Leading General Sales Agent and Greek airline further intensify their cooperation
AVIAREPS, the multinational aviation and tourism management expert, has been entrusted with the representation of Olympic Air in France. As a result of the yet successful cooperation of both companies, the appointment is extended to this further territory. AVIAREPS will provide the Greek carrier with a professional sales force as well as a reservations department from its Paris office. The local representation aims at strengthening Olympic Air’s market position in France and facilitating the approach to the travel trade industry and end-consumers alike.
From its base in the Greek capital, Olympic Air offers seamless onward connections to a total of 32 domestic destinations in Greece. Among them are major cities and tourist spots such as Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes and the Aegean islands.
Olympic Air currently operates a total of approximately 150 flights per day, amounting to a network of 40 destinations (8 of them being international and 32 domestic). Through its main operation base at Athens International Airport, and its secondary hubs in Thessaloniki and Rhodes, the carrier also links to beyond destinations such as Cairo/Istanbul/Larnaca/Tel Aviv. Partner codes hare agreements with Aegean Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Delta Airlines, and Etihad complete the flight network of Olympic Air, which includes also long haul services, with its partners to New York, Johannesburg, Sydney and Melbourne.
Olympic Air (OA) is one of Europe’s younger airlines, born from the acquisition of the formerly state-owned flag carrier of Greece, ‘Olympic Airlines’, by the Marfin Investment Group in April 2009.