Company updates

During the first nine months of the year, Greek airline Aegean saw its net earnings grow by 40 percent to 71.7 million euros.

New ideas for further developing their GSA partnership were recently discussed in Cyprus between the founder of Zela Aviation and the CEO of MIAT Mongolian Airlines.

Qatar Airways will launch four weekly flights connecting Doha to the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki as of March 27, 2018.

Air Malta in summer 2018 will launch new direct services to the destinations of Casablanca, Venice and St Petersburg.

Ryanair is seeking suitable candidates to become part of its team and will hold a Recruitment Day on November 29 in Athens, Greece.

The multi-million-euro revamp of the Astir Palace will proceed according to schedule with plans to open its doors to the public in spring next year.

Travelport has entered into an agreement with hotel loyalty club Wanup, to offer the company access to a selection of 650,000 bookable hotel properties.

Trivago has completed the technical integration of HomeAway’s vacation rental inventory into its hotel search platform.

Celestyal Cruises is planning to extend the 2018 cruise season with extra “Iconic Aegean” itineraries in March, April, October and November.

Egyptair, the national carrier of Egypt, has launched a new service connecting Athens to Tokyo via Cairo once a week.

Ryanair recently launched a new service connecting Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport with Naples, Italy, twice a week for the winter season.

The TUI Magic Life Candia Maris luxury hotel on Crete, recently received the “We do Local” certification by Cosmocert for its efforts to promote Cretan hospitality and products.

Golden Star Ferries has amended the itineraries of the Superferry II and now sails to the Cycladic island of Syros on a daily basis.

Fraport Greece has boosted German operator Fraport’s turnover by approximately 181.4 million euros since April, when it took over 14 Greek regional airports.

Dolphin Capital has entered into an agreement with Kerzner for the development of a luxury tourism project on Kea in Greece.

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, owner of Greece’s train operator Trainose, in January is aiming to launch a new passenger speed train to run the Athens-Thessaloniki route.

Fraport Greece will invest in a new, modern terminal building at the ‘Odysseas Elytis’ airport in Mytilini, on the island of Lesvos.

Greek airline Sky Express has kicked off a new daily flight from Athens to the island of Kos, part of the Dodecanese island chain.

Travelport is the preferred technology partner of IATI Travel, a Turkish online travel platform, following the signing of a multi-year agreement.

Air Mediterranean has announced new flights connecting Athens with London, Stockholm, Jeddah, Baghdad, Casablanca and Khartoum.