Aegean Airlines
Aegean Airlines S.A. is the second largest Greek airline based in Athens. It operates scheduled services from Athens and Thessaloniki to other major Greek destinations as well as to a number of European destinations. Its main base is Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens, with a hub at Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia".
History
Aegean Airlines was founded as Aegean Aviation in 1987.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[1] Since 2005, the airline has been in partnership with Lufthansa, offering participation to the Miles & More program, and its flights, except from its A3 code, also have the Lufthansa LH code.[1] In March of 2006, Aegean Airlines also agreed with TAP Portugal in a co-operation agreement.[1]
The airline is owned by Laskaridis Group (25.3%), Vassilakis Group (45.2%), B Konstantakopoulos (8.3%), D Ioannou (8.1%), G David (6.3%) and Piraeus Bank (5.9%) and has 1,609 employees (at March 2007).[2]
Destinations
Aegean Airlines flies to 13 international and 17 Greek destinations and as a partner of International airline Lufthansa, Aegean has access to Lufthansa's global network.
Awards
- Bronze Award: Airline of the Year - 2000/2001<ref http://www.aegeanair.com/Content.aspx?Page=44 Aboust Us: Awards, 2007-08-04, www.aegeanair.com}}</ref>
- Gold Award: Airline of the Year - 2004/2005[3]
- Silver Award: Airline of the Year - 2006/2007[3]
- ERA's Palme d'Or award - 2007[3]
- Gold Award: Airline of the year - 2008/2009[3]
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