The airline industry is expected to lose $84.3 billion in 2020, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday while giving its financial outlook for global air transport. According to IATA, the biggest driver of industry losses was the drop in passenger demand as international borders closed and countries locked down to prevent the […]
Scoot, the low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines Group, will temporarily suspend its Athens-Singapore and Berlin-Singapore routes until end-March 2021, due to weak demand arising from Covid-19. The airline has announced that customers with existing affected bookings are being notified progressively, and will have two options to claim a refund on the unused portion of
Austrian Airlines has announced the launch of flights to a number of islands in Greece as of July. According to a company announcement, the airline’s summer schedule will include flights to Chania, Corfu, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kos, Rhodes, Santorini and Zakynthos. Austrian Airlines’ aircraft will once again take off on regularly scheduled flights on June 15 […]
Air France’s summer 2020 schedule will include flights to Thessaloniki, Mykonos and Santorini from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airline announced on Thursday. The flights to the Greek islands will operate in July and August, following the launch of the Paris – Athens and Paris – Heraklion routes on June 13 and 27, respectively. […]
Photo Source: Lufthansa Group Lufthansa Group announced this week that it was expanding its post-Covid-19 flight schedule in the months ahead to include dozens of flights to Greek destinations including Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Corfu, Zakynthos, and Santorini. The group, which through the Star Alliance program includes Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, and SWISS, will be
Athens International Airport (AIA) and AEGEAN Airlines are among Europe’s first aviation companies to have signed up to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) charter for the return to normal operations in the aftermath of Covid-19. Under the agreement, the first 10 companies have pledged to work with their national authorities to put measures […]
AEGEAN has announced further adjustments to its summer 2020 network, which in total is estimated to be smaller by 50 percent from the initial planning before the Covid-19 pandemic. The update follows Greece’s latest announcements for the safe restoration of transport connectivity of Greece, as framed based on the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) […]
Photo source: Qatar Airways Greece has temporarily suspended flights to and from Qatar until June 15. Qatar Airways stated on Wednesday that the 12 passengers of flight QR203, who tested positive for Covid-19 at Athens Airport, did not start their journey from Qatar. Flight QR203 arrived to Athens International Airport (AIA) on Monday carrying 91 […]
The European Commission has updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union as they do not meet international safety standards. According to the Commission, all airlines certified in Armenia have been added to the list, after further assessment of […]
The travel restrictions imposed due to the global spread of the coronavirus have significantly impacted the Lufthansa Group’s earnings development in the first quarter of 2020, Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Wednesday. According to the company’s Q1 financial report, group revenue in the first quarter fell by 18 percent to 6.4 billion euros (previous year: […]


















