Indonesian Volcano Hits People, Farms & Air Travel

A powerful overnight eruption of Mount Merapi created chaos for Indonesia’s disaster response effort on Friday after an explosion of hot gases and debris killed scores of people and sent more than 160,000 villagers fleeing to underprepared evacuation camps. Read more

Travel-On continues to monitor the situation in Indonesia and notify travelers whose plans might be impacted by these events. If you have any questions, please contact your Travel-On/Travel Place agent for more information.

US Issues Travel Advisory For Philippines Fearing Terror Attack

US has issued travel advisory for Philippines over risk of terror attack. In the travel advisory US warned tourists of possible terror attack in Philippines including popular tourist destination, Manila. Read more

Delta Flight Attendants Reject Union

The Association of Flight Attendants said it will file an interference claim against Delta's management for intimidating union supporters, an allegation Delta rejected. There were 9,544 votes cast against and 8,778 in favor of joining the AFA union. Voting ended Wednesday after a five-week campaign of often heated rhetoric on both sides. Read more

A380 operators carry out inspections in wake of Qantas engine failure

The three operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered Airbus A380s followed the engine manufacturer's recommendations to conduct "basic precautionary engine checks" in the wake of the uncontained failure of an engine on a Qantas A380 that had just taken off from Singapore on Thursday. Read more

The UK Invokes Tougher Security Checks on Air Cargo Shipments

The UK introduced tougher security checks on air cargo shipments from the Middle East, south Asia and North Africa following last week's discovery of bombs on two U.S.-bound flights. The government has revoked over 30 transshipment exemptions that exclude freight from screening if it is passing through UK airports to a third destination. Read more

Dublin Airport Ready to Open New Terminal

Phased opening of Dublin's new passenger Terminal 2 will start this month with a formal ceremony including the arrival of the first official flight on Nov. 19. The ramp-up to full operations will continue into early December. Read more

Delays at New York Airports Aren't Improving, U.S. Says

Flights through New York's three major airports are delayed or canceled more often than anywhere else in the nation, and the government's efforts to correct the problem have so far come up short, the federal Transportation Department said Thursday. Read more

Airline passengers welcome new "no fly" rules

Airline passengers in New York welcomed stricter safety rules that went into effect on Monday, especially in light of last week's interception of U.S.-bound parcel bombs sent from Yemen. Read more

American Airlines Starts Codeshare With Airberlin

American Airlines said on Thursday that it has launched its codeshare with airberlin, the second-largest airline in Germany. Codeshare agreements allow airlines to sell tickets on each other's flights. Airberlin flies to 160 cities in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and North America. It is owned by Air Berlin PLC. Read more

Cancel for any reason? Insurance claim trips traveler

Travel insurance policies generally limit their trip cancellation coverage to so-called covered reasons, which typically include illness and accidents before your trip, a fire destroying your home, or weather disasters at your destination. A few policies do have cancel for any reason clauses. Read more