Air Travel

The Ministry of Transport of Cyprus announced that it would provide support to all those stranded by the collapse of Cobalt Air.

Ryanair has announced a new route from the Greek island of Kefalonia to Berlin Tegel, with a twice-weekly service commencing in April 2019.

Singapore Airlines-owned Scoot and Athens International Airport (AIA) recently gave Greek travel agents an aircraft tour of the B787 Dreamliner.

Southwest Airlines has signed a 10-year agreement with Amadeus, aiming to deliver optimal flight choices by implementing the Amadeus Sky Suite by Optym for network planning.

Greece is among the top five countries that have seen the greatest growth in flight bookings from travelers in Italy in the last 12 months, according to Travelport.

Athens International Airport is maintaining a strong dynamic in terms of passenger traffic, which was up by 13.4 percent in August, according to European airport trade association ACI Europe.

Greek carrier AEGEAN is the fifth best airline in the world for 2018, according to the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler (CNT).

Greek airports saw a record-breaking 10 percent rise in passenger traffic for the first nine months of the year, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

Travelport has won a competitive tender process undertaken by Air India for the sole provision of distribution of its domestic flight content in the airline’s home market.

Rhodes and the Ionian Islands are breaking incoming tourism records for September with flows continuing strong into October.

A proposition to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent is causing concern among aviation circles, which claim it will lead to disruption.

The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has confirmed that travelers will be entitled to a full refund should their holidays be cancelled due to Brexit.

Low cost carrier Ryanair has announced the launch of 21 new routes connecting Greece with popular international destinations for summer 2019.

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has approved the purchase of 27 short- and medium-haul Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft.

Preparing for the new era of airline retailing will be discussed at IATA’s Airline Industry Retailing Symposium (AIRS) in Rome during October 23-25.

Sabre Corporation has launched its Digital Airline Commercial Platform (DACP) with Aeroflot, Ethiopian Airlines and Etihad Airways on board as launch partners.

British Airways will celebrate its centenary anniversary in 2019 with a new collection of uniforms for its employees, designed by Ozwald Boateng.

Emirates has been named “Corporate Innovator Middle East 2018” at the Innovators Awards 2018, held by the Global Finance magazine.

Flybmi and Turkish Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement, which provides flybmi passengers with the option to fly from the UK and Ireland to Istanbul.

Alitalia has honored its best performing partner travel agents in Greece for their contribution in 2017 to the growth of the airline in the country.