International Herald Tribune ATHENS, Greece: Protesting workers at Greek carrier Olympic Airlines have blocked both runways at Athens International Airport, briefly disrupting flights. Airport officials say the demonstration lasted about 10 minutes, forcing planes to circle the airport. Police are reporting no arrests. Olympic’s employee unions oppose government plans to sell the loss-making airline under […]
Ekathimerini THANASSIS DIMOPOULOS/EUROKINISSI Employees of the state air-carrier Olympic Airlines joined a large-scale workers’ strike yesterday to protest the government’s plans for its privatization. OA canceled more than 50 flights. Other flights were affected too, as air-traffic controllers joined the action. The city center clogged up as citizens relied on their cars due to a […]
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) — Greece’s air, rail and urban transport came to a grinding halt Wednesday as the country’s biggest labor union staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest of the government’s plan to sell off the state’s ailing carrier Olympic Airlines. People queue at an Olympic Airlines desk at Athens International Airport. At least […]
ATHENS, Oct 6 (Forbes) – Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines will cancel 100 flights on Wednesday as its workers join a 24-hour nationwide strike against the airline’s privatisation, it said in a statement on Monday. The cancellations will affect flights between Athens and international destinations like London, Paris, Rome and Frankfurt, as well as some […]
International Herald Tribune ATHENS, Greece: Several hundred Olympic Airlines employees and supporters marched to parliament Thursday to protest the Greek government’s plans to privatize the debt-ridden airline. In September, the European Union approved Greece’s plan to break up and fully privatize Olympic by the end of 2009, transferring most of its 8,100 employees to public […]
International Herald Tribune ROME: Executives of Lufthansa, the German airline, met with representatives of unions at the Italian carrier Alitalia on Friday to discuss the possibility of taking a stake in Alitalia as negotiations continued to in an attempt to rescue it. Lufthansa and Air France-KLM hope to increase their presence in the Italian market […]
Guardian By George Hatzidakis ATHENS, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Greece’s privatisations committee on Friday gave the green light for the launch of a tender to find buyers for three new companies to replace ailing flag carrier Olympic Airlines. Greece’s conservative government announced last week it would break up the troubled airline, ending years of wrangling […]