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13
Jun

Toronto: U of T on lock down

The University of Toronto’s downtown St. George campus is closed as Toronto police investigate reports of a suspicious person inside Trinity College. Police received two separate calls this morning to the university’s Trinity College building, on 6 Hoskin Ave., said Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook. The first call, received at 9:15 a.m., reported a suspicious person inside […]

13
Jun

France: strikes: various updates

France strikes: news from http://www.easytravelreport.com/#anchor_2280 French national public holiday July 14, 2016 Euro Football June 10 – July 10, 2016   General strike is planned for Tuesday, 14 June 2016. It is not known yet which air traffic controllers will be participating in strike action, see below. Taxi drivers, banks – empty ATM’s. This is […]

13
Jun

France: Air France strike update

Update on 13 June, 11h30 local time in Paris  Further to the call for strike action issued by several airline pilot unions, for the period from June 11 to 14, our flight schedule operated by Air France is disrupted. Please note that Air France flights operated by an aircraft of other airlines, including HOP, KLM […]

13
Jun

China: Beijing: weather causing flight delays

Heavy downpours are sweeping through Beijing on Monday, causing massive flight delays and cancellations.     The Air Traffic Management Bureau issued an orange rainstorm alert for severe flight delays on Monday morning and later upgraded to a red alert at noon, due to the increasing rains. It means the takeoff and landing capacity was […]

10
Jun

Sweden: 400 SAS pilots strike

UPDATED Jun 10 – Sweden:  Around 400 Scandinavian Airlines pilots walked out after talks between unions and employers broke down on Friday.   In Sweden, the pilots’ union is asking for salary adjustments and greater job security from the airline. After talks ended at 6pm on Friday with no solution found, some 400 pilots walked out […]