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Turkish Airlines has appointed Bilal Ekşi, the head of Turkey's civil aviation authority, as its new general manager. Ekşi will replace Temel Kotil, who has been in the post since 2005.

British airline easyJet warned its profit would fall by over 25 percent this year as security issues dampened demand and low fuel prices meant there was more competition in the European short-haul market.

Dozens of Greek domestic flights are to be canceled after the union representing aviation workers, OSYPA, called a strike from 10 a.m. on Thursday to midnight on Friday.

Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air said they were canceling around 70 flights.

Passengers due to travel should contact their airlines for information.

Athens International Airport has received another distinction from World Routes, the biggest global airline networking forum on Tuesday, voted  by airline companies with a special honorary award in the category of 4-20 million passengers, in recognition of the continuous dynamic support that the airport offers to airlines for their development efforts, under the extremely adverse economic condi

Global airlines are expected to post record profits of almost $40 billion this year, the head of industry body IATA said Sept. 22, but he warned the sector faced threats from terrorism, a sharp rise in oil prices and protectionism.

Lufthansa has signed a route sharing deal with China's flagship carrier Air China , capping off two years of talks that will boost Germany's biggest airline's access to the world's fastest growing aviation market.

Aegean Airlines swung to a loss in the first half of 2016 due to weak demand at home and a value-added tax increase, Greece's largest carrier said on Monday.

The company reported a net loss of 23.7 million euros in the first half of the year, versus a profit of 14.8 million in the same period last year.

Sales were flat, at 403.5 million euros.

Turkish Airlines (THY) has seen a 10 percent drop in demand on some Russian and southern European routes but was betting on improved demand from new markets to keep its year-end passenger target, said a senior executive. 

Tourist arrivals to Turkey have taken a beating following a spate of bomb attacks this year, including two in Istanbul, usually the country's biggest tourist draw.

Senegal state-owned television has said Turkish Airlines is the front-runner to take a stake in Air Senegal, a new national airline intended to replace the West African nation's now defunct, heavily indebted carrier Senegal Airlines.

Senegalese President Macky Sall was in Istanbul for the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) summit last week. 

Passenger numbers for Turkish Airlines surged sharply in the first quarter of 2016 despite rising geopolitical tensions in the region, a stock exchange filing report showed April 14.