Aegean Airlines
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Aegean Airlines is an airline based in Athens, Greece. It operates scheduled services from Athens and Thessaloniki to other major Greek destinations and to a number of European destinations. Its main bases are Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens, with a hub at Makedonia Airport, Thessaloniki (SKG).
History
Aegean Airlines was founded as Aegean Aviation in 1987. It was originally a VIP/business air operation specialising in executive and air ambulance services. On 17 February 1992 it became the first airline to be issued with a Greek independent air operator's licence. After it was bought by Vasilakis Group in 1994, Aegean Aviation commenced VIP flights from Athens all over the world with wholly owned Learjet aircraft. The Aegean Airlines title was adopted with the start of scheduled passenger services at the end of May 1999. Its first commercial flights were from Athens to Heraklion, Crete and Thessaloniki, Macedonia, with 2 brand new wholly owned BAe 146/RJ100. During 2000 Aegean bought Air-Greece. After an agreement in March 2001 to merge Aegean and Cronus Airlines, it operated for a while as Aegean Cronus Airlines until full integration.Destinations
Aegean Airlines' destinations (as of June 2006) are :
Domestic
- Athens to:
- *Alexandroupolis
- *Chania
- *Chios
- *Corfu (Kerkyra)
- *Heraklion
- *Ioannina
- *Kavala
- *Kos
- *Mykonos
- *Mytilene
- *Rhodes
- *Santorini (Thira)
- *Thessaloniki
- Athens to:
- *Düsseldorf
- *Frankfurt
- *Larnaca
- *Milan
- *Munich (Franz Josef Strauss Intl Airport)
- *Rome (Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Intl Airport)
- *Sofia
- *Stuttgart (Echterdingen Intl Airport)
Fleet
The Aegean Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2006):
- 6 BAe Avro RJ100
- 7 Boeing 737-300
- 8 Boeing 737-400
- 1 Bombardier Learjet 55
Aegean Airlines recently announced placing an order for 8 Airbus A320, of a total value of 420 mil. dollars, with an option of an extra 12 aircraft of the A320 family (A319/A320/A321), which will gradually replace the existing Boeing 737-300/400
External links
- [Aegean Airlines]
- [Aegean Airlines Fleet Age]
- [Aegean Airlines Boeing Fleet Detail]
- [Aegean Airlines Passenger Opinions]
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