Aviation

Rock group Scorpions took an Athens Airways flight on 3 July to Mytilini, Lesvos, to perform live on 4 July at Mytilini castle.

Marfin Investment Group (MIG) recently announced that preparations are in progress for the launch of the flight operations of Olympic Air.

The European Commission recently granted regulatory approval for the tie-up of Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines.

International arrivals at major airports of Greece for the first five months of 2009 showed a decrease of 8.85 percent over the same period of 2008, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises recently announced.

Star Alliance recently accepted Greece’s Aegean Airlines as a future member carrier, according to an official announcement at a press conference held in Athens.

The opening of the Athens-Abu Dhabi route is another milestone that marks the strong relations between the United Arab Emirates and Greece, Etihad Airway’s chief commercial officer, Peter Baumgartner, recently said at the airline’s first press conference in Athens.

Olympic Airline’s owners, Marfin Investment Group (MIG), announced the designers of the carrier’s new cabin crew uniforms last month.

The transition period for Olympic Airlines should be completed by 30 September with the transfer of 100 percent of the three carrier’s units (flight operations, technical basis, ground handling) to Athens-based Marfin Investment Group (MIG), the company announced recently.

Greece’s aviation laws must correspond with those of European legislation and of the international market if the country wants to attract aviation tourism, was the main conclusion of the fourth scientific conference “Aviation – Present and Future,” held by the Hellenic Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Travelport GDS, one of the world’s largest global distribution system providers that operate the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, recently announced a new, multi-year full content agreement with Athens-based Aegean Airlines.