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Airport workers' strikes in Greece and Germany on February 27 and February 28 push airlines to cancel and modify thousands of flights. Türkiye’s flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, has announced that some flights to be cancelled due to massive strikes.
According to a statement from Turkish Airlines, the following flights have been canceled due to the strikes:
Greece: Flights between Istanbul and Athens, as well as Istanbul and Thessaloniki, including TK 1841, TK 1842, TK 1843, TK 1844, TK 1847, TK 1848, TK 1849, TK 1850, TK 1881, TK 1882, TK 1893, and TK 1894.
Germany: Flights between Istanbul and Munich on Feb. 27 and 28, including TK 1629, TK 1630, TK 1633, TK 1634, TK 1635, TK 1636, TK 1637, and TK 1638.
In Greece, strikes and demonstrations related to the two-year anniversary of the Tempi train disaster, which led to the death of 57 people. Unions say they are “seeking justice” for these victims.
The Federations of Public and Private Sector Employees announced that they will participate in a 24-hour General Strike on February 28, 2025. In Athens, demonstrations are scheduled in Syntagma Square, while in Thessaloniki, demonstrations will gather at the Venizelos Statue on Egnatia Street
Due to this strike, Aegean Airlines, Olympic Airlines and SKY Express will also cancel most services. Travelers to Greece are advised to check with their respective airlines for updates on flight cancellations and alternative arrangements.
On Tuesday, Munich Airport, one of Germany's busiest transport hubs, said the airlines operating at the airport are likely to cancel most of the estimated 1,600 flight connections planned for the two days. The Airport is mostly for German flagship airline Lufthansa.
The warning strike will start on Thursday at midnight and will last 48 hours until midnight Friday.
The strike comes as trade union Verdi demands improved working conditions for workers in Germany's public sector, both locally and nationally. In particular, it demands an 8% pay increase and three additional paid holiday days.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
China's national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country's eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday, up nearly 8% from a year earlier and setting a single-day record, state media CCTV reported.
Qantas Airways said a fire alert that triggered the pilot of a flight from Sydney to make a mayday call before landing safely at Auckland airport on Friday was likely a false alarm.
The airspace over Denmark's Aalborg Airport was reopened early on Friday (26 September) after a closure for the second night in a row due to suspected drone activity, police said.
The Dubai Fountain, one of the emirate’s most famous attractions, has been closed for much of the year as it undergoes major upgrades.
Denmark's Aalborg airport was closed due to drones in its airspace, police said early on Thursday (25 September), two days after the country's main Copenhagen airport was shut over drone sightings that raised European security concerns.
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