Category - Travel Alerts

Super Typhoon Meranti to strike Taiwan with flooding rain, damaging winds Wednesday Super Typhoon Meranti is expected to intensify over the next couple of days before pounding Taiwan with flooding rain, damaging winds and dangerous storm surge on Wednesday. Meranti, currently equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, reached super typhoon status on Monday afternoon local […]

Hotel workers across the province to strike today Union says its time workers get their share from a booming tourism industry Hotel workers across the province, including those in Montreal and Quebec City, are planning to walk off the job today.   Their union, the CSN, has been given a three-day strike mandate, but for […]

One French ATC Union has called a National strike from 5pm on September 14 until 4am on Sepember 16. Strike impact is unknown at this stage. https://www.public.nm.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/PORTAL.20.0.0.4.51/detachedViews/headline_news.html?viewId=DISPLAY_ITEM_DV&parameter_set_id=0  

Tropical Storm Malou will target Japan with heavy rain and strong winds this week. Malou is expected to become the seventh tropical system to make landfall in Japan as it crosses eastern Honshu near Tokyo on Thursday. While some strengthening is possible, Malou is forecast to remain a tropical storm through Friday as it skirts […]

A FRIGHTENING new Islamic State magazine has encouraged lone wolves to attack and kill Australians in public acts of terror. “Kill them on the streets of Brunswick, Broadmeadows, Bankstown, and Bondi. Kill them at the MCG, the SCG, the Opera House, and even in their backyards,” an article published on Monday in the new English-language […]

Air France union CGT is calling its members to strike on September 27. Travellers intending to fly on this day are recommended to reconfirm their flight. Article below (French)    La CGT appelle le personnel d’Air France à la grève le 27 septembre   16 employés d’Air France impliqués dans l’occupation des locaux de l’entreprise […]