Greece

Several hours after the A320 EgyptAir incident took place close to Karpathos, a new incident took place on Thursday night in the Athens FIR. As Alpha TV station reports, an American Airbus that had departed from France and was headed to...

After meeting with Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Christos Spirtzis, the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority representatives decided to suspend the 48-hour strike that was set to take place over the weekend. The two parties discussed the economic...

The Greek Civil Aviation Authority suspended its already announced 48-hour strike, for Monday and Tuesday, June 30 and July 1. Their representatives stated  that “Our goal is not to create problems in the local society.” According to the Federation of Hellenic...

A three-day strike from early in the morning of August 9 until midnight on August 11 will be conducted, as decided by the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (OSYPA), reacting to the government’s decision to fire...

The Federation of Association of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (OSYPA) has given Finance Ministry a deadline until the end of next week to pay wages in arrears. Otherwise Civil Aviation Authority (YPA) will proceed with an indefinite strike from...

New coronavirus-fighting measures, as announced by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday, address how international arrivals into Greece will be tested for the virus for the rest of the month of September. The measures, which detail exactly which travelers...

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority on Monday announced the extension of current flight restrictions between Greece and several countries, as part of its ongoing campaign to safeguard public health against the coronavirus. This means that the following set of restrictions...

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday gave its approval to the first Unmanned Aerial System, or drone, to be manufactured in Greece. The "Ouranos" drone, constructed by the Greek company Altus, is a fixed-wing system with the capability of...

Greece's revenue authority is running a new campaign to tell millions of visiting tourists about claiming receipts while in the country. As Greece expects to break records for the number of visitors this year -- official data from the Hellenic...

Visitor arrival figures for 2018 so far indicate that this will be a record year for tourism in Greece. Official data from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, Fraport and Athens International Airport for the January-July period points to a major upsurge...

Passenger traffic in all Greek airports grew 12.5% in the first seven months of 2015, compared to the same period last year, totalling 26.5 million passengers, while the number of scheduled and charter flights rose 7.7% in the January-July period,...

The number of charter flights to six regional airports in Greece has dropped by 2%, according to Greek Travel Pages (GTP) quoting a report released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). The local airports of Rhodes, Chania, Heraklion, Thessaloniki, Corfu and Kos...

The Greek Air Traffic Safety Electronic Engineers Association called a three-hour "warning work stoppage" for Thursday to protest staff and equipment shortages. The work stoppage has been called from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on April 30. The safety engineers service, part...

Fourteen regional airports from respective Greek cities will be privatized within the following months as the binding offers from potential investors have already been filed to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and according to the schedule, they...

According to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, international air arrivals to Greek airports during the first eight months of 2014 have increased 15% over the equivalent period in 2013. The total number of air arrivals in 2014 reached...