One of Aegean’s Avro RJ100s seen at Rhodos in early August (Bruno Geiger / Jetphotos.ch)
Greek Avro RJ operator Aegean Airlines submitted a bid in response to a Greek government tender for subsidized services on 24 commercially unviable routes, primarily to island destinations. Aegean’s bid offered to fly from Athens and Thessaloniki to the islands of Kalymnos, Ikaria, Astypalaia, Skiathos, Skyros, Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Karpathos, and Kythera, using its Avro RJ100s and ATR72s. Aegean operates six RJ100s.
Recent news items on Aegean Airlines:
- Aegean Airlines ends Avro RJ100 operations (2011-05-05)
- Sky Wings to take over Aegean Avro RJ100s (2011-04-19)
- Virtual Italian airline plans BAe 146 operations (2011-02-28)
- Aegean-Olympic merger blocked (2011-01-12)
- Decision on Aegean-Olympic merger postponed (2010-10-22)