Air Travel New Routes Planned by Aegean from Thessaloniki by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 by GTP editing team 1 June 2008 Aegean Airlines President Theodoros Vassilakis recently announced new routes by the carrier from Thessaloniki during a ceremony held to christen two new Airbus A321 and A320 jets—with the names “Philoxenia” … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greek Airports Receive Aesthetic Improvements by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 The Hellenic Ministry of Transport and Communications (YME) and the Tourism Development Ministry held a joint press conference recently to reveal the process to aesthetically improve peripheral airports in Greece … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Hovercrafts to Revolutionize Sea Travel in Greece by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 The route Heraklion to Piraeus, now some six hours by high-speed ferry, could be done in one hour and 36 minutes by the end of 2008 with the new hovercrafts … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Seaplanes Connect Volos to Athens & Sporades by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 New seaplane carrier Argo Airways (a member of Kanapitsa Group) is expected to commence twice daily flights from the port of Volos to Athen’s Flisvos Marina this month and extend … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel First Stage of EU-USA Open Skies in Effect by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 The first stage of the “Open Skies Agreement” between the European Union and the United States of America was signed on March 30 in a ceremony held within the scope … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Direct Flight Athens-Ljubljana by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 by GTP editing team 1 May 2008 A new scheduled route from Ljubljana in Slovenia to Athens commenced last month served by Adria Airways, Slovenias’ national airline and a regional Star Alliance member. The carrier flies three-times-weekly … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel IATA Partners with Solar Airplane Project by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 The International Airline Transport Association announced it has become an institutional partner of Solar Impulse, the solar airplane project that will fly around the world with no fuel and zero … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Virgin Atlantic Conducts First Ever Biofuel Flight by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 by GTP editing team 1 April 2008 The first flight by a commercial airline to be powered partly by biofuel recently took place as a Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew between London Heathrow Airport and Amsterdam using … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens International Airport Reveals 10% Passenger Traffic Increase by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Athens International Airport announced another record-breaking year with a total of 16.5 million passengers in 2007, an impressive 10 percent increase from its 15.1 million passengers in 2006. There was … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greek Know-how Travels to Beijing for the Olympics by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Athens International Airport’s experience and know-how is being shared with both the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games and the Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) for the preparation and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Singapore Signs Open Skies Agreement by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Singapore has concluded three bilateral Open Skies Agreements with Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The agreements allow both Singapore and Scandinavian airlines to fly between Singapore and any point … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Airlines Receives First of Ten New Airbus by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Aegean Airlines received the first of ten new Airbus A320/1’s recently ordered by the airline to replace the six Boeing 737-300/400’s, which are in the process of being withdrawn. The … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airbus Hails 2007 a Successful Year by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, recently announced the company delivered 453 aircraft in 2007, 19 more than in 2006. The deliveries included 367 A320-Family aircraft, six A300-Freighters, 79 A330/A340’s and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Flights in Europe Increase to a Record High in 2007 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Eurocontrol, the European organization for the safety of air navigation, has released an analysis of traffic and delays in Europe in 2007 and predictions for 2008. According to the results … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel IATA Predicts Traffic Growth Set to Slow by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently released full-year traffic results for 2007. The results show international passenger traffic demand grew 7.4 percent for the year 2007 that is a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo and White Knight Two by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 by GTP editing team 1 March 2008 Virgin Galactic recently unveiled the design of its new and “environmentally friendly” space launch system based on the X Prize winning technology of SpaceShipOne, which successfully flew into space for … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Lufthansa Passengers Donate Miles by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 A year after Lufthansa launched the program “Miles to help,” the airline’s passengers have already donated some 70 million award miles to a good cause. Members of Lufthansa’s “Miles & … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel British Airways Launches New Carrier OpenSkies by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 British Airways recently announced its plans to launch a subsidiary inter-continental airline, “OpenSkies,” that would conduct daily flights from New York to Brussels and Paris. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Singapore Airlines Receives Second A380 by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 Singapore Airlines recently received its second Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to Singapore Airlines at the Airbus Delivery Center in Toulouse, France, on … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delivery Delayed by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 by GTP editing team 1 February 2008 Boeing recently announced the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner has been moved from the end of the first quarter of 2008 to the end of the second quarter so … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
