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A power outage at the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, stranded over a hundred thousand passengers overnight in the dark yesterday. A fire in the below ground power control room caused the outage also damaging the airports backup generator system.

London Gatwick had the busiest November ever since its existence as it registered 2.9 million passengers. Growing more than 2 percent compared to the same month last year. Cargo and commercial flights increased largely this year.

A large technical issue with the Dutch Air Traffic Control in Amsterdam resulted in flight problems to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport yesterday. Many flights to and from the UK were affected by the technical issues.

Today, the 10^th of November, the Air Traffic Control of Rome and Brescia is going on strike between 12.00 and 16.00 PM. This means that no flights will be able to land or take-off from Rome and North-Italian airports.

After 85 days of strike British Airways finally managed to solve its dispute with the mixed fleet crew and union Unite over pay rises. The agreement includes that flight attendants are receiving inflation adjusting pay rises. Also partakers of the industrial action are being brought back in to the airlines bonus program concerning travel concessions and entitlements.

It is the farthest east ever that a hurricane in the Atlantic has travelled as today Ireland and the UK are being hit by hurricane Ophelia. Reaching winds up to 90 mph the hurricane is expected to cause quite a stir in daily life. Flights from and to Dublin, Cork, Belfast and other major airports have been cancelled by the threat Ophelia poses.

The past weekend thousands of passengers were faced with cancelled Ryanair flights throughout Europe. A total of 285 flights were cancelled between Friday and Monday, leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded. Until the end of October another 40 to 50 flights are cancelled daily according to the Irish budget airline. Lists of these cancellations were published last night.

Since yesterday August 6, El Prat’s Airport security staff have been on strike due to a salary conflict. The Industrial action is said to leave hundreds of British passengers waiting for hours again today. If no deal is reached soon, the strikes will continue tomorrow and next weekend.

The Unite Union for BA cabin crew members has announced a strike that will last for two weeks starting on 1 July. Another failed attempt with payment increase negotiations lead to the decision for the cabin crew to go on strike, once again.

A disruptance in the IT-system of London Stansted Airport lead to travel chaos at the third largest London airport. Hundreds of passengers missed their flights due to problems with the security scanners.