Bingo! Ryanair hits the fan again Rodney Hobson, 01/11/06 15:23 Don’t you just love Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary, whose uncanny accuracy in hitting the fan deserves an Olympic medal. Just as the online gaming industry is facing meltdown after the enforced removal of their American gamblers, Ryanair is seeking to carve out its own […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Great News! Air France sent me an email to let all my readers know that they are offering an early bird special for trave in the fall and winter that must be purchased by July 28. Unfortunately, Air France won’t allow me to sell tickets for them unless I also sell a package which includes […]
More Olympic news…. sort of good…..kind of…. Flight stewards at Olympic Airlines (OA) agreed yesterday to resume normal working hours, ending a three-day period in which some 60 flights were canceled due to flight attendants’ refusal to work overtime. After a lengthy meeting with the airline’s management, the stewards said that they have agreed to […]