Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) maintains its strong presence in the Greek market, conducting almost 60 weekly flights to and from Greece, despite the extraordinary conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A member of the Lufthansa Group, the airline said in an announcement that “SWISS is among the few airlines that had not stopped flights […]
Sabre Corporation, a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry, has received the NDC Level 4 certification as an aggregator by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Achieved in collaboration with travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group and an airline partner, Sabre is now Level 4 certified as an aggregator under IATA’s […]
Passenger traffic numbers in Greece are down for the sixth consecutive month following the disruptions in air travel caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Thursday. Releasing data on air travel in Greek airports for August and the first eight months of the year, the HCAA underlined that […]
Photo source: Amadeus Travel Platform The Air France – KLM group and Amadeus have signed an innovative NDC distribution deal providing travel agents with access to the NDC services of Air France – KLM through the Amadeus Travel Platform. To access Air France-KLM content distributed via NDC, travel agents will need to sign bilateral agreements […]
Greece’s 14 regional airports, operated and managed by Fraport Greece, saw passenger traffic drop by 74.5 percent in the first eight months of the year. Due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on air travel, passengers at the 14 Greek airports amounted to only 5.53 million during the January-August period, compared to 21.73 […]
Leisure carrier Condor has announced that it will extend its routes from Kalamata, Greece, to Munich and Dusseldorf in Germany, until November. “The routes are to remain on the airline’s timetable including November 2020 for the first time due to increased demand from Germany,” the airline said in an announcement. Τhe German carrier has extended […]
Digital air ticketing transaction values are not expected to reach pre-Covid-19 levels before 2024, according to a new study from Juniper Research. According to the study “Digital Ticketing: Industry Trends, Opportunities and Market Forecasts 2020-2025“, digital ticket transaction volumes are expected to exceed pre-Covid-19 levels by 2022 for other segments – rising from
Lufthansa Group on Friday said that refund claims from the first half of the year have been processed and its member airlines – Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines – have so far reimbursed around 2.6 billion euros to a total of 6 million customers. According to an announcement, the justified claims received by Lufthansa
The global airport industry is confronted with vanishing traffic, collapsing revenues and rising risks as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, an Airports Council International (ACI) World analysis reveals. In its fourth economic analysis bulletin titled “The impact of COVID-19 on the airport business”, ACI says that the airport industry is anticipating a 59.6 percent […]
Photo source: Alitalia The European Commission on Friday approved, under EU State aid rules, a 199.45 million euros Italian aid measure to Alitalia to compensate the airline for the damages suffered due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. A major network airline operating in Italy and with a fleet of over 95 planes, Alitalia in 2019 […]


















