Star Alliance recently accepted Greece's Aegean Airlines as a future member carrier, according to an official announcement at a press conference held in Athens.
Aegean Airlines received the first of ten new Airbus A320/1's recently ordered by the airline to replace the six Boeing 737-300/400's, which are in the process of being withdrawn. The airline—whose total investment is some one billion euros—aims to acquire 25 new aircraft in...
Star Alliance recently took an initiative to plant some 3,000 Greek olive trees in the prefecture of Ancient Olympia. Representatives of nine of the 17 members of the Star Alliance network - Austrian Airlines, Air New Zealand, ANA-All Nippon Airways, bmi (British Midland...
Sabre Airline solutions has signed a major revenue management contract with Aegean Airlines. Aegean will use the product to control seat prices and availability, both by flight-leg and segment. It anticipates significant incremental revenue as a result. AirMax Revenue Manager...
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) publishes its report every quarter, and produces an annual figure at the end of each calendar year. The reports include not just baggage handling performance of its member airlines, but also their performance in other areas.
Aegean Airlines, a fast-growing Greek airline, ordered three more A320 aircraft. According to an agreement signed in December 2005, the airline has committed to 14 A320s, including three A320s leased from ILFC and holds a further nine options. Deliveries are scheduled between...
Τα πιο πάνω αποτελούν αποσπάσματα της καταγγελίας λήξεως συμβάσεων των αναφερομένων αεροπορικών εταιρειών που εστάλησαν προς όλα τα Γραφεία Ταξιδίων στην Ελλάδα, με τα οποία είχαν μακροχρόνιες συμβάσεις αντιπροσώπευσης πωλήσεων (μερικές είναι διάρκειας αρκετών δεκαετιών) και ...
In a landmark occasion for European air transport, the contract for the definition phase for the Single European Sky Implementation Program was ratified on November 17 by 29 partners in the Air Traffic Alliance, the vice president of the European Commission and the director...
The European Regions Airline Association last month presented Greece's Aegean Airlines the Silver Award Airline of the Year 2004/5. Aegean Airlines' general manager, Dimitris Gerogiannis, accepted the award during a prestigious ceremony held in conjunction with the...
Τα Γραφεία Ταξιδίων σε όλον τον κόσμο αναγνωρίζονται ως οι πρεσβευτές του τουρισμού και του ταξιδιού, συγκεντρώνουν, οργανώνουν και καταγράφουν τις υπηρεσίες και προϊόντα των προμηθευτών και τα προωθούν ανά τον κόσμο για την ενημέρωση των πολιτών που στην προκειμένη περίπ...
Σας ευχαριστούμε για την επιστολή σας της 22/10/04, η οποία ήταν γενική χωρίς ν' απαντά σε κανένα από τα θέματα που σας θέσαμε, γι' αυτό είμαστε υποχρεωμένοι να επαναλάβουμε, κι εμείς για πολλοστή φορά, τις θέσεις της Ένωσής μας, οι οποίες ενισχύονται με...
Στο editorial του Ιουλίου 2004, παραθέσαμε μερικούς προβληματισμούς του συνδικαλισμού, εστιάζοντας στις αντισυνδικαλιστικές και διασπαστικές ενέργειες του προεδρείου του ιστορικού Συνδέσμου Ελληνικών Τουριστικών & Ταξιδιωτικών Γραφείων (HATTA. ...
The Greek Union of Air Travel Agencies (PETAGA) succeeded in winning a court case recently whereby travel agents are entitled to a minimum 7 percent commission on airline tickets sold.
Greece's Competition Commission fined Greece's two biggest airlines, Olympic and Aegean, a total of 210,000 euros for complicity in reducing the commission paid to travel agents, from 9.25 percent to 6.94 percent, on tickets for domestic flights.
Air France's planned takeover of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which would create Europe's largest airline, may just be the beginning of a trend as airline carriers look to ways to cooperate and cut costs after two years of extensive losses.
Germany's low-cost carrier "germanwings" now flies out of Athens to Cologne four times a week and out of Thessaloniki three times a week with a ticket price of 19 euros, and that includes all taxes. That price, however, is for anywhere from 15 to 20% of all available seats. As...
The world's leading tourism exchange, International Tourism Exchange ITB Berlin, remains the industry's number one fair and Greek participation this year again will be substantial.
Axon Airlines, which was bidding to buy national carrier Olympic Airways, announced the suspension of operations on November 30, citing an industry downturn and rising losses in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States.
Nine of Europe's leading airlines recently unveiled plans to move into the online travel market with the launch this year of a new online travel service, that sells flights and other travel products direct to the consumer.
