Arabic-L:GEN:connections to Syria

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Date: 28 Jan 2008
From:"David Wilmsen" <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:connections to Syria

RJ reservations can be made through the Alia office in New York.  The
website is slow and quirky, so it is better to make reservations by
phone.  I expect the same would be true on both counts for Egypt Air.
Alia has more or less normal seating configurations (i.e., somewhat
cramped but not dreadfully awful like US carriers - whose cabins also
harbour unpleasant smells - I used to work servicing US commercial
carriers when in grad school, so I know where those smells come
from!); Alia is famous for the quality of its meals (it wins awards
for it).  Egypt Air reserves its best aircraft for its cross-Atlantic
and European flights; they are newer and more spacious than Alia's.
Meals are ho-hum.

David Wilmsen

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Date: 28 Jan 2008
From:"Alex Magidow" <amagidow at gmail.com>
Subject:mirabile dictu amusing

Having recently travelled to Damascus via Chicago and Amman on the
Royal Jordanian flight, I can say that it was definitely one of the
least expensive tickets I found, but that the flight to Chicago from
Amman was delayed upwards of 12 hours. However, this was during
December, when the weather was particularly bad, so it is
understandable. Also, RJ provided us with transit visas and hotel
rooms in Amman during the delay.

I will note that a plane flight of that length is somewhat unpleasant,
so if price is not an object it might be more comfortable for you to
take a flight which has a closer connection point, i.e. the flights
through Europe.

I purchased my tickets online via Expedia I believe, or some similar
website, so I cannot recommend a particular travel agent. However, I
had no trouble with my electronic tickets, either leaving Syria or
returning from the US. I have heard some reports of problems, however,
obtaining a boarding pass from an electronic ticket at the Damascus
Airport.

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