Olympic Airways

PASOK celebrates 50 years of existence today, having been founded by Andreas Papandreou on September 3rd at the Capital Hotel in Syntagma. Protothema.gr marks this anniversary with five articles by Pantelis Kapsis, Nikos Felekis, Dimitris Pagadakis, Dimitris Danikas, and Stefanos Tzanakis.

Analysis of the €123 Billion Debt

According to lists released by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) a few days ago, the debts of individuals and legal entities to the State and EFKA amount to €123 billion. These are debts from so-called major debtors, those who owe over €150,000 and whose payments are delayed by more than a year.

Α new tourist attraction was created at the site of the former airport at Elliniko, southern Athens, where an old Boeing B727/284 Mount Olympus aircraft has been given a new lease of life as an exhibit.

The Mount Olympus, an old Boeing 727 of Olympic Airways, which was founded by Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in 1957, has been dismantled 24 years after it stopped flying so that it could be moved to its new home, on Vouliagmenis Avenue, a few meters from the Elliniko metro stop.

The planning of National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis includes a new framework for the taxation of the self-employed. The new finance minister has challenged himself to make his own mark in the fight against tax evasion, as he did in his previous posts tackling pensions, Public Power Corporation and Olympic Airways.

The breakfast served in first class on the Olympic Airways flight from Zurich to Rome on October 26, 1967 was special, as was one of the passengers. Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras was on his way to his last meeting with Pope Paul VI, continuing the historical dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches that had begun in 1964.

Greek airline Sky Express said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with Qatar Airways to cooperate on flights connecting Doha with the Greek islands, in a boost to the country's key tourism industry.

Tourism accounts for about a quarter of economic output in Greece, which saw a record number of about 33 million visitors last year.

The fourth and final ministerial decision regarding the seven "neighborhoods" of the Elliniko development has just been published in the Government Gazette, paving the way for the start of the project's implementation. The decision offers a glimpse of what those seven neighborhoods will look like.

Greek airline Sky Express said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Air France KLM to cooperate on flights connecting Paris and Amsterdam with the Greek islands.

Tourism accounts for about a quarter of economic output in Greece, which saw a record number of about 33 million visitors last year.

On August 9, 1978, 39 years ago, the biggest air accident in Greece and perhaps in the world was avoided. The human factor played a key role in the development of the events of that day.

A B-747 Jumbo Jet of the Olympic Airways with 418 passengers and crew takes off from Elliniko airport of Athens to New York City. The wheels have not got off the ground yet when No3 engine ignites!