April 12, 2013

Spring storms unleashed heavy snow, rain and high winds, including tornadoes, across parts of the central United States this Wednesday, leaving thousands of travellers either stranded at airports or unable to even leave their destination.

February 20, 2013

A 5 day strike at Iberia starts today, ending on Friday 22nd February, as twenty thousand employees of the Spanish airline protest against the corporate restructuring plan.

Despite the strike, Iberia is currently guaranteeing minimum service levels of 90% of long-haul flights, 61% of short-haul flights and 46% of domestic flights.

August 15, 2012

Two earthquakes, measuring 6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, hit the western Azerbaijan province on 11th August causing significant damage. The epicentres of these quakes were 60 km and 49 km from Tabiz city.

July 24, 2012

Typhoon Vicente hit East China and Hong Kong during the night of Tuesday 24th bringing winds of more than 140 km/h and heavy downpours.

According to local medical authorities, 120 people were injured and 15 hospitalised. The typhoon caused the closure of the Hong Kong stock exchange for the morning and reopened in the afternoon.

July 17, 2012

According to official sources, there have been 158 confirmed cases of cholera and at least 3 victims in the town of Manzanillo in the east province of Granma, approximately 900 km from Havana, Cuba.

July 16, 2012

Following extreme weather conditions in the south of Japan, 27 people have died and 6 people are still missing. The authorities have advised 260,000 people to leave their homes and over 15,000 are isolated.

July 10, 2012

Due to a failure of the radar system at German air traffic control no aircraft were able to take off at Munich Airport last Friday 06 July. Landings were only allowed occasionally. Over one hundred of flights had to be cancelled and many flights were considerably delayed. The system failure was also responsible for a cancellation of a scheduled meeting of German and French Ministers on Friday. Travelers were advised to stay informed via the website of the airport.

March 28, 2012

The Spanish unions have announced a general strike for Thursday 29th of March to protest against the measures of the new Spanish Government. The strike may affect public transport within Spain as well as international flights and services at Spanish airports.

December 23, 2011

We are delighted to announce the launch of our optional Travel Disruption cover for unexpected natural events and catastrophes, Foreign Office warnings, the insolvency of accommodation providers and overbooking by airlines, all of which could seriously disrupt your journey.