Category - Travel Alerts

Advisories updated July 21 TURKEY – AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL   Global Affairs Canada advises against non-essential travel to Turkey. If you are in Turkey, restrict your movements, ensure that your travel documents are up to date, and keep abreast of the latest developments. Register with the Registration of Canadians Abroad service and carefully follow messages […]

Americans in Saudi Arabia warned to ‘take extra precautions’ by State Department amid terror threat Americans who planned to head to Saudi Arabia should limit “non-essential travel” and carefully weigh the risks, the State Department added.   The agency also restricted U.S. government personnel in the country from traveling within 50 miles of the border […]

STRIKE – UPDATE – The Air Traffic Controller strike on 23rd July has been cancelled for all of Italy except for Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, in Olbia Italy https://www.public.nm.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html

French parliamentarians have voted to extend the nation’s state of emergency for another six months and Paris officials have cancelled some summer events due to security fears following last week’s deadly truck attack in Nice. The moves came as authorities said all 84 people killed in the Bastille Day atrocity in the southern French city […]

The Turkish president has declared a three-month state of emergency following the failed coup. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the measure is being taken to counter threats to Turkish democracy and was not intended to curb basic freedoms. He spoke after a meeting with Cabinet ministers and top security advisers. The insurrection by some military […]

CHICAGO — Due to a widespread computer outage, Southwest Airlines experienced massive delays on Tuesday, and almost all flights out of its Chicago hub were grounded, CBS Chicago reported.   Southwest Airlines flights across the country were held up Wednesday while the airline worked to fix technology problems.   Spokesman Brad Hawkins said Southwest began […]