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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Events We're Watching

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  • India - Air India Pilots Widen Sickout

    Air India pilots are widening a sickout (unofficial strike) begun on May 7th, with an estimated 200 pilots now participating. The Delhi High Court has deemed the ""strike"" illegal and the airline has terminated a number of the ""sick"" pilots, but it is unclear if the firings will be enough to end the sickout. Air India has contingency plans in place, so the sickout disruptions have not been severe. A few of international flights have been canceled, while many domestic flights are facing multi-hour delays. The disruptions will likely intensify if more pilots join the action.

Q and A

My passport is about to expire, but my visa is still valid - do I need to apply for a new visa to go in the new passport?

In almost all cases the answer is no. When you apply for the new passport the old passport will be returned to you. So long as the original passport and visa stamp are undamaged, the visa is the appropriate type for your travel (tourist or business), and both passports are from the same country and of the same type (i.e. both U.S. regular passports or both Uraguayan official passports), you will simply travel with both the old and new passports. The customs official will examine both documents and will stamp the new passport with an admission stamp and a notation that the visa is in the other passport. Never try to remove the visa from the old passport as doing so will invalidate it.

  • Built in 1875, Istanbul, Turkey boasts the Tunel, the world's shortest subway traveling only 1,880 feet up and down a mountain side
  • The London Underground is the world's longest subway system, while New York's subway boasts the largest fleet of passenger cars
  • The first successful commercial electric streetcar system was inaugurated in Richmond, Virginia, in 1888
  • The longest escalators in the world are in the Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, metro systems
  • The 409 escalators of the London Tube do the equivalent of 2 round-the-world trips each week
  • 160 cities worldwide have subway or rapid transit systems with an additional 25 under construction
  • Stretched end-to-end the New York subway would stretch from NYC to Chicago

Amtrak is Going Gourmet for a Day

On May 12, as part of a celebration honoring the railways, chefs will be setting up shop in some of Amtrak's busiest stations to dole out free regionally-inspired food to riders and other passersby. Visit www.nationaltrainday.com for more information.