# Travel news/2008
## December

* Winter storms pummel Canada & US (22 December 2008)
* Medellín inaugurates Colombia's most spectacular Christmas (21 December 2008)
* Saint Petersburg subway is growing (20 December 2008)
* More flights between Taiwan and mainland China (15 December 2008)
* Riots across Greece (09 December 2008)
* World's Largest Ice Rink opens (03 December 2008)

## November

* Terrorist attacks in Mumbai (26 November 2008)
* Crisis in Bangkok (26 November 2008)
* ABC hosts final Super Soap Weekend (15 Nov 2008)

## October

* World's largest airline prepares for takeoff (29 Oct 2008)
* Farmfair 2008 (31 Oct 2008)
* Sterling Airlines declares bankruptcy (29 Oct 2008)
* JFK Airport icon re-opens (22 Oct 2008)
* New mosque in Grozny (17 Oct 2008)
* Tijuana Tequila Expo returns (15 Oct 2008)
* Dubai Terminal 3 opens (14 Oct 2008)
* Fort Worth Alliance Air Show (11 Oct 2008)
* Aruba Music Festival (10 Oct 2008)
* Long Beach gets longer (9 Oct 2008)
* No more Helsinki-St. Pete ferry (8 Oct 2008)
* Paris Motor Show (4 Oct 2008)
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* Singapore Beer Festival (2 Oct 2008)
* This Is Not Art (2 Oct 2008)
* Chinese National Day (1 Oct 2008)

## September

* Delta-Northwest merger closer (26 Sep 2008)
* State Fair of Texas (26 Sep 2008)
* Disney's Pleasure Island closes (28 Sep 2008)
* South African Parks Week (22 Sep 2008)
* Russia and Israel: a mutual visa-free travel (20 Sep 2008)
* San Sebastian Film Festival (18 Sep 2008)
* Kirstenbosch Chelsea Flower Show Exhibit on show in Cape Town (15 Sep 2008)
* Hurricane Ike, strikes texas coast (13 Sep 2008)
* Airport, train strike in Thailand (4 Sep 2008)

## August

* Zoom goes zip (29 Aug 2008)
* Bibles seized in China (18 Aug 2008)
* Changing of the Guards in Saint Petersburg (9 August 2008)
* Utah arch collapses (9 Aug 2008)
* War in Georgia (8 August 2008)
* Regular ferry traffic begins between Saint Petersburg and Helsinki (1 Aug 2008)

## July

* Travel warning: Hurricane Dolly (23 July 2008)
* New Disney hotel in Tokyo (9 July 2008)
* Continental changes alliances (7 Jul 2008)
* Taiwan-China flights start (4 Jul 2008)
* Big Sur ablaze (3 Jul 2008)

## June

* New Tokyo Subway Line Opens (14 Jun 2008)
* A new illumination system of the Saint Petersburg TV tower (5 Jun 2008)
* Frontier Airlines throws the Little Rock (1 Jun 2008)

## May

* New Bangalore airport opens (23 May 2008)
* The launch of Japan Travel Guide JTB on Second Life” (20 May 2008)
* China visa regulations tighten (8 May 2008)
* Cyclone causes havoc in Myanmar (4 May 2008)
* More JetBlue flights to Long Beach (1 May 2008)

## April

* Nationwide shuts down (29 Apr 2008)
* Eos goes Bye (28 Apr 2008)
* India-Bangla trains (14 Apr 2008)
* Oasis HK dries up (9 Apr 2008)
* Three US airlines cease operations (6 Apr 2008)
* Transport taxes in Saint Petersburg was raised (1 Apr 2008)

## March

* Come fly the open sky! (30 Mar 2008)
* Heathrow T5 opens (27 Mar 2008)

## February

* Riots in Belgrade (24 Feb 2008)
* Database failure (22 Feb 2008)
* Total lunar eclipse (20/21 Feb 2008)
* The Lantern Festival Starts In Taipei (16 Feb 2008)
* Fire Destroys Seoul's Iconic City Gate (11 Feb 2008)
* Singapore Zoo's icon dies (8 Feb 2008)
* Carnival de Binche (3 Feb 2008)
* New ferry for Robben Island (1 Feb 2008)
* Monte Carlo Las Vegas Update (1Feb 2008)
* Mickey celebrates the Year of the Mouse (1 Feb 2008)

## January

* Las Vegas hotel burns (25 Jan 2008)
* New Terminal Open at Mexico City's Benito Juarez Airport (16 Jan 2008)
* No Match in Paris (1 Jan 2008)
* Cyprus, Malta go euro (1 Jan 2008)