Flight information region

Two Turkish Navy aircraft (a CN-235 and an ATR-72) as well as a Turkish helicopter entered the Athens flight information region on Monday without submitting a flight plan.

In fact, three violations of air traffic rules were recorded in the Athens FIR in the southeastern Aegean Sea. 

The Turkish aircraft were identified, in accordance with international rules.

A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Wednesday without having submitted a flight plan, said the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS).

The fighter jets flew over the northeastern region of the Aegean and were intercepted by Greek fighter jets, per international protocols.

A pair of Turkish fighter jets entered Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan on Wednesday and flew over the islet of Farmakonisi in the eastern Aegean.

The airspace violation was recorded at 1.58 p.m. at 25,000 feet.

They were chased off by Greek air force pilots in line with international rules of engagement. 

A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Wednesday entered Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan and flew over the islets of Oinousses and Panagia in the eastern Aegean, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said.

Hundreds of aircraft take-offs in and dozens of battle simulations were included in the 12-day Iniohos multinational exercise, which ended at the Andravida base in the Peloponnese on Friday.

Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace on Friday morning, flying over three islets in the southeastern Aegean.

According to an announcement from the National Defense General Staff, a pair of Turkish F-16s flew over the islets of Megisti and Ro at an altitude of 26,000 feet at 10.48 and 10.58 a.m., exiting the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) at 11.24 a.m.

Two pairs of Turkish F-16 fighter aircraft momentarily flew over some of Greece's easternmost islands on Christmas Day at a height of over 27,000 feet.

A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) over Lemnos and Lesvos on Monday afternoon.

The two jets flew over the islet of Levitha at 24,300 feet and exited Athens' FIR at 3.59 p.m., east of the island of Rhodes. 

Greek defense authorities recorded seven violations of national air space in the space of under half an hour on Tuesday morning by a formation of four Turkish fighter jets.

Photo: Flickr / UK Ministry of Defence

Turkish aeroplanes and helicopters illegally entered Greece's airspace 141 times yesterday, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff reported.