Search
-
Your Industry
- Global Resources
- Unique Capabilities
-
About Us
Quick is a leader in global time-critical transportation and logistics solutions. Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Quick has been meeting urgent shipping needs around the globe for over 30 years.
Biopharm Blog
Aviation Blog
Service Alerts
02/06/12 – Air France flights impacted by strike
Air France reported that there had been some flight cancellations Monday due to the strike by air transport labor unions.
To further minimize the impact on services, Air France has decided to proactively cancel flights for Tuesday February 7 and Wednesday February 8. The cancelled flights are listed below.
To further minimize the impact on services, Air France has decided to proactively cancel flights for Tuesday February 7 and Wednesday February 8. The cancelled flights are listed below.
01/30/12 – Thick Fog Diverts Dozes of Flights and Creates Traffic Gridlock
Thick fog engulfed many parts of the UAE this morning, grounding flights and bringing traffic to a standstill.
According to the Abu Dhabi International Airport’s website, more than 30 flights were delayed as the fog blanketed the capital. Several flights were cancelled and at least another 30 flights due to land today were diverted to other airports.
Dubai and Sharjah airports have not experienced any weather-related delays.
Shaheen Air, which confirmed the flight disruptions, said two of its early morning departures to Pakistan were delayed and were expected to leave from Abu Dhabi this afternoon. An official from the airline said its incoming flights had been diverted to Al Ain.
Meanwhile, the thick fog created traffic gridlock in several areas of the UAE, including in Jebel Ali, on the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain highway and around the south-west part of the capital.
The National Center of Meteorology and Seismology urged motorists to drive carefully in the foggy conditions, which lasted until around 10am. "Visibility would be poor due to fog. Motorists are advised to be careful," said a weather forecaster.
The foggy conditions are likely to continue late tonight and tomorrow as the temperature continues to fall. Seas will remain rough and will become moderate by the afternoon.
For current information please check our airport delay maps or visit us on twitter.
Airport Delay Maps
Twitter
According to the Abu Dhabi International Airport’s website, more than 30 flights were delayed as the fog blanketed the capital. Several flights were cancelled and at least another 30 flights due to land today were diverted to other airports.
Dubai and Sharjah airports have not experienced any weather-related delays.
Shaheen Air, which confirmed the flight disruptions, said two of its early morning departures to Pakistan were delayed and were expected to leave from Abu Dhabi this afternoon. An official from the airline said its incoming flights had been diverted to Al Ain.
Meanwhile, the thick fog created traffic gridlock in several areas of the UAE, including in Jebel Ali, on the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain highway and around the south-west part of the capital.
The National Center of Meteorology and Seismology urged motorists to drive carefully in the foggy conditions, which lasted until around 10am. "Visibility would be poor due to fog. Motorists are advised to be careful," said a weather forecaster.
The foggy conditions are likely to continue late tonight and tomorrow as the temperature continues to fall. Seas will remain rough and will become moderate by the afternoon.
For current information please check our airport delay maps or visit us on twitter.
Airport Delay Maps
01/25/12 – Flights Being Rerouted Due to a Rare Solar Storm
A rare solar flare erupted late Sunday night resulting in a solar radiation storm today, according to NASA. It's the strongest such storm since September 2005, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. Several airlines have begun taking action to mitigate the affect of this storm.
Delta Airlines Inc. said Tuesday that it was rerouting some transpolar flights between Asia and the U.S. to avoid the impact of the largest solar storm in almost a decade. The Atlanta-based carrier said some flights to Detroit from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul took a more southerly routing on overnight flights, though a spokesman said planes flew faster to keep schedules intact. Tuesday departures from the U.S. were expected to follow similar routes.
United Continental Holding Inc., which operates a number of transpolar flights from Chicago and Newark airports, said there had been no operational impact from the storm on Asian flights. However, a flight from Washington, D.C., to Dubai was rerouted to a more southerly course.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., another regular on the routes, was not immediately available for comment.
