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Flight disruptions have affected Athens International Airport after air traffic controllers initiated a go-slow action following disagreements between their union and Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday evening. This action has also impacted several regional airports across the country. Currently, Athens International Airport is managing a maximum of 44 …

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An EasyJet flight from London Gatwick to the Greek island of Kos was forced to make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, after a drunk passenger attempted to storm the cockpit in the middle of the flight. Local authorities arrested the passenger upon landing. A video posted on TikTok shows …

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Greece largely remains unaffected by the global digital outage, although there are flight delays and long queues at the big airports of the country. While flights could land, they could not leave as they are part of the system affected by the digital black out of the Microsoft systems. Flights …

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A Greek flight attendant sharply criticized pop star Jennifer Lopez for rude and arrogant behavior during a flight from Los Angeles to Dubai. “If it was another passenger, we would have called the police,” Irini K. said on a TikTok video. It should be noted that this is not the …

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Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister and other high-ranking officials  flew in the first test flight with a seaplane on Saturday. The test flight was carried out by Hellenic Seaplanes on Saturday and the plane took off from the Lavrio seaplane field. Operation of hydroplanes and the development of a network …

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A “bomb threat” on an airplane from Tel Aviv to Eleftherios Venizelos international airport in Athens on Thursday evening mobilized authorities and special forces until it proved it was a prank by an alleged Canadian journalist. According to preliminary media information, the man approached the info box at the airport …

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The management of Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” has installed an automatic system with tilting bars in the arrivals area, charging one euro per minute.. The aim is to charge the drivers of the cars waiting to pick up arriving passengers on domestic or international flights. According to newspaper citing …

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Greek F-16 fighter jets took off on Sunday afternoon to escort a Ryanair civilian airplane Boeing 738 to International Airport Eleftherios BVenizelos in Athens after a bomb alert. In the last few moments, a Ryanair flight, FR6385, was escorted into Athens by F-16s following a bomb threat against the flight. …

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No “suspicious” passenger was found on the Emirates plane that was forced to return to Athens International Airport accompanied by F-16 fighter jets following a security alert on a “suspicious terrorist passenger” by a US intelligence agency. Short after Thursday midnight and two hours after Flight EK209 landed in Athens, …

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Α young Briton who was arrested at the international airport of Thessaloniki for forcing an airplane to divert and do an emergency landing was released by Greek authorities without conditions. The incident occurred last Friday on a commercial flight from London to Paphos, Cyprus. The 22-year-old became drunk and harassed …

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A British man has been charged in Thessaloniki with several offenses after his flight from London to Cyprus was diverted, police said. One of the charges, a felony, is endangering transportation and passenger and crew safety. The charges were pressed after the 22-year-old man faced a prosecutor Saturday. The easyJet …

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Drunk British tourists on the flight from London to Chania, Crete, did not hesitate to beat even the pilot when he tried to intervene and put an end to the chaos that had unfolded in the plane of WizzAir. Ar least two drunk men harassed, swore and even beat other …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Sunday the new flight instructions with the conditions of entry into Greece to limit the spread of COVID-19 disease. The new instructions exclude vaccinated passengers with European Digital Covid Certificate from manadoty covid-test. The new flight instructions are valid from Monday, February 7, …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued air directives (notam) for international and domestic flights regarding the validity period of Certificates of Covid-19 illness. According to the current legislation on the COVID-illness Certificates validity in effect from December 13, the illness-certificates validity period is reduced to 3 months from 6 as …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority CAA announced a new extension of measures for international flight passengers with the aim to contain the spread of Covid-19. CAA extends the air directive (notam) regarding the conditions of entry into Greek territory until 06:00 a.m. on Friday, October 1, 2021. The notam for flights …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority expended the air directive (notam) regarding Covid-requirements for international flight passengers. The new extension of the conditions of entry into the Greek territory aim to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Covid-requirements are extended until Friday, September 24, 2021, at 06:00 in the morning. In particular, …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended the air directive (notam) regarding Covid-19 requirements and conditions of international flight passengers to enter Greece. At the same time, the notam provides that unvaccinated passengers arriving form 16 countries will have undergo a Covid-19 test upon arrival regardless of their nationality. The notam is …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) extended on Tuesday the air directives (notams) for travelerss arriving to the country from abroad as well as for domestic flight passengers to the Greke islands. The directives are extended with the purpose of containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The directives have been …

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A Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted to Minsk and forced to land in Belarus earlier on Sunday. Belarus journalist and opposition activist Roman Pratasevich on board of the Rayanair flight was arrested right after the plane landed in Minsk. This “state hijacking” set the lives of dozens …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) extended on Saturday the last air directive (notam) that bans non-EU citizens from entering the country. The notam has been extended until 6 a.m. May 31, 2021. Extended until May 31 is also the notam regarding the Covid-19 requirements for domestic flights to the Greek …

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