Archive for October, 2006

Airfare Sale from Australia to Europe

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Early Falcon fare to Europe from $1296 Monday, October 30, 2006 GULF Air has released an Early Falcon fare of from $1296 for return economy travel from Sydney to London and several other European cities from January 18-February 24 and October 4-November 11, 2007. The same fare can be used to Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin, Istanbul, […]

EU mulls new fine over OA subsidies

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

The European Commission is due to approve a decision today to take the government to court again over its inability to get illegal state funding back from Olympic Airlines, in a move that could lead to Greece being fined 50,000 euros a day. Legal advisers yesterday gave the go-ahead for the Commission to take the […]

Editorial calls for Government to fix Olympic Airlines

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

The cost of keeping Olympic in the air Greece risks receiving a hefty European Union fine (20,000 euros per day) that would, of course, be paid by the country’s taxpayers. The reason for this is that the current and previous governments have refused to solve a chronic problem which, according to reliable government sources, is […]

EC pressuring Olympic and Greek Government!

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

EU says Greece must apply court decision on Olympic Airlines aid ‘quickly’ 4/10/2006 12:47 London Time | story 0830 BRUSSELS (AFX) – The European Commission said Greece must apply “quickly” a ruling made by the EU”s highest court that the government recover aid illegally paid out to flag carrier Olympic Airlines “quickly” or face further […]