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Pakistan International Air Lines

Getting to Pakistan. Airfare

Most of the airlines fly to Karachi Islamabad & Lahore. There are many options to chose from Dubai to Pakistan. Please type the city from where you want to travel to Pakistan, select the city where you want to come to, dates and we will display the most discounted airfares for you. All our tickets are book able online. The rates for airfares ex Pakistan are available by contacting us. We are licensed Travel Agents in Pakistan offering tickets to around the world from Pakistan.

EgyptAir

EgyptAir Flight 990 Accident Information

An EgyptAir 767-300ER crashed in the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (96 km) south of Nantucket Is. The aircraft, with 203 passengers and 14 crew members, crashed shortly after taking off from JFK airport early in the morning of 31 October 1999. All aboard the aircraft were killed. The accident was investigated by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and the final report submitted in March 2002.

Air Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Over the mid-term vacation I went to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe with three friends (and a few more came through at various points during our stay) for 8 days. Zimbabwe is not exactly on the US State Department's Favorite Vacation Spots list at the moment, but Vic Falls was a safe destination within the country. If anyone is interested, the State Department's report on Zimbabwe can be found here. Despite the potential dangers faced by those who express views in any way opposing the government, people were engaged and excited to talk about their country, both its downfalls and positive aspects. Lots of interesting conversations occurred over the week and even though I've been studying Zimbabwe all semester, I learned so much in just that one week from people I met. Overall, Vic Falls was an incredible experience -- one that I will never forget.

The trip began by travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then to Vic Falls, via Air Zimbabwe (or Air Zim), an airline affectionately called by many "Scare Zim". The plane was unexpectedly small, but the flight was fine and the food was the best I've ever had on any airline.

Mexicana Air Lines

MEXICANA AIRLINES BUSINESS CLASS SEAT REVIEW

It was far from being an improved seat. Business Class consisted of 42 seats in a 2x2x2 configuration that proved to be a very cramped seat width. Seats were old style manual operation. Seat pitch around 64inches which was ample, however the foot rest only came up 6inches which made for an impossible sleeping position. Drinks were not offered after takeoff for the over 9hour flight to Buenos Aires. Meal served on a tray with salad, roll, and dessert all at once. Entree was served cold. Breakfast was a cold sandwich with no choice of a hot entree choice. Truly a terrible business class product that I would not recommend

United Air Lines

Causes

Investigation attributed the cause of the fracture of the fan disk to a failure of United Airlines maintenance processes to detect an existing fatigue crack.^[3] Post-crash analysis of the crack surfaces showed the presence of the penetrating fluorescent dye used to detect cracks during maintenance, indicating that the crack was present and should have been detected at a prior inspection. The detection failure arose from poor attention to human factors in United Airlines' specification of maintenance processes.

The crack in the fan disk was traced back to the Alcoa foundry from which the engine part was sourced. It turned out that there was a defect in elimination of gaseous anomalies during the purifying of the titanium disk ingot. An excess amount of nitrogen was in the material, causing a 'hard alpha inclusion' which cracked during forging and then fell out during final machining, forming a cavity with microscopic cracks at the edges. During the engine's normal running cycle, one of these cracks grew slowly each time the engine was powered up and brought to operating temperature, until it grew large enough for the disk to fail structurally. ^[3] Newer batches used much higher melting temperatures and a 'triple vacuum' process to eliminate these impurities.

The subsequent investigation and Airworthiness Directive also revealed several other fan disks already in service from the same batch of ingots which had started to exhibit the initial cracking symptoms of part failure.

Air Canada

Air Canada

My most recent transatlantic flights were on Air Canada (Paris to Toronto) and United Airlines (Chicago to Paris).

You may not believe this, but Air Canada’s tourist class actually had several rows of empty seats on this November 28th flight (the Friday after Thanksgiving) – which meant having an opportunity to stretch out and sleep for several hours – plus – yes, FREE WINE in tourist class.

With a connection to LAX, I was actually able to go through Canadian AND US customs AT THE TORONTO airport. The customs people were polite, professional, and extremely efficient. No lines, no hassles.

I haven’t taken a Lufthansa flight for ages, and I’ve never taken a British Air flight to Paris, so I can’t comment on the pros and cons of these to carriers.

As you can see, choosing an air carrier doesn’t depend solely on price. You’ll want to choose a low traffic hub for easy connections – whenever possible. You may be forced to use one airlines over another because of air mileage programs or alliances for RTW travel, but if your decision boils down to looking for the best quality service and product – Parisgirl would recommend either Air Canada or Air France. (Any readers who’ve flown on Lufthansa, Air India, or British Air from the US and Canada to Paris are encouraged to share their opinions about service and food quality!

American Air Lines

Overview

In May 2008, American served 260 cities (excluding codeshares with partner airlines) with 655 aircraft.^[3] American carries more passengers between the US and Latin America (12.1 million in 2004) than any other airline, and is also strong in the trans/inter/intracontinental market. American Airlines' total revenue for the year was 23.8 Billion, of which $18.2 Billion came from Mainline divison, $2.49B from Regional, and $874 Million from Cargo.

American has five hubs: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA), Lambert St Louis International Airport (STL), and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, PR (SJU)^[1]. Dallas/Fort Worth is the airline's largest hub, with AA operating 85 percent of flights at the airport and traveling to more destinations than from its other hubs. Los Angeles (LAX), New York-Kennedy (JFK), and Boston (BOS) serve as focus cities and international gateways. American operates maintenance bases at Tulsa (TUL), Kansas City (MCI), and Fort Worth Alliance (AFW).

American Airlines has one regional affiliate:

• American Eagle Airlines, with hubs in Chicago O'Hare, Dallas Ft Worth, New York Kennedy, Los Angeles, Miami, Raleigh and San Juan.

American Eagle Airlines provides regional feed to American throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, and Mexico.

American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.

Northwest Air Lines

NWA Cargo

As of 2006, Northwest Airlines Cargo is the largest cargo carrier among U.S. combination passenger and cargo airlines. NWA Cargo’s fleet of dedicated Boeing 747 freighter aircraft fly from some key cities the United States and East Asia as well as Amsterdam connecting with the carrier’s cargo hub in Anchorage, Alaska (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), facilitating the quick transfer of cargo between large cities on both sides of the Pacific. NWA Cargo also transports freight aboard the passenger fleet of Northwest Airlines to more than 250 cities worldwide. Delta announced that the NWA Cargo hub will be shut down by the end of 2009.

As of early 2008, NWA's largest cargo client is DHL International. In December 2007, NWA announced that DHL International would terminate its cargo agreement with the airline effective late 2008. According to NWA Chief Financial Officer Dave Davis, the loss of its largest cargo client will bring significant changes to the division.

Further changes to the NWA Cargo division will continue into 2009 as it is merged into the Delta Cargo service.