=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/c/a/2006/05/28/TRGKAIHEQ9= 1.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, May 28, 2006 (SF Chronicle) SFO adding flights to U.S., foreign cities Jeanne Cooper -- Larry Habegger The start of the summer travel season means more flights at San Francisco International Airport, including new and reinstated service to domestic and international destinations. Spirit Airlines debuted its SFO-Detroit flights on Thursday. The daily nonstop service to Metropolitan Wayne County Airport offers connections with the discount carrier's flights to Atlantic City, N.J.; Canc=FAn, Mexico; Fort Myers and Orlando, Fla.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; New York's La Guardia International Airport and Washington Reagan National Airport. Other Midwest cities will also have new, nonstop service to San Francisc= o. Northwest Airlines' flights to Indianapolis and Midwest Airlines' seasonal flights to Milwaukee start next Thursday. Budget airline AirTran Airways launches its service to Indianapolis June 8. On the West Coast, United Airlines restarts its summer daily nonstop service to Anchorage June 8. Qantas Airways, which reinstated nonstop flights to Sydney from San Francisco earlier this year, will offer SFO-Vancouver flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, June 14-Aug. 13. Frontier Airlines will fly to Los Angeles International Airport five times a day beginning June 29. One warning: Airport officials expect domestic flights to be 90 percent full, a 10 percent increase over last year. International service beyond Canada is also on the rise this summer. On June 5, Air New Zealand begins daily, nonstop Auckland-San Francisco flights, up from six times a week. Icelandair started its second season at SFO earlier this month with four nonstop flights a week to Reykjavik; the red-eye service to Iceland's capital connects to flights to 16 European destinations. Beginning June 29, charter carrier Belair resumes its Thursday-only nonstop Zurich flights. The service, which runs through Sept. 7, has return flights via Las Vegas. World Travel Watch Naples watches out for Rolex owners Last year, authorities in Naples banned Vespas from the Italian city's center in an effort to stop ride-by snatch attacks, and this year they are targeting wristwatch thieves. Hotels plan to place cheap plastic watches on nightstands with a note urging visitors to leave their expensive watches in the hotel safe and keep track of the time with these free replacements. Whether the campaign slows down the gangs of "Rolex-snatchers" remains to be seen. Guatemala: Rumors that Americans are involved in kidnapping children have stirred passions in the highlands and made travel in some areas potentially risky. The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City advises against unnecessary travel to Santo Domingo Xenacoj, Sacatep=E9quez Department and nearby areas. A large crowd surrounded the police station in Santo Domingo Xenacoj on May 14 when three boys, ages 12 to 14, disappeared. The boys returned the following morning, explaining that a person they thought was an American had offered to take them to the United States, but tensions remain high. Incidents of mob violence have occurred in the highlands, most recently in April when a mob killed a couple accused of child-stealing in Sumpango, Sacatep=E9quez. Americans should be very careful photographing or interacting with children. Morocco: Citing "well-informed sources," European intelligence services have warned Morocco that terrorists are planning bomb attacks on business, political and tourist targets. A Moroccan extremist group is suspected in the bombings in Casablanca in 2003 and the Madrid railway bombings of 2004. Authorities have arrested more than 3,000 suspected extremists since the 2003 bombings. For U.S. State Department advisories, call (888) 407-4747, or visit travel.state.gov. ---------------------------------------------------------= ------------- Copyright 2006 SF Chronicle