November 22, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Passenger traffic in Greek airports are heading for a new record, with the numbers in the first ten months of the year already surpassing the annual total for 2023, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Giorgos Saounatsos has said. Passenger traffic totaled 72.8 million from January to October, an 8.9% increase …
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September 5, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
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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October 16, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An airplane flying from Scotland to Turkey had to make an emergency landing at the Thessaloniki international airport on Sunday night due to a passenger’s aggressive behavior. The plane on the Glasgow-Antalya route landed at 22.30 at the Thessaloniki International Airport “Makedonia” due to a passenger’s aggressive behaviour. The passenger, …
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September 29, 2023
FEATURED, Society
A passenger on a public bus in Thessaloniki was injured when a part of the vehicle roof detached and fell on the head of the young woman. The roof part was not particularly small if one sees the released pictures. According to state broadcaster ERT, an ambulance was called to …
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September 4, 2022
Very Mix
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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May 22, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A cruise ship passenger has been found dead in her cabin on Sunday morning. The 63-year-old woman was found while the ship was anchored off the island of Santorini. The body of the tourist was transferred to the hospital on the island where doctors could only confirm her death. It …
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August 26, 2020
Very Mix
An aircraft flying the route Istanbul-Manchester made an emergency landing at the airport of the island of Corfu on Wednesday evening after a passenger ran amok. Due to an “emergency” situation, the aircraft was exceptionally allowed to land at the airport I. Kapodistrias as Greek airports are closed to flights …
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August 2, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Hardly were the new restrictions against the spread of coronavirus decided and imposed and Greek Police was sent out the country on Saturday to check if the measures are observed. Police teams registered a total of 333 violations and fined the violators with the relevant fines. The majority of violations, …
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May 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Economy
Domestic and international passenger traffic at Greece’s airports plummeted by an unprecedented 99% in April due to the flight bans because of the coronavirus, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) reported on Friday. Only 37,273 passengers flew in April, marking a dramatic 99% drop, when in comparison 3,745,671 passengers were …
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April 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
With doctors and nurses applauding her, a COVID-19 patient,a 63-year-old woman from Argentina was discharged from the ICU of the Herakleio hospital after she was treated there for three weeks. “The chances were overwhelming against her,” wrote Director of ICU Anestis Kioulpalis on his Facebook account. “Emotions run high. Our …
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April 3, 2020
Economy
Passenger traffic in Athens International Airport plunged 61.35 in March, making the month the worst month in the history of the airport. The air transport sector has been harshly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, leading airlines to halt the flight schedule and put thousands of workers into unpaid leave. Passenger …
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January 17, 2020
Very Mix
A passenger on a flight from Germany to Greece has been arrested for having a smoke in the plane’s toilette. The passenger is a 32-year-old Greek-born man with German citizenship. He lit a cigarette in the toilet of a Ryanair flight from Baden-Baden airport in South Germany to Thessaloniki in …
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July 29, 2019
Very Mix
Greek police has ordered an urgent internal investigation into an incident where a police officers kicks a foreign passenger at the Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos.’ The incident was captured on a video and posted on social media by the brother of the harassed passenger. Arash Hampay has reportedly complained …
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January 31, 2018
Very Mix
A middle-aged passenger fell overboard of Blue Star Naxos into the cold dark water while the ferryboat was approaching the island of Syros in the Cyclades, in Central Aegean Sea, on Tuesday night. His body was recovered two hours later. Eyewitnesses speak of suicide. Authorities investigate. The man whose age …
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July 27, 2017
Very Mix
A TL 20 Ultralight aircraft crashed in agricultural area near Larissa, Central Greece, on Wednesday night. The pilot and one passenger were killed. The debris was located around 3 a.m. on Thursday, near Dendra. The aircraft disappeared from the radar short before it was scheduled to arrive to its destination …
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February 15, 2016
Society
A security guard tries to have a passenger out of the train wagon of Urban train ISAP. The guard tells the passenger that his suitcase is big and is disturbing the other passengers. “I am in charge here, you should move to another wagon at the end of the train …
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