Air Travel

New evidence by Ethiopian authorities has prompted US company Boeing to terminate all 737 Max 8 flights following a second deadly accident in less than six months.

Greece has suspended all Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights out of its airports, after the fatal Ethiopian Airlines flight crash.

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will be significantly expanding its tourist-oriented long-haul portfolio at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich via Eurowings.

The 14 Greek regional airports managed by Fraport Greece are expected to handle 35-40 million passengers annually once upgrade works are completed.

India-based airline, Vistara, has appointed Asian Aviation as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Greece and Cyprus.

Blue Air and Cyprus Airways have agreed to extend their codeshare partnership, which was launched in December 2018.

Irish low cost carrier Ryanair has announced its Greek 2019 winter schedule, which offers 12 new routes connecting Greece with 10 countries.

Emirates Skywards, the loyalty program of Emirates and flydubai, won the accolade for “Excellence in Management” at the Loyalty Awards 2019.

The Air France –  KLM group is celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8, by offering its female passengers more travel services including priority boarding.

Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA) significantly increased in February by 11.3 percent and reached 1.32 million from 1.19 million during the same month last year.

Travelport has launched a global campaign to encourage the use of its DPNA Special Service Request (SSR) code, used by travel agents to alert airlines for passengers with intellectual disabilities.

The possibility of launching a direct flight from Xiamen to Athens was discussed between Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and a delegation from the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian.

Ryanair in July 2019 will launch two new Greek routes to Italy, with services from Kos to Rome Fiumicino and Rhodes to Catania.

Sabre Corporation is certified as ONE Order Capable for air flight transactions as an order management system (OMS) and delivery provider.

Etihad Airways delivered the Special Olympics World Games Flame of Hope to Abu Dhabi on a flight from Athens, Greece.

Mouzenidis Group airline Ellinair, which in 2018 surpassed the one million passenger mark, celebrated its fifth anniversary in the aviation industry.

Travelport and United Airlines are carrying out a joint commitment to deliver customer support and solutions for the benefit of travelers and travel agents alike.

Alitalia “said it with a Ciao” and updated Greek travel agents on its latest developments, during “Alitalia’s World” special event in Athens.

For a sum of approximately 1.4 billion euros, Athens International Airport SA will continue to operate Greece’s leading airport over the next 20 years.

ERA continues to call for a wide-reaching reciprocal aviation agreement between the EU and the UK to prevent further serious harm to European connectivity.