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11
Mar

Italy Transport Strike update

British Airways     Friday, March 18, 2016   Some British Airways personnel in Italian Airports will be on strike for 4 hours, from 10:00 to 14:00. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight. General strike   Friday, March 18, 2016   Planes, trains, maritime and local transportation personnel will be on strike! Trains for […]

9
Mar

New Jersey: NJ Transit strike threat beginning Mar 12

NJ Transit insiders say there is a 75 to 85 percent likelihood that a coalition of 17 rail unions, which have been working without a contract for five years, will call a “soft strike” over the weekend of March 12.   The strike could likely last through the Monday morning commute on March 14, when […]

8
Mar

India: Goa: heightened security

Panaji: Goa police have reviewed security following the intelligence alert that the state could be a target of the ten Jaish-e-Mohammad and LeT terrorists who have entered the country from Pakistan. “We received inputs from the Central intelligence agencies. After that, several measures are in place to ensure that any such attempt (of terror attack) […]

8
Mar

Uganda: Entebbe Airport: tourist visa issues

After already being East Africa’s most expensive country to enter, with visa fees of US$100, claims have now emerged that the Ugandan Immigration at Entebbe International Airport is refusing visitors to issue the common tourist visit to visitors to the country, which was agreed by the NCIP – short for Northern Corridor Integration Projects – […]

8
Mar

Colombia: Mar 17: labour unions to strike

Colombia’s airports increase security measures, claiming protest threats Colombia’s aviation authority, Aerocivil, said Monday it had maximized security measures at airports throughout the country, claiming students want to target airports as part of anti-government protests.   Colombia’s students will take part in protests scheduled for March 17 to condemn the government’s economic policy, and in […]