Delta continues its recovery after the incident at their data centre that caused their operations to be halted. Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER at New York JFK International Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond However, as the airline tries to get back to normal, there is of course the mess still to clean up - one of those messes is the cancellations still in the … [Read more...]

Things are starting to head back to normality for Delta after the major IT outage they had that brought the airline to a halt today. Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400ER "The Breast Cancer Foundation" at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond There's some interesting background on ArsTechnica, pointing to issues in a Delta data centre. 650 flights today have … [Read more...]

It seems there's some major issues with Delta this morning with their check-in systems being affected world-wide. According to the airline: Due to a computer outage, flights awaiting departure are currently delayed. Flights enroute are operating normally. — Delta News Hub (@DeltaNewsHub) August 8, 2016 Customers should check the status of their flight before … [Read more...]

As you're aware a few weeks ago, there was a coup attempt in Turkey - with the coup failing. What has happened since has been purging of political elite, military, academic and others who are not deemed to be loyal to the current president. Earlier, this was taken a step further, with staff from Turkish Airlines being affected by the purge according to Reuters, The … [Read more...]

Things seem to be unstable in Turkey at the moment, with an attempted coupé by the military. The situation appears to be very fluid - although for travellers, Istanbul Ataturk and Ankara Airports are closed. Turkey - Data - OpenStreetMaps You can follow the situation through most of the major press channels (BBC, CNN, Al Jazeria, The Guardian, etc. Advice … [Read more...]

Reports have come of Istanbul Ataturk Airport has been attacked, with the airport being closed. According to Reuters, three suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up at the entrance to the main international airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more. All the major feeds (Sky, BBC News, Al Jazeera, CNN etc have … [Read more...]

Sadly it seems the UK is a country divided... with a lot of country wishing to leave the European Union. EU Referendum Result - Image, BBC News Markets have tanked as expected, with the value of the British Pound tanking by 8%. Expect stock markets to crash and things to volatile for a long time. For those of you coming here, please take the chance to use your … [Read more...]

For those of you in the UK... we have an important decision to make today - and that's if to stay or leave the European Union. I'm sure by now you've mad up your mind... or maybe not regarding the EU referendum - and if the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland should remain members of the of the European Union. What is important today is that you get out and … [Read more...]

It seems that its great turnaround plan was not so great, and VLM Airlines of Belgium have gone into bankruptcy. As a result, all flights have been cancelled. In addition CityJet's service between London City and Antwerp has been cancelled - as this was operated by VLM. CityJet are advising passenger to take services to Rotterdam where ground transportation will be … [Read more...]