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Skyteam members gathered for a group photo.

Skyteam Celebrates Ninth Year At Astir Beach

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance that partners 10 members and three associate carriers, celebrated its ninth year with a beach party at Astir Beach in Vouliagmeni.

Posted On 16 Oct 2009

, By Nikos Krinis

Dimitris Karagioules, Continental Airlines sales manager for Greece (standing left), spoke at the second seminar organized by the airline for travel agency representatives.

Continental Airlines Completes Travel Agent Seminar

Continental Airlines recently completed its second educational seminar at Athens International Airport for representatives from some of the biggest travel agents and tour operators in Greece.

Posted On 01 Jul 2008

, By GTP editing team

Sales manager for Continental Airlines in Greece, Dimitris Karagioules, with Navigator Travel & Tourist Services General Managing Director Andreas Stylianopoulos, Lia Seitanidou (Aktina Horizon), Stefania Gkova (Aktina Travel), Stavros Bouzanis (Dream Travel), Efi Economou (Efilial Travel), Vivian Benmayor (Memphis Travel), Tasos Avramopoulos (Atlantic Bulk Carriers), Dimitris Matheos (Aspida Travel), Makis Benetatos (Carlson WagonLit) and Stelios Ioannidis (Kyvernitis Travel) at the Executive Lounge of Athens International Airport just before the group's departure.

Continental Airlines Organizes Second FAM Trip

Continental Airlines recently organized a second familiarization trip for 10 travel agents in order to inform them on all aspects of the airline's services and beyond. On the previous familiarization trip travel agents were toured around Newark Liberty International Airport,...

Posted On 01 Jun 2008

, By GTP editing team

Athens International Airport Reveals 10% Passenger Traffic Increase

Athens International Airport announced another record-breaking year with a total of 16.5 million passengers in 2007, an impressive 10 percent increase from its 15.1 million passengers in 2006. There was an eight percent increase in the number of flights that for the first time...

Posted On 01 Mar 2008

, By GTP editing team

Konstantinos Kollias, Marine Tours; Paschalis Laberis, Aktina Travel; Dimitris Karagioules, Continental Airlines; Giorgos Dimopoulos, Himalaya Travel; Michalis Kyriakos, Iniohos Travel; Dimitris Vernezos, American Express; Elena Mitropoulou, Argo Travel; Vasilis Michalakopoulos, GS Travel; Mariza Vaia, Esser Travel; Avi friedman, Continental Airlines; Filippos Koukios, Carlson Wagonlits Travel; Dinos Mitsiou, Amphitrion Holidays.

Continental Airlines’ Fam Trip for Travel Agents

Continental Airlines recently organized a familiarization trip to New York for 12 representatives of Greek travel agencies. The aim of the trip was the complete familiarization of the agents of all the stages of the airline's services to passengers, which, according to airline...

Posted On 01 Jan 2008

, By GTP editing team

Continental Airlines Opens Athens Route

Continental Airlines, the world's fifth largest airline, last month announced it would launch daily nonstop flights between New York/Newark and Athens effective June 7, 2007 (eastbound), subject to government approval.

Posted On 01 Feb 2007

, By GTP editing team

SkyTeam Welcomes Aeroflot As Tenth Member

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, welcomed Aeroflot as its tenth member and this event was celebrated in Athens at the annual party. Aeroflot, the largest Russian airline, offers daily flights to 89 destinations in 47 countries with its fleet of 81 aircraft. The carrier is...

Posted On 01 Jan 2007

, By GTP editing team

Local SkyTeam representatives with their award-winning PowerPoint presentation once again, which the SkyTeam head office said was so professional that it was adopted as the basis for the 2004 and 2005 SkyTeam market presentations held around the world.

SkyTeam Cruise for its Top Sellers

Last month, some of the top Greek sellers of SkyTeam alliance airlines' 15,000 daily flights joined with local representatives of the airlines to enjoy a working 3-day cruise with Superfast Ferries. Some two dozen agents took the opportunity to spend time with friends and...

Posted On 01 Jan 2006

, By GTP editing team

Local SkyTeam members awarded

Local SkyTeam Members Awarded

Local SkyTeam members were awarded for their comprehensive powerpoint presentation created for their annual agency workshop held in 2003. Head office said the presentation was so professional that it was adopted as the basis for the 2004 and 2005 SkyTeam market presentations held...

Posted On 01 Dec 2005

, By GTP editing team

SkyTeam's annual Mexican Food Festival continues to include exciting dance groups from Mexico.

SkyTeam Presents Fourth Mexican Festival

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, last month welcomed top tourism professionals to its annual Mexican Food Festival organized with the cooperation of the Athenaeum Intercon-tinental and the local Mexican embassy. This marks the fourth year in succession for the festival.

Posted On 01 Oct 2005

, By GTP editing team

SkyTeam Introduces Global Corporate Travel Program

SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, recently announced the introduction of a new corporate travel program for global companies. The new program offers competitively priced, customized travel solutions across most of the alliance's 684 destinations in 133 countries via a single...

Posted On 01 Sep 2005

, By GTP editing team

Alitalia's Natalie Banes and Maria Kambourelli (4th and 5th from left) presented two return tickets for Italy to the lucky winner (center).

SkyTeam Holds Special Event for Corporate Secretaries

Nearly 400 corporate secretaries from some of the capital's major businesses attended the recent SkyTeam evening reception and fashion show held at one of the Attica area's most deluxe hotels. During the gala affair, alliance members held a draw for a total of 20 airline tickets...

Posted On 01 Aug 2005

, By GTP editing team

SkyTeam Alliance member KLM Royal Dutch Airlines's country manager for Greece, Panagis Vassilatos, greets guests from the cockpit of

Skyteam Introduces New Alliance Members

Skyteam is to introduce a new class of membership in order to cater for carriers whose international ambitions are more restricted. At a press conference in Amsterdam called to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the alliance, Air Europa of Spain; Copa Airlines of Panama; Kenya...

Posted On 01 Jul 2005

, By GTP editing team

New Airline Reservation System Offers Airlines an Ownership Stake

A new global distribution system of sorts has emerged and travel agents are worried that it might be taken over by airlines. G2 SwitchWorks Corp., which has developed a reservation and management system and serves as a middleman between airlines and ticket sellers, announced last...

Posted On 01 Jun 2005

, By GTP editing team

Representatives in Athens of the new nine-member SkyTeam global alliance: Claude Maire, Air France; Francesco Scandale, Alitalia; Boris Kopecny, CSA Czech Airlines; Panagis Vassilatos, KLM and Northwest; Zoe Skreki, Continental and behind her Thanasis Cavdas, Korean Air; Dimitris Karagioules, Delta; and Dinos Frantzeskakis, Aeromexico.

SkyTeam Alliance Welcomes New Members

Airline alliance SkyTeam solidified its position last month as one of the world's fastest growing airline alliances with the acceptance of Continental Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines as full members. The alliance's governing board also announced that...

Posted On 01 Oct 2004

, By GTP editing team

The new combination will become the largest airline in Europe in terms of revenue and rank third behind American Airlines and United Airlines in passenger traffic.

Air France-KLM Merger Approved

Competition commissons in both the European Union and America last month approved the proposed merger between Air France and Holland's KLM airlines. With this approval of the carrier's de facto takeover by Air France, KLM's life as an independent airline comes to an end.

Posted On 01 Mar 2004

, By GTP editing team

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