Air Travel Aegean Airlines Signs Partnership with Brussels Airlines by Nikos Krinis 1 January 2009 by Nikos Krinis 1 January 2009 Aegean Airlines recently signed a commercial cooperation agreement with Brussels Airlines that includes the operation of the route Brussels-Athens. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Gateway to Greece by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 Transport and Communications Minister Costis Hatzidakis recently announced a joint ministerial decree in which Araxos National Airport (45 km west of Patras) becomes an official air gateway to Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airlines to Lose Billions This Year by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 The International Air Transport Association recently announced a revised industry financial forecast for airline losses this year and 2009 and evaluated that the difficult business conditions will remain. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel EU Agrees to Olympic Airlines’ Privatization by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 The European Union last month gave its consent to Greece’s plan to privatize the Greek carrier Olympic Airlines next year, but said the airline must pay back 850 million euros … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Plan for Privatization of All Greek Airports by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 October 2008 The interministerial committee for denationalization last month gave the ‘green light’ for the utilization of regional airports by private investors. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Amadeus Signs With Arab Airlines by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 Amadeus, the global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, last month signed a 10-year distribution agreement with 13 members of the Arab Air Carriers … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Black List of Banned Airlines by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 The European Commission recently approved the eighth update of the ‘black list’ of airline companies that are banned from flying to European Union countries due to security issues. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel EKPOIZO Reports Overpriced Airline Tickets by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 September 2008 Consumer organization EKPOIZO recently discovered that advertized airline tickets have serious price variations, some which reached up to 63 percent between the advertized on-line cost and the actual charge. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aviation Crisis to Hit “Eleftherios Venizelos” by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 The crisis within the aviation market, which has already reached alarming proportions in the USA, is slowly beginning to have an impact on Greece, say representatives from Athens International Airport … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Airlines Administration Shuffle by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Transport and Communications Minister Costis Hatzidakis recently rearranged the administration of Olympic Airlines, Olympic Airways-Services and Pantheon Airways. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Daily flights to Milan with Air One by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Air One recently launched direct flights departing from Athens and Thessaloniki to Milan. Athens will be served by two flights a day and Thessaloniki with one daily flight to Malpensa … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Sky Team Donates to SOS Children’s Villages by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 by Nikos Krinis 1 August 2008 Sky Team aviation alliance (which celebrates its eighth year) together with Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, recently donated 15,000 euros to the international child welfare organization SOS Children’s Villages in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Continental Airlines Completes Travel Agent Seminar by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Continental Airlines recently completed its second educational seminar at Athens International Airport for representatives from some of the biggest travel agents and tour operators in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel OpenSkies Gets DOT Approval by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 British Airways subsidiary airline OpenSkies received United States Department of Transportation (DOT) approval to begin flights between Paris Orly Airport and New York’s JFK airport last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Alitalia Launches New Routes by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Alitalia announced it would enhance its connections to Greece through 35 weekly flights from Greece to Rome Fiumicino this summer. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Cyprus Airways to Renew its Fleet by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 by GTP editing team 1 July 2008 Cyprus Airways’ Executive Chairman Kikis Lazarides recently announced the renewal of the airline’s fleet would take place within a year. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Continental Airlines Organizes Second FAM Trip by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 Continental Airlines recently organized a second familiarization trip for 10 travel agents in order to inform them on all aspects of the airline’s services and beyond. On the previous familiarization … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Half of Misleading Airline Websites Corrected by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 European Union Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva published a report on a European-wide enforcement investigation involving 15 European Union national authorities and Norway against misleading advertising and unfair practices on airline … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greek Airports Go WiFi by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 The Civil Aviation Authority recently launched free wireless broadband Internet access points at several airports throughout Greece with the slogan “take off…on the internet.” Passengers at Rodos Island International Airport … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Sabre Survey Shows Evolution of Low-Cost Carriers by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 A recent study by Sabre Airline Solutions revealed a new breed of “hybrid” carrier is quickly overtaking traditional low-cost carriers and that more passengers travel on this “hybrid” carrier than … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
