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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Olympic Airways - Flugabfrage zu Olympic Airways!
Starten Sie den Preisvergleich zu Olympic Airways und buchen Sie einfach und schnell Ihren Olympic Airways Flug.
Sie möchten einen Preisvergleich der Angebote zu Olympic Airways?
In den siebziger Jahren kaufte Griechenland Olympic Airways zurück.
www.skyways.de /airlines/olympic-airways.html   (196 words)

  
 Olympic Airlines
Despite a financially tenuous history, in recent years, Olympic Airways has been stabilised and currently operates an extensive network of flights around the many Greek islands, and to a number of destinations around the world including Dubai and Johannesburg.
Olympic Airways offer a choice of two seating classes on board.
If you have a connection of more than 8 hours in Athens and you are flying Executive Class, Olympic Airways will arrange for complimentary accommodation in a convenient hotel on full-board basis until you are ready to continue on your journey.
www.airline-search.co.uk /olympic-airways   (279 words)

  
 Olympic Airways Flights Olympic Airways UK - Olympic Airlines
Olympic Airways are one of the largest airlines in Europe, and one of the best.
Olympic Air's modern aircraft fleet offers high levels of comfort on board, and you should arrive in your destination happy and relaxed.
If you fly with Olympic Airways a lot, you should join their frequent flier scheme: Icarus.
www.olympic-airways-flights.co.uk   (304 words)

  
  OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
Olympic Airways is pleased to see you and offer you its hospitality and service.
New services, new connections and new aircraft are all part of Olympic's effort to provide what our customers want.
Since September 1998, Olympic Airways checks in and serves its New York passengers at its new premises in the ultramodern and passenger-friendly facilities of Terminal One at JFK International Airport.
www.omogenia.com /olympicairways/oa_frame.htm   (253 words)

  
  OLYMPIC AIRWAYS - THE AIRLINE FOUNDED BY ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
Olympic Airlines - Olympic Airways - Greece's debt-ridden state airline is to be split into separate units with the loss of about 2,000 jobs.
Olympic was the company that all the Greek emigrant used, despite the lot of problems that were presented in their service and the only that make satisfaction them, it was make when it flew with by Olympic, felt all stepped in the Greek territory.
Olympic Airways is already being investigated by the European Commission for a potential breach of rules on state aid during the 1990s.
www.apodimos.com /arthra/06/May/OLYMPIC_AIRWAYS_AIRLINE_FOUNDED_BY_ARISTOTLE_ONASSIS/index.htm   (2025 words)

  
 Financial Mirror
The future of Olympic Airlines is in doubt followinf a European Commission declaration on September 14 that a number of measures taken by the Greek State which gave an unfair advantage to Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines, the new company which has taken over its flight operations, were illegal.
When it opened its investigation in March 2004, the Commission expressed doubts about the compatibility with the Treaty of the continuing non-payment by Olympic Airways of tax and social security liabilities and about the way in which Olympic Airlines was established in late 2003.
Olympic Airlines leases aircraft either from Olympic Airways or directly from the Greek State and pays significantly less than the head-lease payments, the resultant losses being borne by the State or by Olympic Airways at the State’s behest.
www.financialmirror.com /more_news.php?id=1970   (783 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Last call for Olympic Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Olympic officials aim at cutting the airline's motley fleet down to two types of aircraft, notably Boeing 737s and Airbus 320s.
But Olympic's much-criticised ambition to operate far-flung, loss-making destinations such as New York, Montreal and Johannesburg on the back of Greek diaspora travel will be maintained, according to the reports.
The 2004 Athens Olympics, on which OA has paid some 10 million euros in free tickets to become the Games's official carrier, may offer the airline a chance to regain some of its past shine.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003/07/14-olympic-air.htm   (718 words)

  
 Olympic Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Olympic Airways is the national airline of Greece.
Olympic Airways is a prime example of thecorruption and politically motivated management that persists in many greek state enterprises, whereas there are bright spots ofexcellence, Olympic was making heavy losses and running at one point flights to Tokyo, which were heavily loss making.
The Greek government which has recently restructured the Olympic Airways Group of Companies (again),renaming the parent company Olympic Airlines and is negotiating thesale of the 51% of the company.
www.therfcc.org /olympic-airways-110143.html   (296 words)

  
 EXPO21XX - Olympic Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Olympic's services have been designed in such a way as to ensure safety and a privileged service experience to all our customers.
Olympic Airways S.A., the Group's holding company, flies you and/or your cargo to five continents, while offering ground handling, technical maintenance and information technology services to third parties.
Olympic Fuel Company S.A., the latest subsidiary company of Olympic Airways, was established to provide all airlines with top quality fuel.
www.expo21xx.com /popup/4755.htm   (431 words)

