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Qatar Airways to Launch Flights to Greek Island of Mykonos
Qatar Airways has unveiled plans to launch direct flights to the popular Greek island of Mykonos from 30 May.
Group Chief Executive, Akbar al-Baker, said: "Mykonos has long been one of our most sought-after European destinations, and we are very...
Greece
Qatar Airways Brings Airbus A350 to Greece for First Time (video)
Qatar Airways has announced it is the first airline to ever fly the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 to Greece.
The carrier temporarily upgraded its current thrice-daily service to Athens to an ultra-modern A350 on Monday, with the arrival of the flight greeted...
Greece
Qatar Airways to Launch Service to Thessaloniki in 2018
Qatar Airways has announced its plans to launch four weekly flights to Thessaloniki, Greece, next year.
Qatar Airways Group's Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said that the flights will commence on March 27, 2018.
“Greece has always been one of our...
Greece
Greece Reinstates Tourist Visas for Fully Vaccinated Qataris
Qatar Airways Holidays is offering an all-in-one vacation package to Greece strictly observing the current international travel restrictions
Greece
Twelve Qatar Air Passengers Test Positive For COVID-19 at Athens Airport
Greece will suspend all flights from Qatar until June 15 after 12 of an airplane's 91 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Athens Monday on a flight from Doha, Qatar.
The passengers arrived on a Qatar Airways flight.
"Following...
Business
Qatar Air Revives Olympic Air Investment Plan
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker announced on Wednesday his intentions of pursuing new acquisitions. He clarified that he will be moving onto his next business venture after reviving an investment strategy that led to the company receiving stake offers...
Business
Samaras Sets Qatar Investment Trip
As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras readies a rescheduled visit to Qatar to woo investment for his cash-strapped country, his hosts are already showing interest in acquiring troubled Greek defense companies as part of a long-delayed massive privatisation.
Samaras was...
Business
Qatar Air Schedules Athens-N.Y. Flights
With airlines cutting back on service to and from Athens and fewer direct flights to the United States, Qatar Airways said that it will start daily direct flights between Athens and New York in 2013 throughout the year, taking...
Greece
Airlines Add Flights to Greece to Meet Demand for Summer 2021 Travel
The highest-ever number of direct US-Greece flights are operating this Summer, with millions of Americans and Europeans now fully vaccinated.
Greece
Coronavirus-Infected Passengers "Tested Negative" Before Flying to Athens
Qatar Airways claimed on Thursday that twelve passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in Athens on Monday had been healthy when they left Doha just five hours earlier.
In a statement, Qatar Airways said “Upon arrival in Doha...
Economy
More Passengers Using Fraport Greece Airports
Fraport Greece, owner of 14 regional airports across the country, saw a double-digit percentage increase in passenger traffic in the January - May period, according to CEO Alexander Zinell.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Zinell said that last year the...
Business
FlyDubai Reveals New Thessaloniki Route
Greece can expect more tourists from the Gulf this summer as U.A.E. carrier FlyDubai has revealed it will launch direct flights between Dubai and Thessaloniki later this year.
The flights to Greece's second city will operate three times a week...
Greece
Fraport Greece Presents Plans for Corfu Airport
Fraport Greece presented its plans for the development and upgrade of Corfu airport, during a special event organized at the Chamber of Corfu.
"The condition in several of the 14 airports is very problematic, so our first goal in the...
Greece
Ten Reasons to Buy a Vacation Home in Greece
As more and more foreigners are targeting the Greek real estate market for the purpose of investing and securing their own place in Greece, international real estate agency Algean Property covers the top ten reasons why foreigners should buy...
Greece
Kemal Ataturk House a Magnet for Turkish Couples in Thessaloniki
Over the past few years, the Greek city of Thessaloniki has been a popular destination for Turkish couples, who wish to get married at the Turkish consulate of the city; the house of Kemal Ataturk - the founder of...