SkyGreece Airlines

SkyGreece Airlines
IATA
GW[1]		 ICAO
SGR		 Callsign
SKYGREECE
Founded October 2012
Athens, Greece
AOC # Aoc obtained Cert # 050
Operating bases Athens International Airport (Athens, Greece)
Fleet size 1
Company slogan Legendary Greek hospitality from take-off to landing!
Headquarters Markopoulo Mesogaias, Attica, Greece
Key people
  • Bill Alefantis (Founder)
  • Nicholas Alexandris (Founder)
  • Peter Chilakos (Founder)
  • Ken Stathakis (Founder)
Website www.skygreece.com

SkyGreece Airlines S.A. is a Greek airline headquartered in Markopoulo Mesogaias, Attica, near Athens.[2] It has a planned main base at Athens International Airport.

History

SkyGreece Airlines was founded in Athens, Greece in October 2012, by a team of Greek-Canadian entrepreneurs who have extensive backgrounds in aviation and tourism.[3][4] The company is a joint stock company, incorporated and headquartered in Athens, with offices also set up in New York City, Toronto, and Montreal (Laval).[5]

The company’s main mission is to connect Greek diaspora to their homeland by offering non-stop flights between Greece and North America, with eventual plans to also offer flights to South Africa as well.[3][5] Additionally, the airline's aim is to offer "authentic Greek hospitality".[3] Since then, there was no other update or announcement made by the airline.

SkyGreece Airlines is expected to commence its inaugural flights as soon as the certification is completed in Canada & The United States, using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.[6] The first aircraft acquired in June 2013 is a former Martinair jetliner.[7][8]

Strategic Alliance

SkyGreece Airlines formed a strategic alliance with the Bulgarian company BH Air.[9] The aim of this alliance is to strengthen their role in the Balkans and in Eastern Europe.

Destinations

See SkyGreece Airlines Destinations

Fleet

SkyGreece Airlines plans to commence flights using Boeing 767 aircraft.[6]

Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Name
J W Y Total Greek/English
Airbus A340-300 0 1 12 0 288 300 Άγιος Δημήτριος (Agios Dimitrios)
Boeing 767-300ER 1 1 0 106 167 274 ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Taxiarhis)
Total 1 2

References

  1. ↑ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Home page. SkyGreece Airlines. Retrieved on March 22, 2015. "33 K. Papadimitriou, Markopoulo, Attiki 19003, Greece"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flora, Christina (4 December 2012). "SkyGreece to Link Athens With Canada, U.S". Canada.GreekReporter.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Eiselin, Stefan (29 November 2012). "Eldorado Griechenland" (in German). aeroTELEGRAPH. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Απευθείας σύνδεση Αθήνας-Καναδά σχεδιάζει η Skygreece Airlines" (in Greek). Capital.gr. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.airliners.gr/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8460&start=360
  7. ↑ http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b767-26470.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.aircraftdomain.com/tail-number/n328mp.html
  9. ↑ http://wire.seenews.com/news/skygreece-airlines-bulgarias-bh-air-form-strategic-alliance-467875

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