  
 CNN.com - Greece to cut jobs at Olympic Airways - Feb. 18, 2002
Olympic, long seen as the basket case of the European aviation industry, has a history of political interference and difficult labour relations.
Olympic, which has failed in previous attempts to sell stakes to British Airways and Axon Airlines, is being closely watched by the European Union to make sure that the government does not bail it out.
BA had an option to take a 20 percent stake in Olympic, the last wholly state-owned national carrier in Europe, after Greece hired the U.K. company's consulting arm Speedwing in an attempt to stem a decade of heavy losses.
edition.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/02/18/olympic/index.html   (375 words)

  
 Olympic Leaves Successor With Daunting Task
Greece's debt-laden Olympic Airways folded its wings after 46 years on Friday, leaving a successor to try its luck in a weak airline market with striking staff and an inherited history of delays and failed sell-offs.
Olympic, once the pride of late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, was taken over by the state in 1975 and has gone downhill since despite hefty state hand-outs.
The launch of Olympic Airlines, with about 1,850 staff compared with 6,100 at Olympic Airways, was delayed by a strike by members of the flight attendants' union, who refuse to move to the new airline and have rejected lowered pay and benefits.
news.airwise.com /stories/2003/12/1071225463.html   (552 words)

  
 Olympic Catering
Olympic Catering is constantly planning, preparing and delivering creative and enjoyable meals, prepared with the "mediterranean touch", satisfying all tastes.
Olympic Catering, with its Greek Hospitality and Tradition, offers a quality and taste which has been recognized and cherished by all the passengers who have savoured our meals.
Olympic Catering S.A. is the only Catering company which has a well organized quality control and food hygiene department.
www.olympic-catering.gr /FlyingT.htm   (478 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Olympic Airways changes name, strategy but keeps rings   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ATHENS (AFP) — The Greek state-run, debt-laden airline Olympic Airways is to be relaunched on Friday under the new name of Olympic Airlines, a leaner, debt-free, flights-only operator set for privatization.
After Onassis sold the airline to the Greek state in the mid-1970s, Olympic Airways became a byword for party-political patronage.
According to sources close to the airline, shipowner Stamatis Restis appears to be a frontrunner in the ongoing privatization tender for the airline.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003-12-12-oly-airways_x.htm   (537 words)

  
 Olympic Airlines: Higher, Faster, Stronger?
With the 2004 Olympic Games drawing to a close, the famous intertwined five rings will cease to be a common site, until the Winter Olympics gear up in Turin, Italy, in two years and the next Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, two years after that.
Olympic was the first airline to have scheduled flights to five continents.
Olympic Airways is another example of the corruption and politically motivated management that persists in many national enterprises.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/airline_liveries/110585   (469 words)

  
 Olympic Airways v. Husain, Rubina, et al. - Medill - On the Docket
On Dec. 12, 2002, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously affirmed, holding that Dr. Hansons death on Olympic Airways was caused by an "accident" for which the airline was liable, according to article 17 of the Warsaw Convention.
Olympics argument asks this Court to substitute its judgment and second guess the district court.
According to briefs filed by Olympic Airways, the airline contends Dr. Hanson experienced a reaction to the normal environment of the aircraft and that his death was a result of pre-existing allergy condition.
docket.medill.northwestern.edu /archives/000740.php   (1490 words)

  
 Conflict over Olympic Airways restructuring
Olympic Airlines now employs around 1,850 workers and serves practically the same network using the same fleet as the old Olympic Airways, but its labour costs for flight operations are lower.
This was true in particular of the air crews at Olympic Airways, whose status was defined by a series of laws, collective agreements and informal agreements.
The case of Olympic Airways and the uncertainty it has caused with regard to labour relations and employment once again highlight the major problems created by company restructuring and privatisations.
eurofound.europa.eu /eiro/2004/01/feature/gr0401104f.html   (1557 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Olympic Airways shake-up approved
The new carrier - to be called Olympic Airlines - will employ only 1,800 people, with the rest of the present 6,100-strong work force having to work in ground services under the Olympic Airways name.
The government - which hopes to relaunch the carrier before next year's Olympic Games to be held in Athens - says the move is the only way to save the airline from bankruptcy.
Olympic, which has debts of about half a billion euros, was seen as Europe's most vulnerable airline even before the slump in global passenger numbers triggered by the 11 September attacks.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3083188.stm   (306 words)

  
 Olympic Airways Flights - Olympic Airlines UK - Flights Olympic Airways
Olympic Airways or Olympic is one of the top scheduled airlines in operation in Europe.
Olympic Airways flights operate to more than ninety eighty places in the whole world, including Athens, Heraklion, and Larnaca.
Olympic Airways have a reputation for quality onboard, and pride themselves on their traditional hospitality, so when you book flights with Olympic Airlines, you are practically assured of a great experience.
www.discount-airline-flights.co.uk /olympic-airways   (270 words)