Airlines occasionally reroute transpolar flights as a precautionary measure during big solar storms, with radiation levels heightened near the poles because of the relatively thin ozone layer. The region is also more prone to the disturbance of navigation and communication systems because of the convergence of magnetic field lines at the poles.
The biggest issue is radiation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.
The radiation is mostly a concern for satellite disruptions and astronauts in space. It can cause communication problems for polar-traveling airplanes, said space weather center physicist Doug Biesecker.
Please continue to check with us here and on Twitter for current information.
Service Alerts
Quickintl Twitter
01/16/12 – Chinese New Year Customs Schedule
Chinese New Year celebration will affect the customs hours of operation.
See details by country below:
CHINA
Shanghai - Official holiday begins on 22nd Jan until the 28th Jan. Customs will be closed from 22nd Jan until 28th Jan. There will be no customs clearance during this period. Customs re-open on 29th Jan. Last collection/delivery: 20th Jan / 21st Jan First collection/delivery: 29th Jan / 29th Jan
Guangdong Area - Official holiday begins on 22nd Jan until the 28th Jan. Customs will be closed from 22nd Jan until 28th Jan. There will be no customs clearance during this period. Customs re-open on 29th Jan. Last collection/delivery: 20th Jan / 21st Jan First collection/delivery: 29th Jan / 29th Jan
Beijing- Official holiday begins on 22nd Jan until the 28th Jan. Customs will be closed from 21st Jan until 28th Jan. There will be no customs clearance during this period. Customs re-open on 29th Jan. Last collection/delivery: 19th Jan / 21st Jan First collection/delivery: 29th Jan / 29th Jan
Rest of China- Official holiday begins on 22nd Jan until the 28th Jan. Customs will be closed from 22nd Jan until 28th Jan. There will be no customs clearance during this period. Customs re-open on 29th Jan. Last collection/delivery: 19th Jan / 21st Jan First collection/delivery: 29th Jan / 29th Jan
HONG KONG
Official holiday begins 23rd Jan until the 25th Jan. Customs will be open for clearances but on-forwarding to China, Taiwan Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam will be affected due to flight cancellations.
SINGAPORE
Official holiday begins 23rd Jan until the 24th Jan. Singapore Customs is open throughout the Public holiday period.
MALAYSIA
Official holiday is 23rd and 24th of Jan. Customs in KUL/PEN will be open working with skeleton staff.
VIETNAM
Official holiday begins 21st January until the 30th Jan. Customs will be closed during this time and resume on 30th Jan.
TAIWAN
Official holiday from 21st of Jan to 29th of Jan with offices, shops, schools closed for celebrating Chinese New Year. There will be NO CUSTOMS IMPORT CLEARANCE DURING THESE DATES.
12/27/11 – Canada braces for first big storm of the season
A potentially large amount of snow is headed for eastern Ontario and Quebec.
A series of snowfall warnings have been issued stretching from Ottawa to Montreal and continuing across most of southeastern Quebec.
Canada’s weather office is predicting anywhere from 10 to 40 centimeters, depending on the region.
Porter Airlines and Air Canada both warned that the storm may cause delays or cancellations of some flights.
Check out Airport Delays for more details.
10/25/11 – Australia Customs Strikes set for Thursday 10/27
Australian customs officials are not showing up to work on Thursday, October 27, in a bid to score a decent pay rise. For international travelers, getting into Australia will be difficult. Trying to leave the island nation will come with problems, too. Customs and Border Protection has advised travelers wishing to leave the country to get to the airport early. From midnight on Wednesday, October 26, customs officers will walk off the job at Sydney, Melbourne and Perth international airports for 24 hours. Officers in Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide international airports will strike for two hours, while strikes are also mooted for Cairns and Gold Coast international airports. The Customs Marine Unit will throw its weight behind the strike, and its two-hour strike on Thursday will impact cargo inspections, ports and international mail centers.
10/25/11 – Hurricane Rina
Hurricane Rina is now a category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds.
