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Athens, 17 October - A mishap for the president of Greece, Karolos Papoulias: he is stuck together with his staff in Vietnam, where he had been making an official visit lasting four days, as his official Airbus has broken down. This was reported by the national flagship airline, Olympic Airlines, which provides the presidential aeroplanes. […]

ATHENS, Greece (CNN) — Greece’s air, rail and urban transport came to a grinding halt Wednesday as the country’s biggest labor union staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest of the government’s plan to sell off the state’s ailing carrier Olympic Airlines. People queue at an Olympic Airlines desk at Athens International Airport.
At least […]

International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Protesting workers at Greek carrier Olympic Airlines have blocked both runways at Athens International Airport, briefly disrupting flights.
Airport officials say the demonstration lasted about 10 minutes, forcing planes to circle the airport. Police are reporting no arrests.
Olympic’s employee unions oppose government plans to sell the loss-making airline under a plan that […]

Ekathimerini
THANASSIS DIMOPOULOS/EUROKINISSI
Employees of the state air-carrier Olympic Airlines joined a large-scale workers’ strike yesterday to protest the government’s plans for its privatization. OA canceled more than 50 flights. Other flights were affected too, as air-traffic controllers joined the action. The city center clogged up as citizens relied on their cars due to a public transport […]

Ryanair confirmed on Thursday it would sue the European Commission for not tackling the French government over reduced domestic airport charges which the airline believes favour Air France.
“Ryanair … today lodged a case in the European Court of First Instance against the European Commission’s failure to act on Ryanair’s complaint about 1 billion euros […]

As we mentioned last week: IT loves to escape into a good travel book (andTraveler’s new book columnist, Don George, has promised us a bevy of great titles). This weekend provided a bounty of other great travel reads, from the Washington Post, who reported on a new selection of green guidebooks, and whose Book […]

Our dear friend and contributing editor Andrew Nelson paused his travels for a moment to send us another great postcard from the road (literally this time).
It seems totally incongruous, but travelers barreling down Mississippi’s Interstate 20/59 will see a glorious art deco tower rising over the town of Meridian (pop. 40,000). The […]

Here in our nation’s capital, we’re used to waltzing into most of our museums free of charge, but we were glad to hear that France has made plans to follow suit. Starting in January, 14 of France’s museums will drop their admission prices for six months in an effort to draw a wider, more […]

Mark Ovenden’s new book, Transit Maps of the World, a is vibrant 144-page tip of the hat to the world’s urban train systems. From the unusual Hamburg diagram, which lacks curves, to the pitchfork prongs of Buenos Aires, Oveden navigates the history of maps as they have evolved over time. After paging through the […]

Can’t decide whether you want to safari in Africa or scuba dive in a coral reef? Well, one tour company offers a unique scuba sea safari that should satisfy your craving for both land and sea adventures.
One Earth Safaris offers “scuba sea safaris” between Zanzibar, Pemba Island, and Kenya, (where sharks and humpback whales are […]