Operations & Disruptions

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (957+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “Bolivia's 83% fuel shock, hours after the IMF loan” A 24-hour national port strike will test how far Uruguay’s government can keep Montevideo’s main container terminal running during a long labour dispute. The Uruguay port strike is set…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (180+ words) A passenger delayed on an American Airlines itinerary was advised to skip the final flight and take Amtrak instead. The airline permits this if travelers notify them, unlike skiplagging. Unused segments may qualify for refunds or credits under irregular operations…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (175+ words) Air traffic controllers from Skeyes at Belgium's Charleroi Airport will begin strike action on Wednesday evening, September 16, with every night shift between 22:00 and 08:00 affected. The protests could continue until October 10 following the failure of negotiations over night-shift allowances, Belga reported....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (261+ words) Neither ministry invoked the essential-services framework Katoen Natie had requested days earlier. Instead, officials grounded the order in Uruguay's Ports Law No. 16,246, Article 65 of the Constitution, and standards from the International Labour Organization's Committee on Freedom of Association, which separates…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (141+ words) HOUSTON – Flights bound for George Bush Intercontinental Airport were temporarily grounded Thursday afternoon as thunderstorms moved through the area, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The ground stop is in effect from 1:34 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Thursday, with a 30% to 60% chance…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (538+ words) London Gatwick faces eight days of strike action later this month after more than 220 workers responsible for assisting passengers on and off aircraft announced walkouts across two periods in September. The strikes are scheduled for September 17-21 and September 23-26, 2026. The workers…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (561+ words) For Bridge, the common thread of all these issues is not so much intellectual in nature — it’s emotional. “I cry whenever I’m in big groups,” she admitted on a video call recently. “There’s something I find so deeply moving when…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1030+ words) An indefinite ground-handling strike at Barcelona El Prat has rolled into a second month, prolonging flight cancellations, baggage chaos and uncertainty for late-summer travelers. Barcelona’s Josep Tarradellas Barcelona El Prat Airport has entered a second month of disruption as an…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) The secretariats of Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uil Trasporti Campania have suspended the strike of staff at the ports of Naples and Salerno, which had been called for 11 and 12 September. The decision comes after the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) Dutch public transport was disrupted as unions launched a nationwide strike protesting government plans to cut welfare spending across the Netherlands. Train, bus and ferry services were widely disrupted across the Netherlands on Wednesday as labour unions staged a nationwide…...