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New Greek general strike planned for Wednesday, 10, May, 2011 Olympic Air has cancelled some flights. Air traffic controllers have given an update that Greek air space will close Wednesday morning from GMT/UTC 9am to 1pm. Not 24 hours.
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March 2011 Olympic drops route to London's Heathrow and Gatwick. Also Brussels, Paris and Vienna.
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Sold to Marfin Investment Group-privatised
Greek general strike, starting midnight Wednesday, 19, May. for 24 hours. Do see our front page for more details
9/14/09 Are you on of the1,500 Olympic Airlines passengers who have return tickets dated after September 30th, which is Olympics last day?? Airline was sold to Marfin Investment Group (MIG) in March. At presents Olympic doesn't have a solution for this yet.Olympic’s information hotline in Athens, has not been answering calls for days.
16, September, 09 Olympic Airways liquidation notice, short and sweet
10 July, 09 GREECE, The Greek air traffic controllers' association will not hold 24-hour strike to protest against deficiencies in the air traffic control systems. Court deems it illegal and abusive! Saved!
Heads up, nationwide general strike called for this Thursday, 14 May, 09 from 8am for 24 hours.Olympic Airlines will be effected, flights will be canceled.
April 2, 2009 Nationwide strike, all forms of transportation. Air Traffic Controllers on strike. State carrier Olympic has cancelled 140 domestic and international flights and has rescheduled 10 flights to and from London, Brussels, Paris, New York and Tirana, while its rival Aegean Airlines has cancelled 50 domestic flights.
4 March 09 2 bids come in Aegean Airlines, (€90mn to purchase Olympic's flying operation and €20mn to buy the assets of the Olympic's aircraft maintenance base.) and US charter company Chrysler Aviation offered €210mn.
11/25/08 Greece, Olympic Airlines canceling or rescheduling 40 flights Wednesday due to a brief strike by air traffic controllers.
11/6/08 We have some bidders. Greek government named the 16 bidders for Olympic Airlines today. They are Athens Airways, Chrysler Aviation, Fouad El Ghanim Group, MyAir, Qatar Airways, Sky Europe and Sky One.For ground handling the companies interested are: Athens Airways, Ellaktor, Fouad El Ghanim Group, Goldair, Hellenic Cargo Group, and Swissport. Bidders for technical maintenance are Athens Airways, Iberia and Fouad El Ghanim Group. The government plans to liquidate Olympic and transfer most of its 8,100 staff to other public sector jobs. Feels like the announcing for the Oscars.
Greece Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines cancelled around 100 domestic and international flights on Thursday as air traffic controllers and flight crews launched a 24-hour strike in protest against government plans to privatize the airline. The cancellations will cover approximately 100 flights to European destinations such as London, Rome, Brussels and Frankfurt, reports said. Some domestic flights will also be canceled.
10/28/08 Qatar Airways has expressed an interest in taking part in the privatization of Greece's state-owned Olympic Airlines reuters.com
10/20/08 Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines will cancel more than 70 domestic and international flights on Tuesday as air traffic controllers and flight crews join a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline. .monstersandcritics.com
10/16/08 GREECE: AEROPLANE BROKEN DOWN, PRESIDENT Karolos Papoulias STUCK IN VIETNAM agi.it
10/14/08 Olympic Airlines union protest hits Athens flights reuters.com
10/6/08 Government Okays Olympic privatization .impactpub.com.au
10/2/08 Hundreds protest plans to sell Olympic Airlines iht.com
10/1/08 Most of the current 8,100 staff has been shifted to other public sector jobs.
9/26/08 I'm moving them over to shaky airline status, I wouldn't feel happy booking with them myself.
9/26/08 Greece begins search for Olympic Air investors guardian.co.uk
9/20/08 Unions vow to fight carrier liquidation news.carrentals.co.uk
9/19/08 Olympic Airlines workers scuffled with riot police and blocked traffic in central Athens for more than two hours Friday to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline.canadianpress.google.com
9/18/08 Brussels ends 15-year wrangle as Olympic Airlines is told to pay back illicit state aid
9/17/08 Brussels/Athens - The European Commission on Wednesday certified the death of Greek carrier Olympic Airlines and the birth of a new airline in its stead by endorsing privatization plans while ordering the old company to pay back more than 1 billion dollars in illegal state aid. monstersandcritics.com
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's Olympic Airlines says it is canceling 12 domestic flights Friday and rescheduling others due to a work-to-rule work slowdown by a pilots union.
Most of the affected flights are to Aegean Sea islands, the majority state-owned company said Thursday.
The job action, under which union members refuse to perform any duties beyond those strictly required by their contracts, has forced dozens of flight cancellations over the past week.
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