Nov 17, 2007 Olympic safety concerns Recent reports about troubled state-owned air carrier Olympic Airlines have annulled the last remaining argument for maintaining the stagnant situation: Safety has gradually ceased to be the company’s comparative advantage. Continuous company losses have pushed its managers toward cheap and patchy solutions in a bid to keep the company […]
Officials at state-carrier Olympic Airlines (OA) yesterday blamed state oversights for the leasing from a Spanish company of four passenger aircraft that displayed serious, and potentially dangerous, operational defects. They stressed that there was no problem with any planes currently operating. The comments came after one of the four Boeing 737s was grounded after displaying […]
Ryanair confirmed on Thursday it would sue the European Commission for not tackling the French government over reduced domestic airport charges which the airline believes favour Air France. “Ryanair … today lodged a case in the European Court of First Instance against the European Commission’s failure to act on Ryanair’s complaint about 1 billion euros […]
One more reason why you want to be sure that you have plenty of time between connections if you are flying on two diffrent airlines. Pilots’ protest disrupts Olympic Airlines flights The Associated Press Published: July 20, 2007 ATHENS, Greece: Flights by national carrier Olympic Airlines were delayed by up to two hours Friday, following […]
Olympic Airways and other major european carriers are being accused of running their operations with illegal government subsidies. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has made a formal complaint to the European Commission accusing it of failing to act on what Ryanair claims is illegal state aid to rival airlines, an EU spokesperson […]
The following brief article will give you an idea of why you shouldn’t try to connect to your flight home on a Greek domestic flight on the same day as your international departure. If you miss your flight home because a domestic flight was cancelled or delayed, it can become very inconvenient and possibly very […]
Here is one good reason not to fly back to Athens on the same day as your international flight….. missing a connecting flight to the US or any other destination because of a late connection could be a disaster!! Stormy weather hits Greece Violent storms throughout Saturday disrupted air and sea transport around Greece and […]