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10
Dec

Aer Lingus: strike threat (after Christmas holidays)

Aer Lingus Faces New Strike Action Threat Over Pensions Talks Aer Lingus Group PLC is facing the threat of strikes by airline and airport staff after it said that the SIPTU union had threatened to ballot for industrial action in coming weeks unless its pension demands were met. SIPTU, the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical […]

10
Dec

Philadelphia airport: flight delays

FAA Status – PHL Airport FAA Status Legend Philadelphia International Airport, FAA Status: Advisory Due to WEATHER / SNOW-ICE, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA (PHL). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 4 hours and 27 minutes. General Departure […]

9
Dec

USA: Northeast–mid-Atlantic to New England: another round of snow Dec 9-10

The Northeast will have another round of accumulating snowfall early this week, right on the heels of the weekend winter storm. For a heavily-populated area, this will be primarily a snowstorm and a disruptive one at that. Snow is expected to start on Monday night in the mountains of Tennessee, then quickly spread across the […]

9
Dec

UK: ATC Software Glitch Causes Flight Misery Across UK

Thousands of air passengers suffered travel disruption over the weekend after a software failure at an air traffic control centre in Swanwick on Saturday morning caused flight delays and cancellations across the UK. The National Air Traffic Service (NATS) says normal service has resumed at all affected airports following the glitch, which was fixed by […]

9
Dec

Bad weather, power outages in DC area

From accuweather.com: 7:50 a.m. EST Monday: More than 58,000 Dominion Electric customers are now without power in Virginia, with more than 40,000 in the Washington, D.C., area. Nearly 11,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers are without power in Maryland, with 6,592 out in Baltimore County and 2,652 out in Harford County. 7:20 a.m. EST Monday: […]