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London's
'seamless' air - rail connections
by
Jerry W. Bird
 Oh,
how I wish we had this type of seamless air rail
connection in Canada!. Last spring's rail trip to
Paris began shortly after we landed at London's
Heathrow Airport. One of the conveniences of
traveling in Europe is how major airports like
Heathrow are so well integrated with rail
transportation in one "seamless, " user friendly
operation. Next time I go there by train, however,
I vow to take a lot less luggage (we had seven
pieces left over from our Africa trip) which made
it a struggle whenever we changed from one method
of conveyance to another. It was like being back in
the CNR freight sheds in Edmonton lugging heavy
cargo, but at that time I was getting paid for the
job. Nevertheless the staff in each case was
helpful in helping us locate carts and
dollies.
Connections were a
snap!  In
what seemed like no time at all, after rumbling
through London's suburbs and the lush, green
English countryside, we were staring at the famous
White Cliffs of Dover. Here at the clean, bright
and spacious train station cafeteria I enjoyed
perhaps the best fish and chips in my entire life.
Fortunately it was an half hour before we began our
"rock and roll" sea voyage, sitting shoulder to
shoulder in the cramped, overcrowded quarters of a
Channel Hovercraft. (Click
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map)
The weather was
stormy, and the English Channel so choppy that,
from inside our crowded Hovercraft looking out, it
reminded me of an old Bugs bunny cartoon. You may
remember the one where Sylvester the cat is viewing
life from the inside of a clothes dryer, before he
emerges looking like a puff ball. In retrospect, it
was all part of the day's adventure. After all, we
were lucky to be aboard, because due to labor
trouble in France, the whole transportation
situation was unclear. We were on pins and needles
for a while, thinking that we might have to change
plans. However common sense and good fortune
prevailed, and we were soon heading into the
terminal at the French port city of
Calais.
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"Aerial
Highway" Critical for poor countries:
From
Airline Industry. Without a rational "Aerial
Highways" system lifting tourists in and flying
goods and services out to global markets, the
world's poorer countries will be "sentenced to
abject poverty," said the head of a development
agency. Speaking this week to European aviation
chiefs assembled in Oslo, Lelei LeLaulu, president
of Counterpart International, observed terrestrial
highways, roads and bridges are recognised as
essential components of infrastructure responsible
for turning new frontiers into thriving communities
as goods and commodities were transported to
markets. More->
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details:
 World's
Major Airlines. Who flies where and
when?
With
our biggest aviation edition in ten years well
underway, serendipity played its familiar role in
my life when I received THE WORLD'S MAJOR AIRLINES
by David Wragg. It arrived by mail last week
courtesy of the MBI Publishing, St. Paul, MN and
was presented by John Wurm, Publicist for Military
and Aviation. I plan to write this book review in
installments, since my first reading was to get an
overall position on how valuable this timely and
well researched book will be in my evaluation of
Africa's airlines and others serving the continent.
Here are some comments from MBI that help set the
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throughout the world that even the most
knowledgeable enthusiast can soon become confused
about which airline flies from where to where.
This
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entries. Listed in alphabetical order by country is
every airline in the world which has more than five
aircraft with more than 19 seats,or equivalent
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routes flown, number of passengers and tonnage of
cargo flown annually, and much other useful and
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