HotelBrain Joins Forces with Sky Express Owner to Form New Travel Packages for Greece

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Greek hotel management and consulting group HotelBrain and the IOGR Group, owner of Greek airline Sky Express, have joined forces aiming to create new attractive products in Greece’s tourism sector. By linking travel, accommodation and other services, the two groups look to create attractive travel packages for Greek destinations both for travelers and tourism

Passenger Traffic Down by 81% at European Airports

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Photo source: @ACI Europe Passenger traffic at European airports has decreased by 81 percent as a result of quarantine-based travel restrictions in many areas, ACI Europe said. The organization’s overall figures reflect data up to and including November across the European airport networks, with the stark lost passenger threshold of 1.5 billion so far this year […]

Italy to Activate ‘Covid-tested’ Safe Air Corridor for Flights from US

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Aeroporti di Roma has been running Covid-tested Rome-Milan flights since September 16. Photo source: ADR Fiumicino in Rome, Italy, will be the first airport in Europe to activate “Covid-tested” safe air corridors, on flights coming from the United States in cooperation with Alitalia and Delta Air Lines, excluding quarantine for passengers, the airport’s manager Aeroporti

Greece’s Air Traffic Controllers Call Off Strike, AEGEAN Reinstates Flights

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Photo source: AIA Unions representing air traffic controllers, electronic security engineers and aeronautical telecommunication officers in Greece announced that they were calling off strike action to take place during November 25-27. Following the news, AEGEAN and Olympic Air informed that they were furthering adjusting their network and reinstating the

AEGEAN Posts €187.1m Loss in First 9 Months of 2020 Due to Covid-19

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Photo © GTP Greek airline company AEGEAN posted a loss of 187.1 million euros during the first nine months of 2020 as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In its trading update for the third quarter and nine-month period ending September 30, AEGEAN notes that although the partial lifting of travel restrictions across Europe […]

Airlines: Covid-19 Crisis to Continue into 2021, Losses Expected to Reach $157 Billion

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Deep losses for the airline industry will continue into 2021 due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday. In a revised outlook for airline industry performance in 2020 and 2021, IATA said it expects a net loss of $118.5 billion for 2020 (deeper than the $84.3 billion […]

IATA Announces Leadership Changes

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced leadership changes approved by its 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM). Chair of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes is now the Chair of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG), succeeding Carsten Spohr, Chair IATA BoG (2019-2020) and CEO of Lufthansa. Hayes will serve a […]

Strike in Greece Causes Changes to AEGEAN, Olympic Air Flights

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AEGEAN and Olympic Air have announced flight cancellations and reschedules during November 25-27 due to industrial action announced by Greece’s air traffic control personnel and electronic security engineers. On Wednesday, a work stoppage will take place from 6am until 12 noon by the Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association (EEEKE) and from 12 noon to 6pm by the

General Strike in Greece on Thursday to Affect Transport

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Photo Source: Attiko Metro A 24-hour strike called by Greece’s main public sector umbrella union ADEDY for Thursday, November 26, will affect public transport in Athens and ferry travel. ADEDY is protesting a draft law of the Labor Ministry that includes regulations on working hours, overtime, industrial action and trade unionism. Rail Transport Company STASY […]

Qantas to Require Covid-19 Vaccination on All Int’l Flights

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Photo source: Qantas Passengers wishing to fly internationally with Qantas will be required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination, the airline’s CEO Alan Joyce said this week. The head of Australia’s flag carrier said pre-flight vaccination was now a “necessity” and that the airline was currently examining ways to include the requirement in its terms and