Air Travel Concorde Jets Pushed Into Retirement by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 Concorde, the needle-nosed aircraft for the super-rich and super-rushed, is retiring after a quarter-century of service, its British and French operators announced last month. “Never has such a beautiful object … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Amadeus Adds More Low-fare Carriers by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 Travel agencies worldwide connected to Amadeus can now sell seats on Germanwings, the new German low-fare carrier. On 1 April 2003, Germanwings joined other low fare airlines already available through … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Luxair Is Back With Daily Flights by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 by GTP editing team 1 May 2003 Luxair, Luxembourg’s flag carrier, resumed flights to Athens on March 30. The airline had suspended its flights to here some four years ago but now flies daily out of Athens … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Air Traffic Remains Volatile by GTP editing team 1 April 2003 by GTP editing team 1 April 2003 The first AEA traffic report for 2003 shows an increase in passenger-km of 6.4 percent over January of last year. This brought traffic volume back to within 1.5 percentage points … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airlines Sell Worldspan by GTP editing team 1 April 2003 by GTP editing team 1 April 2003 An agreement was signed last month by Travel Transaction Processing Corporation to purchase Worldspan from its three airline owners (Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and American Airlines). 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel SkyTeam Alliance Expands through Associate Membership by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 Executives from the airline alliance SkyTeam, met in London recently where they announced plans to introduce an associate airline program that will expand customer benefits to additional regions of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Opens Environmental Information Center by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 by GTP editing team 1 March 2003 Athens International Airport is about to open an environmental information center within its main terminal building, according to a recent press release issued by airport management. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Bids Called For The Sale Of Galileo Hellas by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 by GTP editing team 1 February 2003 Greece’s transport ministry announced a tender for the sale of a majority stake in Galileo Hellas. Tenders were to be accepted up until January 17. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Aegean Continues Expansion To German Centers by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 Aegean Airlines is one of the few airlines in the world today that has been able to cut costs drastically, without cutting service standards, over the past 12 months. As … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airlines Double Passenger Compensation by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 The European Union’s transport council recently announced a decision to effectively double the compensation paid to passengers who are unable to be accommodated on the flights on which they are … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greece EU Presidency Features Open Skies Policy by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 When Greece assumes the European Union presidency on January 1, for a six-month period, its transportation brief will include a member states’ agreement to award the European Commission a wide-ranging … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Worldspan Continues Expansion Efforts In Greece by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 by GTP editing team 1 January 2003 When global distribution system and travel e-commerce provider Worldspan opened its new full-service branch office in Thessaloniki, it was but a first step in investment plans for the Greek market. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Cuts In Airport Taxes May Help Airline Survival by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Greece’s government, in late December, announced measures to lower costs for the airline industry. It said this should help fortify the sector, which suffers more than most economic sectors after … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Subsidies For Olympic Aviation On Unprofitable Routes by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 Olympic’s domestic subsidiary carrier, Olympic Aviation, gets some 10.3 million euros (3.5 billion drachmas) annually in government subsidies for operating flights to nine island destinations considered highly unprofitable. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Possible Increase In Airline Passenger Compensation by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 by GTP editing team 1 February 2002 The European Commission last month tabled a proposal that, if adopted, would oblige airlines to pay a hefty sum to passengers forced to miss their flights either through overbooking or … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Around The World With SkyTeam by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Some 18 sales representatives from local SkyTeam offices – Air France, Aeromexico, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta and Korean Air – called on 75 travel agencies in Athens and Thessaloniki … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airport Ground Handling Companies Hit Financially by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Airport ground handling companies here in Greece now suffer the same financial blows felt by airlines after the New York terrorism attack. Airlines, in an dire attempt to cut costs … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Axon Airlines Grounded by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Axon Airlines, which was bidding to buy national carrier Olympic Airways, announced the suspension of operations on November 30, citing an industry downturn and rising losses in the wake of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Cyprus Airways To Create Greek Subsidiary by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 by GTP editing team 1 January 2002 Either through a Greek subsidiary airline or through an alliance with a private Greek carrier, Cyprus Airways is about to take on Olympic Airways. The Cypriot flag carrier says it … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Travel Trade Calls Emergency Session To Confront Commission Cuts by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 by GTP editing team 1 December 2001 Greece’s travel trade associations got together last month ans called emergency general assembly of all travel associations to consider stop selling domestic airline tickets after local carriers cut agency commission … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
