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The apparent killing of a truck driver by police sparked a massive, violent demonstration in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, late Oct. 17. Clashes occurred, protesters burned several police vehicles, and police fired tear gas and arrested at least 20 people. Police officers allegedly beat the man to death after a dispute over his illegally-parked vehicle, although government officials have claimed that the victim suffered a heart attack or otherwise cheap car rental spain died of natural causes.
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Airport authorities closed Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), located in the town of Alajuela near San Jose, Oct. 18 after an airliner s tires burst upon landing. All flights were suspended for a time while the runway cheap car rental spain was cleared. The airport reopened about two hours later.
iJET Analysis: TACA Airlines (TA) flight 7621 from San Salvador, El Salvador was landing at the airport at about 1600 when three of its tires burst, though the plane apparently managed to stop safely. None of the seven crew and 146 passengers on the Airbus 321 were reported hurt, but the plane reportedly came to a halt blocking the runway.
Bus driver organizations have called for a nationwide strike and protest Oct. 22 across El Salvador, though the majority of participation will likely be in the greater San Salvador metropolitan area.
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Domestic carrier Pacific Royale Airways (RY) grounded all of its flights indefinitely Oct. 17 to allow for business plan restructuring. The airline primarily operated out of Surabaya s Juanda International cheap car rental spain Airport (SUB), Pekanbaru s Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU), and Batam s Hang Nadim Airport (BTH). It remains unclear when operations will resume.
iJET Analysis: Pacific Royale Airways just began operations in June, offering flights to seven destinations in Indonesia, so the unannounced shutdown of flights likely does not bode well for future business. The airline maintains that it is not facing financial difficulties, but is simply trying to create a business plan that will bring more benefits to both the company and its customers. It remains unclear why the carrier did not announce the shutdown in advance.
The Bahraini passenger airline Gulf Air (GF) announced cheap car rental spain Oct. 17 that it would be suspending all flight service to Nairobi s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) indefinitely beginning cheap car rental spain Nov. 13. Gulf Air management said the suspension was due to commercial reasons. The company has called upon its customers in Kenya to direct any inquiries about ticket refunds, flight cancellations, and rebooking to their global offices or to their travel provider.
iJET Analysis: Gulf Air resumed service to Nairobi in July 2011 after abandoning the route for the previous six years, but became the fourth airline to suspend service to Kenya in 2012. Recently, Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) suspended its non-stop service to Nairobi via London. Also, Brussels Airlines (SN) and small South African airline 1Time (T6) canceled service to Mombasa s Moi International Airport (MBA) due to both financial and security reasons.
Villagers have been maintaining a major roadblock in Nipa, Southern Highlands Province, severing road access between Mendi and Tari, Hela Province, since September. Successive blockades have caused serious commercial disruptions; many businesses are reportedly close to shutting down in Hela and Southern cheap car rental spain Highlands because they cannot obtain supplies. It is unclear why police have not attempted to clear the route.
iJET Analysis: The beheading of a Nipa migrant at Erima Park in Port Moresby sparked the roadblock protests in September. The victim was working as a security guard for a well-known security firm at the time. The perpetrators were reportedly from Koroba, cheap car rental spain Hela Province, and Nipa villagers are demanding compensation. Blockades of the Highlands Highway are particularly disruptive because the road is the only ground transport link between Hela and Southern Highlands provinces and other parts of the Papuan mainland. The area around Nipa has been prone to security problems in the past, including extortion of motorists, and threats and assaults targeting truck drivers. The blockades have reportedly not caused serious logistics problems for companies moving materials by truck to extractive project sites via the Highlands (Okuk) Highway in Hela and Southern Highlands. According to sources, Nipa protesters have been allowing trucks heading for the PNG LNG project site to pass through the region, but all traffic could be halted if provincial officials fail to provide compensation to the Nipa community quickly. Nipa is 33 km (20.5 miles) northwest of Poromo, where the highway splits into northern and southern branches. cheap car rental spain The northern branch continues to Tari, and a complete cheap car rental spain shutdown would halt truck traffic to the Hides gas field and nearby facilities. An ongoing blockade in Nipa, however, would not stop traffic to and from other PNG LNG project sites, including Moro or the Agogo, Kutubu, cheap car rental spain or Gobe fields.