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Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada advises against all travel to the following areas: republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan; republics of Karachai-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria (including the Mount Elbrus region) and North Ossetia Budyonnosky, Levokumsky, Neftekumsky, Stepnovsky and Kurski districts, in the region of Stavropol Krai. If you are currently in one of these areas, you […]

The eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily has forced the closure of nearby Catania airport because of the plumes of ash billowing into the sky, airport officials said. Twenty-one scheduled departures from the airport had to be scrapped and 26 arrivals re-routed to alternative destinations. The smaller airport of Comiso in the area […]

Molokai Island – on Dec 12 a Cessna Grand Caravan operated by Makani Kai Air crashed in the waters off Kalaupapa, while on-route to Honolulu. Makani Kai Air is a private company that provides passenger transit between Honolulu and nearby islands as well as chartered tour flights. 1 person dead, 8 people survived the crash […]