Category - Travel Alerts

ITALY 17th JUNE – NATIONAL STRIKE (ACCs and airports): HAS BEEN POSTPONED Ref NOTAM A4006 and A4007 LOCAL STRIKE at LIRA – Ciampino (TWR personnel) HAS BEEN CANCELLED Ref NOTAM A4031     ITALY 23rd JULY – National strike (ACCs and airports) from 0800-1600 UTC. Local strike at LIRA – Ciampino from 0800-1600 UTC. https://www.public.nm.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/PORTAL.20.0.0.4.48/detachedViews/headline_news.html?viewId=DISPLAY_ITEM_DV&parameter_set_id=0 […]

After five days of turmoil most SAS flights are expected to run on schedule on Wednesday – but some passengers will remain grounded in Sweden.   The strike came to end on Tuesday afternoon after the Swedish pilots’ union SPF agreed to a 2.2-percent wage hike, along with an improved wage scale for young pilots. […]

Greece’s Civil Aviation Services Federation announced it would go on a 5-day strike next week, starting Monday, June 20 till Friday, June 24. This will affect regional airports/domestic flights–not international.   Its employees are protesting about the passing in Greek Parliament recently of the omnibus bill, which among other prior actions includes the provision for […]

Repeated three-hour work stoppages by railway staff on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are expected to seriously disrupt rail services throughout Greece during the week, with multiple cancellations and changes to scheduled train journeys, including services to Athens International Airport.   The disruption will continue into the following week as well, with more work stoppages planned […]

Some of the air traffic in Norway has been restored after partial closure of the country’s airspace due to a technical failure, but it has not been localized, airport operator Avinor said Tuesday.   MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, Avinor announced that the airspace of western Norway was closed, with local media claiming […]

From the UK gov website: Updated:14 June 2016 Summary and Terrorism section – possibility of terrorist attacks being carried out in areas outside the Far North, including Douala and the capital Yaoundé; https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/cameroon