Greek government has officially initiated the procurement of 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, through the U.S. government Foreign Military Sale.
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GMR Group, a conglomerate with a significant presence in the aviation sector, is currently developing a greenfield airport project in Crete, Greece, in collaboration with GEK TERNA.
GREECE- Europe’s largest carrier, Ryanair (FR), flight from Corfu (CFU), Greece, to Milan (MXP), Italy, made an emergency landing back at CFU due to a possible bird strike. Subsequently, the Boeing 737 operated flight experienced engine problems.
An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed Saturday around the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Local residents said seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for Residents the crash.
The Greek island of Santorini has seen enormous international development, with Middle East flights more than doubling. Qatar Airways has inaugurated Doha to Santorini, one of three destinations now served in Greece, joining routes to Athens and Mykonos. It follows the carrier launching in Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier this month.
Greece’s newly-acquired fourth generation Rafale aircraft made a series of deafening overpasses before landing at Tanagra Air Force Base, 70km (43 miles) north of Athens. They had flown from Merignac airport near Bordeaux.