Olympic wird gegroundet

Greek government yesterday called for expressions of interest from potential purchasers of Olympic Airlines and holding company Pantheon. "The buyer of Pantheon will be selected through a multistage process. It is envisioned that a number of qualifying interested parties will be allowed to participate in the net stages of the process," the government said in a statement cited by Reuters. Olympic will be replaced by a separate airline (which may keep the Olympic name), ground handling and maintenance companies under the Pantheon umbrella (ATWOnline, Sept. 19). Deadline for expressions of interest is Oct. 31 and the tender is scheduled to be concluded by year end.
Reuters reported that hundreds of Olympic workers and members of affiliated unions protested yesterday at Transport Ministry headquarters, setting off firecrackers and throwing bottles and rocks. OSPA union head Manolis Patestos told the news service, "We demand that the government withdraw its plans for Olympic, and we will continue to protest until it is dropped." OA has 4,500 core and 3,500 seasonal employees.

http://www.atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=10/1/2008
 
Zurück
Oben