Athens International Airport S.A. - Eleftherios Venizelos

All three markets have previously been served by Finnair with flights to Athens and Malta last operating in summer 2010 and services to Dublin last being flown in summer 2007. The flights will operate through the summer months only but strong performance could result in them being extended to year-round services in the future.

The economic woes in Greece have had a profound effect on the aviation business in the country but passenger numbers at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (AIA) have remained relatively robust and during the last quarter of 2013 the facility returned to growth.

The confirmation of the return of the route will now place the carrier in direct competition with its local rival Air Europa which inaugurated its own operations between Madrid and Montevideo in June 2013 just three months after Iberia ended its flights.

The resumed Gulf Air service between Athens and Bahrain will offer passengers improved connections between Greece and Bahrain. When the route was previously flown by the carrier up to 11,000 annual bi-directional O&D passengers flew between the two countries.

Irish budget carrier, Ryanair, has announced a major growth of its activities in the Greek market as it attempts to take advantage of the merger of

Greek national carrier, Aegean Airlines, will inaugurate a four times weekly Airbus A320 service between Athens and Abu Dhabi from March 30, 2014

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will resume flights to the Greek capital Athens on a temporary basis between June and October 2014 to meet expected demand

The economic woes in Greece have had a profound effect on the aviation business in the country but passenger numbers at Athens International Airport

Munich Airport was announced as the overall winner of the third heat of this year’s Routes Awards last night at a spectacular networking evening which

Despite the obvious challenges that have affected the aviation business in Greece these past couple of years as the country has faced the most severe

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