According to the Houston Business Journal, Virgin is one of the airlines trying to get in with the recent boom at IAH. Next year is going to be pretty good for Houston travel, when CO gets their fleet of 787s. Madrid, Milan and Rome are the rumored non-stop destinations
If Virgin can get a non-stop from IAH to England (I'd prefer Birmingham, but I'd gladly settle for either airport in London), I'd SO save up enough money to check it out.
Sorry, R0ckets03, but things just got a little suckier... American Airlines today announced revisions to its baggage policy to account for the rising costs associated with the transportation of checked baggage, including the price of fuel. The policy changes also apply to travelers on American Eagle. Travelers who purchase domestic economy class tickets on or after Monday, May 12, will be able to check one bag for free and pay $25 for a second checked bag. The exceptions are: Those in American’s AAdvantage program who have achieved AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Executive Platinum levels; Those who have purchased full-fare tickets in the Economy, Business and First Class cabins; and Those with international itineraries (except to and from Canada and U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Based on the exceptions listed above, American estimates that approximately 4 percent of its domestic customers who check more than one bag will be charged the $25 second bag fee. Customers may pay the fees at an airport Self-Service Machine or at the curb-side check-in area with a credit card. They can also pay the fee at the check-in counter with a credit card, check or cash. More information about American’s revised checked baggage policies for domestic and international itineraries is available at http://www.aa.com.
I doubt that will happen. They'd probably do O'hare and DFW before IAH in my opinion. What in the good Lords name could you be doing in Birmingham? Terrible city. (My best mate is from there and one of my aunts live there, so i jest.)
That is the boeing blended wing/body scale test model. It is decades away from being an airliner, if ever. It is most likely ground work of the next USAF bomber or maybe a civilian cargo truck. The problem with it being an airliner is that people will be far from the center of roll so when the plane banks into a turn, people in the seats closest to the wingtip aren't slightly tilted... but on their sides hanging from their seat belt or plunging to their death on the other side of the plane. It's possible that thrust vectoring/rudder control will minimize this enough to make it a troop transport, but might not ever make it as an airliner.
My best mate is currently going to uni there. Granted, it's not the tourist smörgåsbord London is... But I get free housing there. Though we usually train into London anyway for a few days. So, like I said, either city would do me just fine.
I'm Gold Elite on Continental. They take good care of their passengers. You don't always have a TV. You mainly get TV's on flights over 3 hours.
