Photo Source: @Qatar Airways Qatar Airways recently reported extremely low numbers of coronavirus cases on board its aircraft after operating more than 4.6 million passenger flown sectors and over 33 billion revenue passenger kilometres on more than 37,000 COVID-19-free flights across the globe since February 2020. “The success of the airline’s COVID-19 monitoring,
Passenger traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 68.9 percent in the first nine months of the year reflecting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on air travel, according to data released this week by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). A total of 16.6 million passengers went through Greek airports in the January-September period down by […]
AEGEAN and Olympic Air are cancelling and rescheduling flights for Sunday (October 18) and Monday (October 19) due to the 5-hour and 3-hour work stoppages of the Air Traffic Control (A.T.C.) as well as the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (OSYPA HCAA) personnel respectively. According to an announcement, the airlines are forced to
The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Friday issued an aviation directive (NOTAM) concerning passenger flight restrictions to and from Kozani National Airport “Filippos” in Northern Greece. The NOTAM was announced as part of Greece’s preventive measures taken to limit the further spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), following the 14-day lockdown imposed on
Ryanair on Thursday announced that it will further reduce its winter schedule (November – March) by taking capacity down from 60 percent to 40 percent of prior year. In a company announcement, Ryanair said that air travel to/from much of Central Europe, the UK, Ireland, Austria, Belgium and Portugal has been “heavily curtailed” because of […]
AEGEAN and Olympic Air have announced flight cancellations and reschedules for October 15-16 due to the participation of air traffic control personnel in the general strike on Thursday called by Greece’s main public sector umbrella union ADEDY. As a result of the 24-hour general strike (8am – 8am local time), AEGEAN and Olympic Air are obliged to […]
Photo source: Prague Airport Aviation and tourism bodies have expressed their disappointment with the EU’s guidance to member states on taking a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. EU ministers on Tuesday agreed to coordinate better on Covid-19 travel measures with a 3-common criteria, a colour-coded
Greece’s air traffic electronic engineers and air traffic control personnel, tomorrow (Thursday, October 15), will participate in a 24-hour strike called by Greece’s main public sector umbrella union ADEDY. The strike is expected to affect flights in and out of the country throughout the day. In the meantime, flights in Greece are also expected to […]
In line with passenger and cargo demand, and the continued relaxation of entry restrictions worldwide, Qatar Airways has announced its winter flight schedule valid until the end of the year. By the end of 2020, Qatar Airways’ plans to rebuild its network to 124 destinations including 21 in Africa, 10 in the Americas, 42 in […]
Photo source: KLM Since the start of 2020 and among some 1.2 billion airplane passengers, there have been only 44 cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated with a flight journey, according to research released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). “The risk of a passenger […]


















