, such as a cruise or a journey involving multiple flights or modes of transportation.
Right now there are no inbound or outbound flights to speak of.
They predicted that the furloughs would delay or cancel flights for as many as one out of every three airline passengers across the country.
If they have incredible endurance and try to outlast their opponents, set a negotiating time period that is forced to be very short because of external circumstances or plane flights.
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The researchers did note that many of the cases of lightheadedness could be due to the relatively low oxygen content of cabin air-roughly equal to 8, 000 feet above sea level-or to passengers experiencing dehydration during long or multiple flights.
Fortunately, we flew with a Spanish charter airline based in Palma and our flight left for London on time, but hundreds of others were sleeping on the floor in the departure lounge, waiting for cancelled or delayed flights home.
Customers on any cancelled flights will be able to claim a full refund or rebook onto alternative flights.
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The 210- to 290-seat planes are typically used for high-capacity flights, affecting many passengers on cross-country or cross-global flights, some of which were booked months in advance.
Many other passengers were booked onto two or three more flights that in turn were cancelled.
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Planes that have already logged 35, 000 flights or more have to be inspected immediately.
These meetings are the tonic needed after two bumpy flights or two days on a gut wrenching bus from Kathmandu.
In total, Chinese airlines will have added 1, 373 regular or especially chartered flights on its domestic routes alone.
However, infectious patients aren't deported on commercial flights or by any other means that "could be a danger to anyone, " the official said.
No money is lost, the frequent flier miles rack up, and travelers can use them for upgrades or completely free flights whenever they want.
The low cost airline said last year that it was considering buying more aircraft, to replace some of its older planes or to expand flights into new areas.
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He said that, once airborne, pilots would have to leave the restricted zone, which would take about 25 minutes, rendering it pointless for short helicopter flights or one-hour flying lessons.
The DOT also may require airlines to list the total number of animals that were lost, injured or died during flights as well as the number of pets transported each year.
And because they view buying plane tickets as a challenge, this mix of frequent flyers, travel agents and amateurs are often well informed about the ins and outs of booking long-haul flights or complicated itineraries.
Air freight offers speed for the 40% of the world's trade (by value) that travels in cargo flights or in the hold of passenger aircraft, but it costs ten times more than sea transport.
Millions of people are ordering flights or books or other goods on-line, they are talking to their friends on-line, downloading music, all of it when they want to, not when the shop or office is open.
"I don't miss the red-eye flights or putting on pantyhose or the stress of not being within driving distance of my 20-month-old son, "says Ren Shimada Siegel, a former Novell marketing manager who now runs a placement agency from her home.
There are high-rise apartment buildings with sick or elderly residents trapped in their freezing homes without enough food, water or medication who are unable to walk up and down several or dozens of flights of stairs to get what they need.
By 1988, smoking was banned on U.S. flights two hours or less, and 10 years later, all U.S. carrier flights became smoke-free.
The company envisages a future where vast, flying palaces or cruise ships in the skies offer free flights, funded by casinos or restaurant earnings onboard.
More than 30 flights were either cancelled or diverted on Wednesday while the previous day more than 100 flights were affected as visibility fell to near-zero levels, officials said.
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