Aegean airlines claims it will soon overtake Olympic Airlines as Greece’s largest airline, once its new London-Athens route is established. State-run Olympic has historically been the largest carrier and in the last 10 years about 20 airlines have been set up and folded in the country. Aegean, however, will celebrate its 10th birthday next year, […]
ATHENS, April 8 (Reuters) – Greek carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday first-quarter passenger traffic grew 10 percent, helped by a network expansion and a fleet renewal programme. Aegean, which competes with state owned Olympic Airlines [OLY.UL], flies domestic and international routes. The airline carried a total of 1,062,202 passengers in […]
ATHENS (AFP) — Greek unions Wednesday launched a one-day general strike against pension reform — the third since December — that paralysed public services and badly disrupted transport across the country. Over 60 international and domestic flights by national carrier Olympic Airlines had to be sidelined because of a four-hour stoppage by air traffic controllers […]
This is the airline that is competing with the ailing Olympic Airways……hmmmmm Greek carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday net 2007 earnings rose 39 percent to 35.8 million euros ($52.6 million) on strong growth in passenger traffic. Aegean, which competes with state-owned Olympic Airlines [OLY.UL], flies domestic and international routes. Passenger […]
Aegean Airlines is set to launch new flights to Athens from London Stansted this summer. The new twice-daily flights take on May 15, with flights scheduled to depart from Stansted at 10.20am and 8pm and return journeys leaving Athens at 7.30am and 5.10pm (local time). Stansted will be the first UK base for Aegean, with […]