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Aegean-Olympic Merger Up In Air

Greece's Aegean Airlines will find out by April 9 whether its second attempt to buy Olympic Air will be cleared or blocked by the European Union regulator, the Dow Jones news service has reported. The European Commission, which is...

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...

Aegean Wants Fast Olympic Bid

Greek Airlines Aegean has requested that the European Commission speed up the examination of its application to buy out rival Greek carrier Olympic Air from Marfin Investment Group, the country's leading airline announced as it presented its third-quarter...

Aegean Closes $94 Million Deal to Buy Olympic

Aegean Airlines and Marfin Investment Group (MIG) have agreed on the sale of 100% of Olympic Air to its rival, which will give them almost complete dominance over domestic air travel, almost two years after the European Commission blocked...

Buyer Wanted for Four Airbus Jets Belonging to Greek State

Greece plans to sell four Airbus A340-300 passenger jets in order to raise money. The jets belonged to former state carrier Olympic Airways which now belongs to a successful Greek businessman and has been renamed to Olympic Air. Finance Ministry...

Olympic Air Renewed Operations on Athens – Tel Aviv Route

Improvement in Greek-Israeli relations caused Greek airliner Olympic Air to increase frequency of flights. The Greek airliner renewed operations of its Athens - Tel Aviv - Athens route. For the coming summer period, frequency of flights has increased to four...

Olympic Air Launches New Athens – Tel Aviv Flight

The aviation company 'Olympic Air' announced the launch of its new Athens - Tel Aviv - Athens route on March 9th, 2012. Constantly upgrading its services to meet the needs of passengers, Olympic Air has added Israel to its...