Subject: Netletter nr 24 - Between Ourselves . Welcome to :- Al Blackwood on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . With the move of all International flights from Mirabel (YMX) to Dorval (YUL) due in April 1997 come an Airport Improvement Tax of C$5.00 for Canadian destinations, C$7.50 for U.S. and $10.00 for trips to other countries. . In case you are wondering where Canady is as mentioned for a cruise in Netletter 23 - we don't know either, should have been CANARY ISLANDS (of course). . Found on the Internet - Lufthansa is offering the world's first fully-integrated ticketless travel system, made possible with a credit card-sized device called the ChipCard. The airline will begin issuing ChipCards to passengers on March 1. Travelers will find that the ChipCard makes flying easier by reducing the time it takes to check-in and board a flight. However, unlike the electronic ticketing services now offered by other carriers, Lufthansa's ChipCard does more than just eliminate the need for an airline ticket and boarding pass. The card also enables passengers to select seating preference, automatically credit frequent flyer accounts and even engage in credit card transactions. ValuJet Airlines will be the first customer for the McDonnell Douglas MD95 passenger jetliner. Guests paying any published Fairmont or Loews Hotel rate with a Visa card will receive a certificate for a first class upgrade on American Airlines. In the Dominican Replublic B757 crash, the flight recorders have been located 12 miles from the crash site. US officials have ruled out aircraft structure or airframe failure in the Cali American Airlines B757 crash. Crew error is still being probed. Sabena trade unions have suspended strike action for 2 weeks in an effort to settle the dispute with management. -=o0o=- . The blackout on Family Affaire travel to Honolulu and Jamaica of Feb 23 thru Mar 23 has been lifted. . Air Canada departure gate at SFO is now 21 Concourse B. . Air Canada will operate 2 daily flights Toronto to Nashville commencing Apr 15/96. This will be the 31st non stop route started since the signing of Open-skies. . Thought for the day contributed by Vesta Stevenson You know you have been flying too long when - ... You start logging the odometer readings in your car! . That's it for this time, please we need your input, comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. <<<>>> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...................................................................... . GREETINGS FROM No . . Vancouver Island Vacancies . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA . ......................................................................
