Development of 23 Greek Smaller Airports Starts with Kalamata

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Photo source: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority Greek authorities announced on Wednesday that they were seeking to recruit special advisors to oversee the tender process for the concession of the Kalamata Airport, paving the way for the development of the country’s 23 smaller regional airports. More specifically, the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP)

Fraport Greece Bets on Makedonia Airport Potential

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Photo source: Fraport Greece Among the 14 regional Greek airports it is managing, operating, and developing, Fraport Greece has high hopes for Makedonia Airport which serves the northern port of Thessaloniki, the country’s second largest city. After the completion earlier this year of upgrade works on all 14 airports it runs, Fraport Greece said airline

Halkidiki’s Miraggio Greece’s First Resort With its Own Waterway

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Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort, Halkidiki The 5-star Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort in Halkidiki, northern Greece, is the country’s first resort to get authority approval of a waterway investment, an initiative of its mother company Med Sea Ηealth SA, to be implemented by Water Airports. The project will launch waterway/seaplane operations in the area of Kanistro […]

Greek Authorities Approve Halkidiki Waterway

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Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort, Halkidiki A waterway in Halkidiki, northern Greece, that will cater to seaplane transport was approved this week by the Greek Navy, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority and the shipping ministry. More specifically, Greek authorities approved a waterway to be constructed at the Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort in the area of Kanistro […]

Greek Shipowners Call for Support in View of ‘Tough Year’ Ahead

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The coronavirus pandemic has cost Greek passenger shipping more than 25 million euros a month, which can only be covered if current Covid-19 contracts increase by 75 percent while incoming tourism forecasts for summer 2021 are estimated at 50 percent of 2019, said the Greek Shipowners Association For Passenger Ships (SEEN) during its annual general […]

Greek Ministry Releases Funds for Corinth Canal Repairs

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Photo © Greek Travel Pages (GTP) The Greek Development & Investments Ministry announced this week that it would be releasing 9 million euros for studies and upgrade works on the Corinth Canal. The canal a waterway, an important navigational route connecting the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the […]

Greece Launches Updated Road Safety Action Plan

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Road safety is at the center of a national plan budgeted at 450 million euros, presented on Wednesday at the Hellenic Motor Museum by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The ambitious program, to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), includes an updated legal framework, revised driver testing requirements, […]

Greece Aiming for 150 Waterways in Five Years

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Photo source: Greek Water Airports Greece is moving swiftly ahead with the licensing and construction of 150 waterways, which it hopes to have up and running across the country in the next five years, investors and government officials said this week. Investors in the project are aiming to set up the largest seaplane network in […]

Greece to Welcome the First of Five High-speed Trains

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Greece is set to welcome the first of five high-speed electrified passenger trains on January 18, announced train operator Trainose. Trainose said the country’s first “Silver Arrow” will travel with passengers from Athens to Thessaloniki on March 25, Greek Independence Day, marking the 200-year bicentennial since the Greek 1821 Revolution. According to

More Buses Soon on Athens Streets to Ease Crowding

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Photo: GTP In efforts to ease crowding on public transport due to Covid-19, the Greek transport ministry announced this week that it would be releasing 100 new KTEL intercity buses into circulation earlier than initially announced. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis had announced that 500 new buses would be in operation in Athens at the beginning […]