  
 Olympic Airways reborn as Olympic Airlines
Debt-laden Olympic Airways, perennially torn by labor disputes and revolving-door upper management, was reborn by government bailout last week as slimmed down Olympic Airlines with an "inaugural" flight from Athens to Cairo.
As a flights-only operator, the new Olympic is considerably leaner than its predecessor and free of an accumulated $600 million-plus debt that reportedly will remain with the old company's assets, notably ground handling and maintenance, which are to be divested to private investors.
Greece is urgently seeking to identify a strategic investor to inject Olympic with sorely needed liquidity and to privatize the airline after abortive attempts in past years to shed the loss-making carrier.
www.worldroom.com /pages/travelnews/2003/news12200317b.phtml   (407 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Olympic Airways at Epinions.com
Olympic airways is an airliner with no serious accidents after 50 years of...
First of all, Olympic Airways hasn't had an accident with casualties involved in many years.
I always associated Olympic Airways with "disaster" until recently when I had the most pleasant surprise.
www.epinions.com /trvl-Airlines-Europe_Olympic/display_~reviews   (740 words)

  
 Olympic Airways Falcon 900 fatal blamed on pilot error   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Romanian authorities have finished their investigation of the Greek government-owned Falcon 900 fatal accident last September 14, saying the pilots caused the airplane to suffer severe in-flight pitch oscillations as it was descending for landing in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
Greek prosecutors are awaiting the Greek civil aviation authority’s final report on the accident before deciding whether to press manslaughter charges against Olympic Airways, whose pilots were flying the trijet as a Greek government transport.
To date, Olympic has refused to comment on the accident until the Greek authority issues its own report.
www.ainonline.com /issues/09_00/sept_greek_1.html   (605 words)

  
 Olympic Airways Greece | Greece
Aerospace Technology - Olympic Airways of Greece operates a number of
Home Industry Projects Turboprop Aircraft ATR 42 Olympic Airways of Greece operates a number of ATR 42 aircraft.
There will be no downsizes in Olympic Airways, Greece’s national air carrier, nor will air services to island regions will be disrupted, assured Greek Transport Minister Kostis Hatzidakis following his meeting with EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot in Brussels.
www.addgr.com /olympic-airways-greece.html   (410 words)

  
 Commission says Greece granted illegal aid to Olympic Airways
In December 2002, however, the Commission found that further aid had been granted to the airline which was incompatible with the common market, and demanded that 160 million euros be repaid.
Following a detailed analysis of the finances of both Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines, the Commission today found that Greece has continued to grant further aid to these companies, which is incompatible with the common market and therefore illegal.
On 11 December 2002 the Commission took a final decision ruling that aid granted to Olympic Airways was illegal, and asked Greece to recover €160 million.
www.ana.gr /anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=3358131&maindocimg=1101022&service=8   (788 words)

  
 The Ellada Site - Olympic Airways - Fares
Detailed and up to date information may be found by contacting actual travel agencies or
One way, intra Greece Olympic Airways fares in Drachmas.
Use the exchange rates here to calculate your currency.
www.ellada.com /olympicf.html   (51 words)

  
 Boeing: Olympic Airways Orders Eight Next-Generation 737-800s
SEATTLE, Dec. 29, 1997 -- Olympic Airways, the flag carrier for Greece, became the newest Next-Generation 737 customer with an order for eight 737-800s, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed today.
"We're pleased that Olympic Airways has chosen the fastest-selling, single-aisle jetliner in history to become the backbone of its short- to medium-range fleet," said Tom Basacchi, vice president -- Europe/Russia, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
The announcement comes on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Boeing/Olympic Airways working-together relationship.
www.boeing.com /commercial/news/1997/news_release_971229.html   (289 words)

  
 The Midtown Book: Olympic Tower at 647 Fifth Avenue   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The residential entrance is directly on 51st Street while the office entrance is in the middle of the building's arcade, which has a 30-foot-high ceiling and escalators to a concourse retail level.
The exterior of the corner store at Fifth Avenue was reclad in bright, silvery metal in 1998 and while such a treatment might have seem to be very much in conflict with the building's bronze-color facades, it is very elegant and handsome.
The Olympic Tower site was once occupied by the Union Club, which is now located on the northeast corner of Park Avenue and 69th Street.
www.thecityreview.com /olympic.html   (499 words)

  
 BA drops Olympic bid - Jun. 2, 2000
BA had an option to take a 20 percent stake in Olympic, the last wholly state-owned national carrier in Europe, after Greece last year hired the U.K. company's consulting arm Speedwing in an attempt to stem a decade of heavy losses.
Speedwing executive Rod Lynch, who took over as Olympic chief executive in 1999, is expected to leave having recently clashed with unions over his plans to cut jobs.
However, analysts said Olympic, long seen as the basket case of the European aviation industry, was far from being an attractive proposition, given a long history of political complications and difficult labor relations.
money.cnn.com /2000/06/02/europe/olympic   (461 words)

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