Category - Travel Alerts

14
Dec

Pakistan: PIA suspend flight operations due to employees protest

PESHAWAR, 13 December: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees have announced to suspend flight operations in and outside the country to record their protest against proposed privatisation of the institution. The representatives of the employees union said while addressing a gathering of PIA employees at the Peshawar booking office on Saturday that the government should […]

9
Dec

France: Strike by four main train conductors union Dec 10-11

The U.S. Embassy in Paris informs U.S. citizens that representatives of the four main train conductors’ unions for the RER A have announced their intention to strike tomorrow, Thursday, December 10.  RATP officials say that delays on the RER A are likely to be severe, and it is possible that traffic on other lines will […]

9
Dec

Italy: strike update

Meridiana     Thursday, December 10, 2015   Some Meridiana personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 12:00 to 16:00. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight. Airport personnel   Thursday, December 10, 2015   Some airport personnel in Milan Airports will be on strike for 8 hours, from 10:00 to 18:00. Please […]

8
Dec

Beijing: smog

Beijing smog ‘red alert’: Schools and businesses to completely shut down as Chinese capital issues first ever extreme warning The ruling will bring in sweeping new restrictions in industry and business, in an attempt to curb the deadly smog   Beijing has issued its first ever “red alert” over the city’s smog, with the Chinese […]

2
Dec

Greece: Strike may disrupt flights Dec 3

Workers are to walk off the job on Thursday in the second general strike under the SYRIZA-led government, disrupting public services and transport. The 24-hour strike, which has been called by the country’s two main labor unions, will leave most public services closed though there will be limited public transport services to enable workers to […]

1
Dec

India: Chennai airport: flooding

Fresh spell of rains submerged Tamil Nadu yet again on Tuesday. The consistent rains has become a headache for the commuters as well as the authorities. But what is more astonishing is the condition of Chennai airport. The waterlogging has not just flooded the waiting room but the runway too, causing cancellation of flights.   http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-photo-blog/photos-rain-touches-down-at-chennai-airport-floods-runway/ […]