Travel news/2006

December

• Large earthquake hits Taiwan (27 December 2006)

• Ethiopian military attacks targets inside Somalia (23 December 2006)

• Denver airport closed by blizzard (22 December 2006)

• Dense fog cripples Heathrow airport (22 December 2006)

• Pinochet's death sparks riots in Chile (10 December 2006)

• Military Stages Coup in Fiji (5 December 2006)

• Daylight savings affecting flight times (3 December 2006)

November

• Fiji military commander not engaging (10 November 2006)

• New carry-on rules in EU (6 November 2006)

• Military coup threat in Fiji (4 November 2006)

October

• London-Hong Kong £75 (27 October 2006)

• Earthquakes in Hawaii (15 October 2006)

• Haze in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore (7 October 2006)

• Another SAS strike possible (04 October 2006)

September

• All flights to new Bangkok airport (28 September 2006)

• Carry-on limits relaxed (25 September 2006)

• Islamic holiday of Ramadan begins (23 September 2006)

• Coup in Thailand (19 September 2006)

• New Bangkok airport opens (15 Sep 2006)

August

• Kinshasa situation easing (24 Aug 2006)

• Chaos in Kinshasa (22 Aug 2006)

• UK carry-on rules eased (15 August 2006)

• Airport chaos in the UK (10 August 2006)

• Philippine volcano warning (7 August 2006)

• Biman Bangladesh in trouble (1 Aug 2006)

July

• Middle East unrest (27 July 2006)

• Serial blasts in Mumbai (11 July 2006)

• Tibet railway opens (2 July 2006)

• Shanghai South Station opens (1 July 2006)

June

• Train disruption in Thailand (10 June 2006)

• Terminal shuffle at Tokyo (2 June 2006)

May

• New Berlin station opens (28 May 2006)

• Fighting in East Timor (26 May 2006)

• Gang violence in São Paulo (16 May 2006)

• Volcano eruption near Yogyakarta (14 May 2006)

• Tourism industry boom in Brazil (11 May 2006)

• Varig near collapse (3 May 2006)

April

• Volcanic eruption near Yogyakarta (18 April 2006)

• Demonstrations in Nepal (14 April 2006)

• Albuquerque's Tricentennial (13 April 2006)

March

• Silent New Year in Bali (30 March 2006)

• Budget terminals at Sing, KL (23 March 2006)

• EU publishes blacklist of banned airlines (22 March 2006)

• New Kitakyushu Airport opens (16 March 2006)

• Ryanair charges for luggage (16 March 2006)

• Serial Bomb blasts in Varanasi (7 March 2006)

• Bus strike in Finland (5 March 2006)

February

• Carnivale! (28 February 2006)

• Cape Town Power failure (19 February 2006)

• Kobe Airport opens (16 February 2006)

• Danish, Norwegian embassies in Syria set on fire (4 February 2006)

January

• Travel communities spread online (27 January 2006)

• Northern Italy under massive snowing (27 January 2006)

• SAS strike over (26 January 2006)

• Caracas airport bridge closure (11 January 2006)

• Harbin Ice Festival opens (05 January 2006)

• Ukrainian gas dispute (04 January 2006)

• New passport policy for U.S. travel (01 September 2005)