Twenty-five years of operation, from 1999, she completed Aegean, based by Theodoros Vassilakis, who had taken his first enterprise steps within the automotive trade. In Could 1999, following the liberalization of the Greek home aviation market, the corporate began common flights with two AVRO RJ-100 plane and an elevated shareholder base.
Throughout its 25 years of operation, the stations that performed a central position within the growth of the Aegean embody the introduction of Athens Inventory Changeits participation on the earth’s largest aviation alliance Star allianceto get Olympic Airin addition to the order of 46 plane – elevated to 50 – of the household Airbus A320 neo. The airline’s stations embody the creation of the primary fashionable Simulation and Flight Crew Coaching Middle in Greece, in one of many first inexperienced hangars in Europe, at Athens Worldwide Airport. The airline lately ordered 4 new plane Α321neo LR which can cowl distances of as much as 7.5 hours, from Greece to the Gulf areas, India and Central Africa.
Aegean employs greater than 3,700 employees and operates with 76 plane in 156 locations with 249 direct routes in 47 international locations, continuously strengthening its community at house and overseas, offering its passengers with a singular journey expertise, intently linked to Greek hospitality. In 2023 it supplied 18.5 million seats, a rise of three.1 million in comparison with 2022, whereas carrying 15.5 million passengers, reaching a 26% improve in comparison with 2022 and recording a brand new highest report.
“I imagine that Theodoros Vassilakis’ imaginative and prescient of high quality and reliability is deeply embedded within the tradition of all our folks right now. As we transfer into our subsequent chapter, the problem for our new technology of executives, a a lot bigger staff with nice potential, is innovation and competitiveness for the brand new circumstances, freshness alongside consistency in our core values and naturally keep dedicated to our progress, which contributes to the picture and aggressive benefit of Greece”, stated Mr. Eutychios VassilakisAegean president, on the event of finishing 25 years of operation.
“Twenty-five years, every single day, on each flight, we’ve been attempting to soundly and persistently provide a high-quality product that meets your expectations, but in addition the tradition of hospitality that’s in our DNA,” famous the corporate’s CEO, Dimitris Gerogiannis.