Flights & Access
If you fly a French airline 17–21 October, read this before you pack
The 17–21 October pilot and cabin-crew notice covering Air France and Transavia was suspended on 9 October. What you are owed if a new notice comes.
News Desk
Anjali Shrestha
Anjali covers the moving parts — arrivals data, flight and access changes, tourism-industry news, the trail-and-weather updates that decide a trekker’s week. She writes clean and fast and attributes everything; the opinion stays out of the report.
About Anjali
- News-desk reporter
- Arrivals, flights, industry, weather
- Attributes every figure
- Kathmandu
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Recent articles by Anjali
Flights & Access
easyJet’s Italy strike on 16 October is the kind of strike that pays out
easyJet flight crew in Italy strike for 24 hours on 16 October. Because it is the airline’s own staff, a late cancellation can be worth €250 to €600.
Industry & Tourism
Nepal’s September visitors rose 12%, but the trekking markets stayed home
Nepal had 88,248 visitors in September 2026, up 12.1%. Asia drove it; arrivals from the US, UK and Australia fell 14% to 29%. The year is up 6.2%.
Flights & Access
What a Canadian airline owes you when your flight is delayed, in dollars
Up to $1,000 on a large airline, $500 on a small one, and $2,400 if you are bumped. What counts as within the airline's control, and the one-year deadline.
Flights & Access
Italy's controllers strike on 30 September and two windows protect your flight
A four-hour national ENAV stoppage from 13:00, plus Linate, Naples, Bologna, Bari and Rome. Which flights are protected, and what the airline owes you.
Flights & Access
Qantas has dated the 20-hour flight, and here is who should actually book it
Sydney to London non-stop starts October 2027, tickets from February, New York to follow. A 238-seat A350 built for it, and who should keep the stopover.
World Destinations
The airports where a pilot needs a special licence just to land
US law names them, Bhutan lets in a handful of its own pilots, and Lukla has a 527 m runway on a 12% slope. Why these six close when the cloud comes in.
World Destinations
Before you book a New England leaf-peeping trip, look at what happened to Maine
Maine went from 12% to 100% in drought in seven weeks while southern New England got wetter. What that means for this year’s color, and how to time a trip.
Safety & Advisories
No Atlantic hurricane yet this year, and what it means for an autumn Caribbean trip
Six named storms, zero hurricanes, the latest start of the satellite era. NOAA still says one storm is enough, and the peak runs into October.
World Destinations
How many Americans actually visit Iceland, and why this year looks strange
661,929 Americans visited Iceland in 2025, nearly three in ten visitors. This year is flat overall, hiding swings of more than 20% from month to month.
World Destinations
Canadians are coming back to the US, but nowhere near the way they used to
Return trips from the US rose 8.8% in August, a fifth straight monthly rise. Car trips are still 27.4% below August 2024.
World Destinations
Why Japan has fewer tourists this year even as more Americans than ever go
Arrivals fell 9.6% in August while US visits ran at a record pace, up 6.1% for the year. One market explains almost the entire drop.