Expect increased security in Beijing in preparation for the Sept. 3rd Victory Day celebration, which includes a massive military parade at Tiananmen Square. Police have already bolstered checkpoints along the approaches to the city and have increased the number of inspections of vehicles entering the city. Authorities also plan to increase security screening of postal deliveries to Beijing for a 14-day period leading up to the holiday, including more stringent requirements for proof of sender’s identity. Tighter security checks are likely at the city’s airports, which will be shut down 0930-1230 Sept 3 during the parade. Road closures are likely Sept. 3 on Chang’an Avenue and roads surrounding Tiananmen Square. Access to and from the Jianguomen, Dongdan, Wangfujing, Tian’anmen East, and Tian’anmen West subway stations may also be restricted.

Typhoon Goni continues to track northwestward in the Pacific Ocean as it strengthens. On its projected storm track, Goni is forecast to pass north of the Philippines’ Luzon Island then veer northward paralleling eastern Taiwan and Japan’s Ryuku Islands. However, the storm path could change in the coming days.

Indications continue to point toward Super Typhoon Atsani hooking to the northeast with its destructive winds and widespread flooding rain bypassing Japan. Even if Atsani curves out to sea prior to reaching Japan, it could still impact eastern Honshu, including Tokyo, with gusty showers early next week.

Airport staff are set to strike at Milan’s Linate and Malpensa Airports from 10a to 2p on September 6. The strike may affect flights.

Pedestrians going to Tijuana from San Diego at the San Ysidro crossing must now choose between a line for Mexicans who get walked through unchecked, and a line for foreigners who must show a passport, fill out a form and — if staying more than a week — pay 322 pesos, or roughly $20, for a six-month permit. Travelers have long followed similar protocol at Mexican airports, but the new border procedure marks a big change at land crossings.

Iberian baggage handlers at Malaga Airport will strike on August 28, from 10 am to noon. British Airways, Vueling and Iberia flights may be affected.

London Tube workers are set to strike for 24 hours on August 25 and 27, which will likely cause travel disruptions for most of the week.

• The oldest U.S.-based carrier still in operation is Delta
• Delta’s triangle-shaped logo is known as “the widget”
• Originally created as Huff Daland Dusters, Inc., an aerial crop dusting operation, in 1924, the airline was sold and renamed Delta Air Service in 1928
• Delta is the official airline of the Grammy Awards
• On Delta’s first passenger flight in 1929 the single passenger sat in a chair placed in the bin where the pesticide was normally kept
• Delta is the only U.S. carrier serving Bangkok, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow, and Prague
• In 1995, Delta was the first airline to ban smoking on all flights and in 2007 the first airline with an on-board recycling program