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Engine damage forces Greek passenger plane to return to Thessaloniki Airport
7 March 2010 | 17:46 | FOCUS News Agency
Thessaloniki. An airplane of Aegean Airlines company which was carrying out a flight from Thessaloniki to Athens returned to an Airport in Thessaloniki after a damage in one of the engines, Naftemboriki reported.
Airbus 320 passenger plane of the Aegean Airlines with 146 people onboard and 700 gallons of fuel has landed safety at the Macedonia Airport in Thessaloniki, short after flying off.
Passengers are safe, in good health condition.

To support airlines in mitigating the financial challenges caused by the severe downturn of traffic worldwide during this dire times, Athens International Airport announces that its pricing for the year 2010 remains unchanged regarding all airport charges (landing and parking charges, security charge, passenger terminal facility charge and ground handling centralized infrastructure charges) without any inflationary adjustment.

This decision to freeze all airport charges for 2010 (similar initiatives had also been taken during past adverse situations) reflects once again Athens International Airport’s standing commitment to support its airline-partners in their development. By its latest initiative, Athens International Airport stands by the efforts of airlines to mitigate their overall financial burdens and minimize the impact of the crisis that has severely affected both airlines and airports globally.

Furthermore, Athens International Airport’s annual Incentive Programme continues in 2010 and will be further improved to reflect the needs for more discounts for airlines and help them reduce their operating costs considerably. AIA’s non-discriminatory Incentives’ Scheme, spreading across the majority of airlines, is distinctly characterized by a developmental approach focusing on airlines that add new routes and/ or frequencies in their network operated to/from Athens International Airport. Within our joint effort, AIA will also continue supporting and co-financing the marketing developmental packages offered to airlines.

The CEO of Athens International Airport, Dr. Yiannis Paraschis, stated: “With all predictions indicating another difficult year ahead of us, our initiative to freeze all airport charges for 2010, furthermore without any inflationary adjustment, aims to the financial support of our airline-partners, while it also aims to preserve the attractiveness of the Athens aviation market within the ongoing recession. Today more than ever we are convinced that our partnership spirit sets a strong basis for the joint efforts of airports and airlines.”

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