Taiwan cancels hot air balloon festival in Taichung, several outdoor concerts, art events, baseball festival; closes roads to National parks amid Typhoon Haikui.

The strike is likely to cause disruption across Britain for holidaymakers and those travelling to events including London’s Notting Hill Carnival, the Reading and Leeds music festivals and to sports events.

Top travel destinations in Asia-Pacific included Japan, South Korea and Australia. The United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and Sweden as well as Middle East nations like Qatar, Oman, Lebanon and Israel were on the list.

The FAA has made only “limited efforts” to adequately staff critical air traffic control centers and lacks a plan to tackle the problem.

The rain at the De Bilt weather station near Utrecht also ended the longest dry spell since records began. It was 39 days since it last rained.

India’s Go First has cancelled all its flights until June 4, 2023, citing operational reasons.According to the tweet, a full refund will be issued to the original mode of payment shortly.

Airlines for now are required to issue refunds to passengers if flights are cancelled or significantly delayed due to factors within an airline’s control, including staffing shortages and maintenance issues.

Air traffic will also be affected by strikes as cabin staff at Air Dolomiti, a Lufthansa subsidiary operating flights from Germany to 13 Italian destinations, will enter a 24-hour national strike on May 19.

Airlines, hoping to put years of pandemic restrictions behind them, expect travel demand to recover to 2019 levels and above this year, but the lack of planes to meet demand could put a brake on growth.

Europe’s skies are already congested because of the closure of Russian and Ukrainian airspace and Eurocontrol, the EU’s air traffic manager, warned in January of “major” pressure as airlines returned to close to their flight schedules.