Trade Unions in Spain took part in a general strike on Friday 8 March 2019. Correos, the Spanish postal operator advised that disruptions lasting several days could result as backlogs resulting from the strike are cleared.

Extra security checks along with a Customs strike at Calais and Dunkirk since Monday 4 March has significantly extended waiting times at the Tunnel and Port to UK by up to 6 hours. Countries affected are: France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Tropical Cyclone Pola hit Tonga, causing strong winds and heavy rain, affecting all mail between the stated dates. As of 4th March, Tonga Post Ltd announced that all postal operations were back to normal.

A group representing air traffic controllers imposed a one-week lockout at eight Finnish airports on 23rd February. Further lockouts are also planned for 4th March and 11th March. Flight disruptions are likely to occur.

Winter Storm Quiana has been causing notable transportation network disruptions across several southwestern states since 21st February. Winter storm warnings have been in effect for areas in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

10,000 workers of the Airports Authority of India have began a strike against the privatization of airports on 20th February.

Employees of Post of Slovenia embarked on a strike on 19th February to demand better working conditions. This has significantly affected national and international postal deliveries.

Issues surrounding missing USPS EDI messages have been resolved and the situation is back to normal. The backlog of events has been processed and should all be current going forward.

A national general strike was announced in Belgium for 13th February 2019. Road traffic in the country was heavily disrupted, which will affect postal services. Air traffic controllers and ground handlers at Brussels airport also took part in the strike, which had an impact on inbound and outbound postal operations.

On 12th February, La Poste indicated that it was experiencing data display issues due to the implementation of a new IT system. No further disruption has been reported.

Rain and floods in NSW, Australia resulted in power outage in Sydney OE on 8th February and impacted the collection and processing of all mail products for the postcodes: 2000 - 2999. Operations were back to normal on Sunday 10th February.

At least 130 flights at Haneda and Narita airports in Tokyo were cancelled or delayed due to snowfall. No timeline as to when the operations will resume has been provided.

Rain and flooding, in Arica and Parinacota, Chile, is affecting the collection and delivery of all mail products. Delays can be expected for all mail products into and out of these areas of Chile.

Severe snow and cold temperatures continue to affect Ontario and Quebec regions with flight delays and cancellations in and out of Toronto and Montreal. Icy Road conditions are affecting road services to various regions out of Toronto. Mail deliveries were suspended on Wednesday 6th February in the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario due to the severe weather conditions. Mail services into the above regions will continue to experience delays until conditions improve.

Possible delays to mail for the Far East due to the Chinese New Year are expected. It is not uncommon at this time for some flights to be cancelled and others rerouted to accommodate extra passenger traffic. Extended delivery periods should be expected for Australia, Japan and China.

Heavy snowfall has caused disruption across Hokkaido Island, Japan. Several roads were closed due to blizzards and low visibility.

Rain and floods in North Queensland, Australia, are impacting the collection and delivery of all mail products for the postcodes: 4804 - 4899. 

Operations have returned to normal following suspension of deliveries owing to extremely cold temperatures.

Fresh snow, due to Storm Gabriel, affecting Northern Europe has caused increased demand for channel crossing traffic via the Euro Tunnel. This has affected transit times, which could be significantly extended.

Due to the government shutdown in the US goods are experiencing delays clearing customs. Delays of 1 - 2 business days are expected. This will also impact all mail items into the US causing usual transit aims to be extended.

Road traffic in Northern Spain has been affected by flooding due to snow melting and heavy rainfall. Amber warnings were issued earlier this week for areas west of Navarre, including Bilbao, Leon, Oviedo, Gijon and Santander.

Adverse weather affects airport operations: heavy snowfall has affected operations at Helsinki Airport (HEL) in Finland. Multiple flights for January 17th were cancelled or delayed. No timeline as to when the operations will resume has been provided.

Due to heavy snowfall, local road closures and avalanche warnings are affecting the collection and delivery of all mail services in the Alps. The worst affected areas are: Lower Austria: 3100-3399, 3800-3999 Upper Austria: 4400-4599, 4800-4899 Salzburg: 5000- 5799 Tyrol + Vorarlberg: 6000 – 6999, 9900-9999 Styria: 8600-8999

Antigua and Barbuda Post Office staff have been on strike since January 2nd 2019. They've requested all postal operators to suspend shipping letters and parcels to Antigua, including items for Dominica and Montserrat until further notice. As a result, all mail except 'Global Express' items to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Montserrat will experience delays.

The backlog, caused by the recent rotating strikes in October and November 2018, has been cleared. Normal mail delivery services have resumed in Canada. International postings from both Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide continue to be forwarded to Canada. However, Canada Post continues to experience some delays to delivery services due to the high volumes of incoming mail. Delivery aims for Royal Mail services to Canada are normally 5-7 working days. However, International Standard and International Tracked & Signed continue to be severely delayed, some items taking 3-4 weeks to be delivered.

Indefinite postal strike commenced in Johannesburg Airport impacting on the operation and handling of mail upon arrival. As previously advised, this will affect all International Standard and International Signed postings which are currently being processed within 6+ weeks and 8+ weeks respectively. These aims will more likely worsen as volumes of mail and backlogs grow as a result of the strike.

Due to political developments in northern Iraq the government has issued an embargo on flights into the region. It is expected that no deliveries will be possible until the situation is resolved.

Due to the high volume of mail going in to Brazil and going through the Customs process, it has been confirmed that there are delays to some of these items. Specifically, it's been reported that untracked items have taken up to 40 days for delivery.

It has been reported that it is not possible to send any mail and parcels to Venezuela as the route has been closed off due to the political instability in the country.

It has been reported that, in accordance with the declaration issued by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cutting ties with Qatar, the provision of postal services with that member country has, until further notice, been suspended.

We have become aware of processing delays on all inbound international traffic arriving in Italy. We have reviewed all elements of our own pipeline to ensure items posted to this country arrive as quickly as possible. However, we're aware that some issues, outside of our control, are extending some of our published delivery aims for Italy. To reflect the current transit times, we are temporarily extending our delivery aims to these countries as follows: Untracked products: 6-8 working days

CURRENTLY NO SERVICE. Due to the current situation in Yemen mail services have been suspended. Where possible, items currently in transit will be returned to sender. We are sorry that our suppliers are not accepting mail for Yemen at this time.

CURRENTLY NO SERVICE. Due to the civil unrest in Libya and the recent attack at the International Airport Tripoli (TIP), all mail items going to Libya will face disruptions for the foreseeable future. Postal distributers have asked that all mail items for Libya are not sent out into the postal system until further notice.

CURRENTLY NO SERVICE. 18/03/2016: Mail services to Crimea, Sevastapol, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast are suspended until further notice.

CURRENTLY NO SERVICE. Due to the current exceptional circumstances in the Syrian Arab Republic, all mail deliveries have now been suspended.

CURRENTLY NO SERVICE.