Aegean Airlines

A new sea link between Greece's Lavrio and Turkey's Cesme ports will be launched in June in what is expected to boost trade between the two Aegean neighbors by circumventing long overland travel for large trucks, state-run Athens-Macedonian news agency reports. The line will also serve tourists wishing to travel between the two countries.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines raised 200 million euros ($224.20 million) from a bond offering that ended on Thursday and was oversubscribed, underwriters said.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines will proceed with a sale of bonds on March 5-7 to raise up to 200 million euros ($226.86 million) for down payments on new Airbus aircraft and the construction of a new pilot training centre.

At least 88 irregular migrants were held in Turkey's Aegean region, security sources said on March 3.

Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis will travel to Crete to assess the damage after the Aegean island was hit by torrential rain and gales causing extensive damage to roads, buildings and infrastructure, the government said Tuesday.

Leading Greek carrier Aegean Air announced on Wednesday the addition of seven new destinations to its flight schedule for this year.

State sell-off fund TAIPED is calling a tender for the commissioning of technical and legal consultants for the concession of the marinas on Myconos (pictured) and Rhodes, aiming to start the utilization process within this summer.

For some, the plane trip from London to Thessaloniki took entirely too long.

About 200 passengers were on a Ryanair flight that was diverted Friday night to the Romanian city of Timisoara after foggy conditions in Thessaloniki made it impossible to land the plane there.

Of them, 89 declined the airline's offer to take them to Thessaloniki, about 770 kilometers away, by bus.

Turkish violations of Greek airspace in the Aegean Sea continued on Wednesday, with the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) recording 36 violations of Greek national air space over the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea.

Everyone needs to avoid provocations in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Cyprus "or else the price will be heavy," the Turkish defense minister said on Dec. 22.