Aegean Airlines

The increase in tourism in Greece has led to significant changes in domestic and foreign air travel. This has encouraged foreign airline companies to invest in Greece and to add new routes, competing directly with Greek airline Aegean-Olympic. Low cost...

Earlier this week, Aegean announced that combined domestic air traffic carried by Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air was up last month by 10% compared with November 2012. According to the announcement, it has taken four years for the two carriers to...

I really can’t remember how long it's been since the last time a Greek commercial on television drew so much public attention. The series of commercials by Soho Square on behalf of Aegean Airlines, made the difference, garnering attention...

With the European Union giving the okay for Aegean Airlines to take over Olympic Air, the companies are putting together plans to complete the merger. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that “It is clear that, due to the ongoing...

Fearing that Olympic Air, Greece's once-dominant national carrier and a symbol of the country for decades, would go out of business otherwise, the European Union's antitrust authority has approved Aegean Airlines' takeover of its troubled rival, giving Greece only...

Olympic Air in its letter addressed to the Hellenic Parliament, says the crisis is to blame for its decision to stop operating domestic flights. At the same time, a document of the Competition Commission reveals that an ex officio...

Seeing Azerbaijan conducting aggressive ad campaigns to lure tourists, Greece is planning to work together on tourism programs. That came as Greek Foreign Minister Avramopoulos went to Baku. He said in an interview with the Azerbaijan Press Agency that one...

European Union anti-trust authorities say they have opened a full investigation into a renewed attempt by Aegean Airlines in Greece to take over its rival, Olympic Air, after it had previously been rejected. The European Commission said that the merger...

Aegean Airlines have announced the launch of a direct flight from Athens to Budapest. The two capital cities  have been reconnected by air months after Hungary's national airline Malev went bust. According to data from Hungarian tourism organizations - many...

Worried about a near-monopoly on domestic air traffic in Greece, European Union antitrust regulators plan a lengthy investigation into a second attempt by Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air despite concessions offered to allay concerns. Aegean, which has...