Air Travel Tourism Sector Calls For Abolition Of Airport Tax As Air Fares Rise by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 High insurance fees and low revenue have forced Greek airlines to increase fares. At the same time, they want major decreases in airport fees and taxes. And so far, they … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Smaller Airlines Preferred By Travelers by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 It looks like the average flyer believes that the smaller airlines are safer than the big named companies. September’s passenger load factor figures were down for Greece’s largest airline, state-owned … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Athens Airport Dealt Serious Blow by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 If forecasts for the Athens’s new Eleftherios Venizelos airport come to pass, the new airport could be dealt a serious blow. For the moment it expects to see a 20- … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Lufthansa Closes Thessaloniki Office by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 In the wake of the many repercussions after the September 11 disaster, some companies were quick to cut costs in hopes of staving off financial disaster. The German carrier Lufthansa, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Airlines Seek EU Financial Assistance by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 by GTP editing team 1 November 2001 Don’t weaken our competitive position, the Association of European Airlines tells EU policy-makers. The events of September 11th have taken the global airline industry into uncharted territory, and according to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Helipads For Greek Island Destinations by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 The construction of four new helipads, three in the Aegean and one on an Ionian island, were announced last month by the government – Ithaca, Dodecanese, Patmos, Tinos, Lesvos. All … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Airways Sale On Hold by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Recent events have created new conditions under which the privatization of Olympic Airways must be carried out. Although the Greek government gave the green light to privatization advisers Credit Suisse … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Lufthansa Increases Capacity Between Athens And Frankfurt by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Lufthansa German Airlines has reported that for the first time more than 300,000 passengers in the month of July have traveled between Athens and Germany. Due to high demand, the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Modernization Works For Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 Plans for new installations at Thessaloniki’s Macedonia airport, budgeted at 100 billion drachmas, are expected to be ready for tender by next year, the Public Works Ministry announced last month. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Alitalia Joins SkyTeam Alliance by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 by GTP editing team 1 October 2001 One of the last big independent names in air travel, Alitalia, signed an agreement recently with the global alliance SkyTeam. Members include Air France, Delta Airlines, Korean Airlines, Aeromexico and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Airlines Protest EU Proposals On Airport Slots by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Latest European Commission proposals to amend the 1993 Regulation on airport slots have come under fire from the Association of European Airlines and its members, who believe that the commission … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Eleftherios Venizelos To Cut Rates by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Negative reports in local newspapers concerning the new Athens International Airport at Spata, Elefterios Venizelos, may have played a role in the airport’s recent announcement that it will lower airport … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel European Airlines Create Online Travel Portal by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 by GTP editing team 1 September 2001 Nine of Europe’s leading airlines recently unveiled plans to move into the online travel market with the launch this year of a new online travel service, that sells flights and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Axon Takes Delivery Of Five New Aircraft As It Bids For Olympic Airways by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 by GTP editing team 1 August 2001 With or without Olympic Airways, Axon Airlines, which has emerged as the frontrunner in a privatization tender for Olympic Airways, intends to grow by leaps and bounds. The two-year-old airline … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Greece’s SkyTeam Leaders Inform Travel Trade by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 SkyTeam, the global airline alliance founded by Aeromexico, Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air, as well as its newest member, CSA Czech Airlines, held a major bash at … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Athens Airport Defends Pricing Policies by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 The Athens Skal Club called on top-level executives from the new Athens international airport to join members for the monthly luncheon and explain why the airport charges are so high. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Offers For Olympic Airways by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 by GTP editing team 1 July 2001 Axon Airlines SA, Golden Aviation Services (the Restis shipping group), Integrated Airline Solutions and Cyprus Airways deposited new bids for the purchase of national carrier Olympic Airways. As we go … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic Airways Speeds Up Privatization And Gets Funds For Spata Move by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 by GTP editing team 1 December 2000 Olympic Airways will relocate to the new airport at Spata come March next year following approval from the European Commission for the diversion of funds intended for plane purchases. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Olympic’s Fares Increase By As Much As 54% by GTP editing team 1 November 2000 by GTP editing team 1 November 2000 Recent increases in the price of petrol pushed the world’s airlines into 10-15% increases in winter fares, but Olympic Airways seems to have gotten carried away and increased at least … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel New Athens Airport Turned Over To Management Company by GTP editing team 1 November 2000 by GTP editing team 1 November 2000 Athens’s new Eleftherios Venizelos airport at Spata, 13 kilometers out of the capital, last month was handed over by the Hochtief-led consortium that built it in just over four years … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
