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……Apart from strikes on overtime and public holidays, SITAVA said that the workers had unanimously approved a three-day strike from 30 August to 1 September. Groundforce said it would do everything it could to “mitigate the possible effects” of the strike. Groundforce is one of two handling companies at Lisbon airport and assists airlines like […]

Typhoon Trami will continue to impact northern Taiwan through Wednesday night, then make landfall in southeast China on Thursday, local time. This moisture-laden system will bring another round of flooding rainfall to areas soaked by Utor last week and Typhoon Soulik earlier in the season. Wind gusts can top 145 km/h (90 mph) in coastal […]

From media reports: Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday that regional and long-distance trains between Berlin and Hamburg will be disrupted this weekend because of bridge works on the A14 motorway. Overnight train schedules will be affected on Friday and Saturday, 23-24 August, from 7:15 pm to 9:15 am, on Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 August, from […]

September 6 2013 Alitalia Cityliner pilots, Bologna flights excluded, 24 hours September 9, 2013 Milan airport staff, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. September 27, 2013 ATA (airport management company) in Milan, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Alitalia flight attendants, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. http://www.slowtrav.com/blog/italy_transport_strikes/

A ferry with nearly 700 passengers has collided with a cargo vessel in the central Philippines and a rescue operation has been launched. The coast guard says the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas listed and began sinking after hitting the cargo vessel and the captain ordered the ship abandoned. Coast guard officer Joy Villegas says the […]