An Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday, according to the FAA. Injuries are unknown. The aircraft is a Boeing 777, media reports. Smoke could be seen for miles. An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed on landing at San Francisco’s airport Saturday, forcing passengers to escape the aircraft using inflatable […]
New storms are firing across parts of the Midwest Tuesday afternoon (and are expected to continue into Wednesday) and moving east into parts of Pennsylvania, bringing the threat for flash flooding, damaging winds and large hail. The greatest impacts will likely occur in a swath from Iowa and southern Minnesota to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, parts […]
Chennai Airport authorities confirmed that due to a labour action, reduced staffing is expected to adversely affect fire and other life-safety emergency response services for both the international and domestic operations on Friday, June 21, 2013, resulting in cancelled or delayed flights. Travellers planning on using the Chennai airport are advised to consider alternate travel […]
Due to the current situation with political demonstrations and civil unrest taking place in 12 Brazilian cities. The UK Foreign Office advises all travellers to the country to be mindful of the situation, to take heed of official warnings and to avoid known trouble spots or planned demonstrations. The Brazilian Government has announced that […]
The Hungarian Government has declared a State of Emergency due to anticipated flooding of the Danube River. The Danube is expected to reach near-record levels and could create disruptions in low-lying areas of Budapest– especially areas in District III. On June 4 Margaret Island closed until further notice; water traffic is also suspended. Expect traffic […]
Bloomberg News reported pilots of Air Dolomiti, an Italian regional airline and partner of Lufthansa, are planning a four-hour strike on 29 May, to protest the dismissal of four crew members and to express concern for the future of the airline. Air Dolomiti, which provides services from Frankfurt, Munich and Moscow mostly to cities in […]
A strike by workers at three Italian airports has caused flights to be cancelled on Wednesday, 29 May. EasyJet, the British-based budget airline, has cancelled dozens of flights into Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports and Naples Capodichino airport. A statement by the Naples airport warned passengers of delays to flights departing on Wednesday due to […]
________________________________________ London Heathrow & London City (delays and cancellations) London LHR and London City (LCY) airports are currently reporting delays and cancellations this morning due to fog. Travellers are advised to check the status of their flight with the airline / operating airport or GTM.
The National reported on Wednesday that dense fog was affecting flight traffic at Dubai International airport, resulting in several flight cancellations and numerous delays. Some 21 other flights were diverted to other airports. Airport officials reported that conditions were expected to improve by the afternoon, but passengers should contact airline companies to confirm individual flight […]
Pretoria — Strike action by the National Transport Movement (NTM) has not impacted operations at South African Airways (SAA), the airline said on Friday. “There has been no impact whatsoever on SAA’s operations as a result of the strike. We emphasise that no flights have been cancelled or delayed as a result of the industrial […]
