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American Midwest Hit By Yet Another Big Freeze

By thet | Published February 14, 2011

After a troubled 2010 the world’s airlines could have really done with a better start to 2011. Last year’s air-travel nightmare began with the early summer Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, which was considered too dangerous to fly aircraft through for several weeks. Then as people went away for the equally busy Christmas season, Western Europe [...]

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Passengers Stranded Beneath the Channel

By thet | Published December 28, 2009

Eurostar train break downs, caused by the unusually severe winter weather, have resulted in tens of thousands of travelers stranded or delayed. As many as 55,000 travelers have had their journeys disrupted by no less than six train break downs. Eurostar have reported that although their trains have been reliable for over 15 years the [...]

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