Air Travel Air Transat Adds 16th Wide-Body Jet to its Fleet by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 Air Transat, Canada’s leading travel holiday airline, announced the addition of a new Airbus A310-300. For this summer, Air Transat will be serving 30 European cities including Barcelona, Malaga, Vienna … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Hydroplanes Over the Aegean by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 The vision of traveling by hydroplane has again become a reality as Airsea Lines recently begun its routes to nine Cycladic islands daily from the port of Lavrio. In its … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Qatar Launches New First-time Routes by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 Aviation and tourism officials in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last month praised the latest expansion moves by Qatar Airways, which includes the addition of a new link between Malaysia’s capital and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel US Airways Inaugurates Direct Daily Flights to Athens by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 The fifth largest airline in the United States, US Airways, has recently commenced its direct daily flights to Athens from Philadelphia in its attempt to bring closer “two cities with … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Germanwings Expands Destinations in Greece by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 “Value for less money, reliability, simplicity and safety are the four key issues for the success of our company,” said Andreas Engel, international communications manager for Germanwings, at a recent … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel BA Re-launches Club World by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 by GTP editing team 1 June 2007 British Airways recently re-launched its business club – a true boon for long-haul business travelers – that includes up-market amenities that begin with the initial ticketing and culminates in a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel EC Gives Airlines Six Months to Enforce Regulations by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 The European Commission has given airlines and member states six months to make the EC’s new air passenger rights regulation work. It said it would provide airlines with full support … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel British Airways Presents New Passenger Terminal by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 British Airways’ country commercial manager for Greece, Freddie Stier, last month proudly presented the latest news on Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Biggest Airlines Worst Offenders by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 The Association of European Airlines (AEA) publishes its report every quarter, and produces an annual figure at the end of each calendar year. The reports include not just baggage handling … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Welcomes New CEO by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2007 Dr. Yiannis Paraschis late last month took over from Alfred van der Meer as the new chief executive officer of Athens International Airport. The forty-seven-year-old industrial engineer joined the airport’s … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airline Association Unhappy with EU-U.S. Aviation Agreement by GTP editing team 1 April 2007 by GTP editing team 1 April 2007 The European Union late last month reached a agreement that gives airlines greater freedom to choose trans-Atlantic routes and potentially lead to lower fares. While details of the pact were … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Airlines Christens New A320s by GTP editing team 1 April 2007 by GTP editing team 1 April 2007 Theodoros Vassilakis, chairman of Aegean Airlines, was on hand late last month at the Athens International Airport for the inauguration ceremony of his company’s new Airbus A320s. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greek Airports Open 24 Hours by GTP editing team 1 March 2007 by GTP editing team 1 March 2007 Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia last month met with Greek ministers in an effort to coordinate actions that would improve the tourism sector. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Europe’s Airlines Carried Millions More Passengers Last Year by GTP editing team 1 March 2007 by GTP editing team 1 March 2007 The Association of European Airlines released traffic and capacity data for its members recently that gives a first look at the overall traffic and capacity results for 2006. AEA members … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Government Signs Legislation for National Aeronautical Supervisory Command by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 With the signing of a recent Presidential Decree, Greece can now create an independent National Aeronautical Supervisory Command. The pertinent decree, which allows for the organization, operation and staffing of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Continental Airlines Opens Athens Route by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Continental Airlines, the world’s fifth largest airline, last month announced it would launch daily nonstop flights between New York/Newark and Athens effective June 7, 2007 (eastbound), subject to government approval. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel US Airways Opens Route to Greece by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 US Airways’ customers will have more ways to jet off to Europe thanks to new flights from Philadelphia to capitals such as Athens, scheduled to start in late May. Including … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel US Airways Increases Offer for Delta Air Lines by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 US Airways Group, last month announced that it has increased its offer to merge with Delta Air Lines, Inc. Under the revised proposal Delta’s unsecured creditors would receive $5.0 billion … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Worldspan and Sabre Global Distribution Systems Sold by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 by GTP editing team 1 February 2007 Sabre Holdings was sold last month to two private equity firms in the U.S. for $4.45 billion. Although Sabre is considered the leading global distribution systems (GDS), analysts say the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel EC Proposes Inclusion of Airlines in Emissions Trading by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 by GTP editing team 1 January 2007 The European Union’s Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said last month that a proposal will shortly be submitted to the European Commission (EC) that includes airlines in the EU’s existing Emissions … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