- Will slowly turn to the north and eventually
east during the next several days, possibly making landfall along the
east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula sometime Thursday
- Expected
to strengthen some more, and could be a major hurricane as it approaches
Yucatan, but might begin weakening before landfall or closest approach
to Yucatan
- Four aircraft recon missions per day, alternating
between Air Force and NOAA hurricane hunter planes, are planned for the
next few days, as long as the system is over water
- Most models
forecast Rina to significantly weaken while moving eastward toward Cuba
or southern Florida later this week or this weekend, while some forecast
it to dissipate over Yucatan; only one model currently forecasts a
hurricane to reach southern Florida, and this scenario appears unlikely
due to increasing wind shear later this week
- Those in southern
Florida should closely monitor Rina since the long-range forecast is
very uncertain and impacts there such as tropical storm conditions are
slightly possible
10/11/11 – Kuwait Customs Strike
Kuwaiti customs officers are on strike for the second day, today. All shipments were blocked from either leaving or entering
Kuwait’s two commercial ports and two oil terminals. Customs operations
were also disrupted at the country’s international airport and at its
land borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
For more information, please contact our Service Desks.
For more information, please contact our Service Desks.
10/05/11 – Industrial Strike Action in Greece Cancels Flights
“Flights were grounded, schools shut and government offices closed in Greece’s first nationwide walkout in months.”
“Riot police fired teargas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens on Wednesday as thousands of striking Greek state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy”
BA has canceled all flight's to ATH until further notice, and more flights are currently being grounded.
Please be aware that this may cause a disruption in service. Check back soon for more updates.
To view all airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
“Riot police fired teargas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens on Wednesday as thousands of striking Greek state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy”
BA has canceled all flight's to ATH until further notice, and more flights are currently being grounded.
Please be aware that this may cause a disruption in service. Check back soon for more updates.
To view all airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
10/03/11 – Typhoon Nalgae Approaching China
The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center upgraded the rainstorm alert for Typhoon Nalgae to the orange level on Monday afternoon.
Orange is the second-highest alert level in the country's four-level rainstorm alert system.
The center warned that a number of tidal stations off Hainan, Guangdong and Fujian provinces will see tides exceeding safety levels.
Waves of 2 to 5 meters high have been observed in the waters off Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, and Zhejiang provinces according to a statement issued by the forecasting center on Monday afternoon.
Waters off east Hainan province will see waves of 3.5 to 5 meters high from Monday night to Tuesday
The East China Sea and Taiwan Strait will see waves of 3 to 5 meters high
Waters off Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi will also see waves of 2 to 4 meters high, according to latest forecast.
To view possible airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/quickintl/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
The center warned that a number of tidal stations off Hainan, Guangdong and Fujian provinces will see tides exceeding safety levels.
Waves of 2 to 5 meters high have been observed in the waters off Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, and Zhejiang provinces according to a statement issued by the forecasting center on Monday afternoon.
Waters off east Hainan province will see waves of 3.5 to 5 meters high from Monday night to Tuesday
The East China Sea and Taiwan Strait will see waves of 3 to 5 meters high
Waters off Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi will also see waves of 2 to 4 meters high, according to latest forecast.
To view possible airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/quickintl/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
09/29/11 – HKG Typhoon Nesat Advisory
14:00 EST - Update
Please be advised that Typhoon Nesat is lashing the Hong Kong and southern China coast this morning. Hong Kong has hoisted the T8 Typhoon signal and all schools, shops, government offices and businesses are closed until further notice.
Typhoon Nesat, the strongest to hit China this year, forced the
evacuation of 300,000 people, grounded flights and closed markets as it
swept past Hong Kong, slammed into the Chinese island of Hainan and
headed to Vietnam.
Hong Kong’s No. 8 storm warning was reduced to a strong wind signal at 5 p.m. local time with Nesat 450 kilometers (280 miles) away, according to the city’s observatory .
