· With great expectations, three years ago this New Year's Eve, my daughter and I flew club class, from Vancouver to Heathrow with Air Canada. We were extremely disappointed to find that the few passengers were expected to sleep as normal. Midnight was announced but nothing special happened. Sorry to disappoint you, but perhaps a different airline will have more of a sense of occasion.
Sandra West

· On January 1 1992 we took the evening flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Honolulu and Los Angeles. Flying eastbound from New Zealand you cross the International Date Line; the captain of the Continental Airlines DC10 announced that it was New Year's Eve 1991 again, and said he was sending a bottle of champagne back to the passengers. By the time it reached us in the rear part of the economy cabin not much was left!
Robert Goundry, Leamington Spa