Aegean Airlines

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.

Ankara's claims in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean were highlighted once again on Thursday with a barrage of overflights and violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets.

Authorities at Avlona Prison, north of Athens, have ordered an investigation after a group of inmates attacked a 19-year-old man accused in the rape and murder of a 21-year-old female student on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT) said on Tuesday nine-month net earnings grew 13 percent to 80.9 million euros ($91.47 million) on improved load factors and higher sales.

The two victims of a plane crash on Nov. 19 have been found in Turkey's Aegean region, according to officials.