Most public transportation in Hong Kong had resumed by the evening as the city prepared for the return of thousands of workers to the financial district that was cleared by the storm.
Hong Kong’s No. 8 storm warning was reduced to a strong wind signal at 5 p.m. local time with Nesat 450 kilometers (280 miles) away, according to the city’s observatory .
Most public transportation in Hong Kong had resumed by the evening as the city prepared for the return of thousands of workers to the financial district that was cleared by the storm.
11:00 EST
09/27/11 – National Golden Week Holiday in China
Please contact our Service Desks for more information.
09/23/11 – Greek workers staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday 9/22
Greek workers staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday forcing the transport system to a standstill in protest against the government's intensified austerity drive to secure aid to save the debt-laden country from bankruptcy.
About 1,000 members of Communist group MAS marched to parliament chanting "Resist" and "Plutocracy should pay for this crisis" as part of the first big nationwide rallies since June when daily protests ended in bloody clashes with police.
Another 6,000 students, some carrying black flags and wearing teargas masks, and teachers joined them outside parliament, with union members expected to join them later. There was a big riot police deployment.
Striking taxi drivers and bus, metro and rail workers meant commuters had to use their own cars, triggering kilometers-long traffic jams and stranding tourists at hotels in Athens' ancient city center. Unions said more strikes were planned.
"The situation is dramatic, all major streets are jammed," said one traffic police official, who declined to be named. An air traffic controller stoppage delayed 100 flights by up to four hours and dozens more in an out of Greece were canceled.
To view possible airport delays, please visit
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
About 1,000 members of Communist group MAS marched to parliament chanting "Resist" and "Plutocracy should pay for this crisis" as part of the first big nationwide rallies since June when daily protests ended in bloody clashes with police.
Another 6,000 students, some carrying black flags and wearing teargas masks, and teachers joined them outside parliament, with union members expected to join them later. There was a big riot police deployment.
Striking taxi drivers and bus, metro and rail workers meant commuters had to use their own cars, triggering kilometers-long traffic jams and stranding tourists at hotels in Athens' ancient city center. Unions said more strikes were planned.
"The situation is dramatic, all major streets are jammed," said one traffic police official, who declined to be named. An air traffic controller stoppage delayed 100 flights by up to four hours and dozens more in an out of Greece were canceled.
To view possible airport delays, please visit
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
09/20/11 – Typhoon Roke is nearing Japan
Typhoon Roke with winds of 185 kph (115 mph) is forecast to make landfall south of Osaka Wednesday, causing heavy rain in central Japan. About 80,000 residents have been ordered to flee and more than 1 million people were urged to evacuate Nagoya, a city in central Japan.
To view possible airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
To view possible airport delays, please visit:
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
09/09/11 – Tropical Storm Maria Update
The tropical storm watch for Puerto Rico (including Vieques and Culebra) has been replaced with a tropical storm warning.
The government of Barbados has replaced the tropical storm watch for Dominica with a tropical storm warning.
Summary of watches and warnings in effect:
A tropical storm watch is in effect for:
Wind: Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles by late today, then spread northwestward over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Saturday and Saturday night.
Rainfall: Maria is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches over the central to northern lesser Antilles, the virgin islands, and Puerto Rico.
Please check for all Airport delays here
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/
The government of Barbados has replaced the tropical storm watch for Dominica with a tropical storm warning.
Summary of watches and warnings in effect:
- A tropical storm warning is in effect for:
- Guadeloupe
- St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius
- Antigua, Anguilla, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, and the British virgin islands
- Dominica
- U.S Virgin Islands
- Puerto Rico, including vieques and Culebra
A tropical storm watch is in effect for:
- St Barthelemy, St Marten, and Martinique Hazards Affecting Land
Wind: Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles by late today, then spread northwestward over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Saturday and Saturday night.
Rainfall: Maria is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches over the central to northern lesser Antilles, the virgin islands, and Puerto Rico.
Please check for all Airport delays here
http://quick.aero/shipment-tracking-airport-delays/