Just a few pictures from today’s parade.
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Oxi Day 2013
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Thomas Cook fly to Lesvos in 2014
Thomas Cook are now showing flights to Mytilene:
- TCX 1812 leaving from Gatwick at 07:40 on Saturdays
- TCX 2354 leaving from Manchester at 11:45 on Wednesdays
These are in addition to the Monarch flights:
- MON 7826 leaving from Gatwick at 05:50 on Saturdays
- MON 1874 leaving from Manchester at 06:15 on Saturdays
Now before you start to cheer loudly, check the prices. The Wednesday flight from Manchester is currently very expensive. This is a positive move and I am sure that prices will settle down once the new schedules become established.
Let us all hope that this is a long term commitment and not just a single season experiment.
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Aegean Airlines aquire Olympic Air
Today the European Commission announced its decision to approve the acquisition of Olympic Air by Aegean Airlines.
The Chairman of AEGEAN Mr. Theodore Vassilakis said:
“As of today our obligation and commitment to serve our passengers and our country become even greater. While growing in size we also have to further improve our services to be more effective in the support of all Greek regions and ensure competitive access even to the smallest Greek island. The economies of scale will allow us to offer more competitive fares on our domestic network, especially for the small islands. At the same time, the synergies will allow us to support an improved growth rate for our international network, both from Athens and the periphery, contributing substantially to the development of Tourism and the Economy “.
The company will host a press conference on October 23, 2013, following the share purchase, to present its customer offering and development plan as well as its 2014 network plans.
Dramatic Electrical Storm
For nearly 2 hours last night, there was a dramatic electrical storm. I decided to try and capture the light show over western Lesvos. It was mostly some distance from Molyvos beyond the monastery at Ipsilou but I still managed to capture some very dramatic pictures.
That was a pretty wild two hours.
Molyvos welcomes the Azamara
The cruise ship Azamara was at anchor outside Molyvos today. It is not often that cruise ships visit here, which is a huge pity. The views of the village and castle from the ship would be fantastic.
I decided to have a look at the operators web site. Sadly they have some key facts wrong. “Rhodes is the largest Greek island.” Sorry guys but Rhodes is the 4th largest Greek island. Oh well, never let the truth get in the way of a good advertising campaign!
I hope that those that came ashore enjoyed their visit and will decide to make a proper visit next year.
