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Finnair to add new seasonal service to Athens, Dublin and Malta next summer

Finnair (Helsinki) will add seasonal services from Helsinki to Athens, Dublin and Malta next summer season, with schedules designed for optimal connections with Finnair’s network of Asian destinations. Service to Dublin begins on March 30, Malta on April 2 and Athens on April 5. Service to all three destinations lasts until late October.

Dublin (DUB) will be served six times a week, except Tuesdays, with 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft operated on behalf of Finnair by Flybe Finland.

Flights to Malta International Airport (MLA) near the Maltese capital Valletta are operated two times a week — Mondays and Thursdays — with Airbus A321 Sharklet aircraft. Athens (ATH) is also served twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays, with Airbus A319s or A320s.

In other news, Finnair is extending its network throughout the United Kingdom with new codeshare services from Manchester operated by partner airline Flybe. Effective September 15, the Finnair code will be added to Flybe services from Manchester (MAN) to 10 regional airports: Aberdeen (ABZ), Belfast City (BHD), Edinburgh (EDI), Exeter (EXT), Glasgow (GLA), Inverness (INV), Isle of Man (IOM), Jersey (JER), Newquay (NQY) and Southampton (SOU).

Separately, Finnair also cooperates with Flybe affiliate Flybe Finland, a joint venture between Finnair and Flybe established in 2011. Flybe Finland operates a mixture of contract-flights on behalf of Finnair as well as its own flights around Finland and the Nordic region from its base at Helsinki Airport.

Finnair:

Gulf Air today returns to Athens

Gulf Air (Bahrain) today (June 16) celebrated the resumption of operations to Athens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Bahrain International Airport and attended by members of Gulf Air’s executive management team, Civil Aviation Authority, Bahrain Airport Services, Police Directorate of Bahrain International Airport, Public Administration of Ports Security, Department of Immigration and Passports, Airport’s National Security Department officials, and passengers travelling on the airline’s inaugural flight.

Gulf Air will be operating four weekly flights to Athens International Airport with an Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration, featuring 14 Falcon Gold Class seats and 96 Economy Class seats.

Copyright Photo: Jacques Guillem Collection/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 A9C-AM (msn 4827) taxies at Milan (Malpensa).

Gulf Air:

SkyGreece Airlines is ready to start flying this month

SkyGreece Airlines (Athens) is planning to launch Boeing 767-300 ER passenger operations from Athens later this month. The airline plans to fly to North America (New York, Montreal and Toronto) but initially will operate weekly services from ATH to Asmara (starting on June 21), London (Gatwick) (July 5), Mogadishu (June 22) and Stockholm (Arlanda) (June 19) per Airline Route.

The company issued this statement:

SkyGreece Airlines S.A., a new Greek trans-Atlantic airline, founded by Greek expatriates from Canada and the USA, has acquired all necessary permits from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority and the Greek Ministry of Transport.

After the scheduled test flight on March 21, 2014, that included HCAA executives, the Company fulfilled all required legal procedures, and is ready to commence flight operations worldwide. Concurrently, documentation has been submitted to the American and Canadian Civil Aviation Authorities, in order to obtain the necessary licenses and launch in its initial phase, scheduled flights from Athens to New York, Toronto and Montreal.

In the meantime, the Company will conduct selective charter flights. SkyGreece Airlines S.A. is staffed with experienced personnel in the aviation industry whose main goal is to unite Greece with the Greek diaspora. The Company operates in Markopoulo Attica, Montreal and Toronto, with future offices in New York.

The first aircraft of SkyGreece Airlines S.A. is a Boeing 767-300 ER, named “Taxiarchis” that has 274 seats, and hosts a distinctive Greek flag on its tail. The airline expects to enter the market dynamically with trans-Atlantic flights all in Greek traditional hospitality. It is currently in the process of acquiring a second aircraft.

We would like to inform you, that in order to respect the American and Canadian Civil Aviation procedures, SkyGreece Airlines S.A. will not be issuing another press release until all above licenses as required by law, have been obtained.

SkyGreece Airlines S.A. is grateful to the diaspora and the Greek State for their total support and cooperation.

Gulf Air to return to Athens on June 16

Gulf Air (Bahrain) has announced that it will be resuming its flights to Athens, with four weekly flights to Athens International Airport starting on June 16.

Gulf Air’s four weekly flights will be operated by Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration, featuring 14 Falcon Gold Class seats and 96 Economy Class seats.

Gulf Air took the difficult decision to suspend services to Athens in March 2012 for commercial reasons following a prolonged period of challenging operating conditions.

Gulf Air:

Air Armenia is coming to Paris and Athens

Air Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia) on April 30 will launch twice-weekly Airbus A320 service to Paris (CDG). The Armenian carrier will also start twice-weekly flights to Athens on the same day per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: OSDU/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 EK32039 (msn 1439) approaches the runway at Moscow (Vnukovo).

Air Armenia:

Ryanair to open two new bases in Greece

Ryanair (Dublin) today (January 14) announced that as part of a $280 million investment in Greece it would open its secondand third Greek bases (64 in total) at Athens and Thessaloniki in April 2014 with a total of three based aircraft and nine new routes.

Ryanair’s new Athens base from April 2014 will deliver:

·2 based aircraft

·6 new routes to Chania, London, Milan, Paphos, Rhodes & Thessaloniki

·154 weekly flights

·Over 1.2m new passengers p.a. at Athens

·Over 1,200* jobs sustained at Athens

Ryanair will grow at Thessaloniki as follows:

·1 based aircraft

·3 new routes: Athens, Pisa & Warsaw (16 in total)

·212 weekly flights

·Over 1.6m pax p.a

·Over 1,600* “on site” jobs

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-DYX (msn 37517) with Comunitat Valenciana promotional markings climbs away from Nantes.

Ryanair:

Newcomer SkyGreece Airlines proposes to fly to North America next summer from Athens

SkyGreece Airlines (Athens) is a new Greek airline with its first Boeing 767-300. Boeing 767-31A ER SX-BPN (msn 26470) (above) was delivered to the new airline on December 14. The newcomer is planning to launch trans-Atlantic flights to New York, Montreal (Trudeau) and Toronto (Pearson). The airline was founded in October 2012 by Greek and Canadian aviation professionals.