PR Inside ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek air traffic controllers say they will go on strike Thursday, disrupting dozens of flights. Greece’s Olympic Airlines said Wednesday it is expecting to cancel more than 30 flights because of the 4-hour strike, which starts at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT, 1 a.m. EDT). Aegean Airlines is canceling 20 […]
ana-mpa.gr Marfin Investment Group (MIG) announced on Wednesday that a subsidiary has signed a firm order for eight Q400 aircraft, including 5 Q400 NextGen airliners, for Olympic Air, with options on an additional eight NextGen airliners. The order is estimated at 224 million US dollars, and delivery is expected to commence in July, ahead of […]
Happy ending for the air adventure of the 95 passengers and 12 crew members of the Olympic Airlines Airbus A-340, which was flying from Athens to New York. The plane departed this morning at 11:26AM from the international airport in Athens Elefterios Venizalos. About an hour after the departure, while it was in Croatian air […]
reuters By Harry Papachristou ATHENS, April 9 (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers approved on Thursday the privatisation of Olympic Airlines after years of failed sale efforts as angry labour unions said they were determined to disrupt operations. The Greek parliament ratified Olympic’s sale to Marfin Investment Group (MIG) (MRFr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research), Greece’s biggest buyout company, […]
News From Reuters reuters logo ATHENS, April 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Greeks joined a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest against low salaries and job cuts, disrupting transport and shutting down services. Flights to and from Greece were expected to be suspended for several hours later on Thursday, banks and schools shut […]
MonstersAnd Critics.com Athens – Air transport across Greece is set to be paralyzed and vessels will remain anchored at ports on Thursday after workers called a nationwide 24-hour strike to protest against the government’s economic polices. Air traffic controllers said they will walk off the job from 12 pm until 4 pm (0900 GMT until […]
Travel Daily News Olympic Airlines on Monday entered a new era, a long period of decadence finally ends giving its place to an era of high expectations and demands, Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis said during a privatization ceremony of the national carrier and the signing of the final agreement for the purchase of Olympic Airlines’ […]