PORTUGAL – UK FCO TRAVEL ADVICE: Countrywide – UK citizens advised that the Post Office and transport workers have threatened to stage a series of strikes from Oct. 25 to Nov. 9. Unions representing civil servants have called for strike action on 8 November. It is not clear how or to what extent these strikes […]
ARGENTINA – Countrywide – 72-hour work stoppage by air traffic controllers from October 25-28, to protest industry regulatory changes. The labour action will begin at 06:00 October 25 and continue until 06:00 on October 28. All commercial airports in the country will be affected. The strike action is expected to result in significant disruptions to […]
Hurricane Raymond, now a major Category 3 storm, continues to intensify at a rapid pace early Monday. Raymond is located just off the southwest coast of Mexico and will not have any impacts on the United States. However, the storm does post a threat to part of the southwestern coast of Mexico. Although Raymond is […]
October 17 – 18, 2013- General Strike Alitalia Cityliner pilots, 24 hours. ENAV (Air traffic control) 1 to 5 p.m. Milan airport staff, 24 hours General strike: includes trains, 24 hours starting at 9.01 p.m. the 17th, air travel 24 hours, local public transport 24 hours with rush hour exceptions determined locally, ferries to the […]
Around 10:30 UTC Wednesday, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook just 40 miles west-southwest of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. As of 7 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, no deaths or damages have been reported. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/magnitude-71-earthquake-shakes/18905458