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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05ATHENS1372 |
EUROPEAN COURT RULES AGAINST OLYMPIC AIRLINES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 12 decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirming the European Commission's position that the GoG's payment of 194 million euros to Olympic Airlines (OA) was an illegal subsidy does not appear to have altered the GoG's plan to sell the ailing national carri [...] |
2005-05-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2114 |
GOG SIGNS MOU WITH OLYMPIC INVESTORS FOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. based Olympic Investors has confirmed that it has signed an MOU for the purchase of Olympic Airlines from the Greek Government. The MOU is good for 60 days, during which time the GOG must obtain consent for the sale from the European Commission, as well as convince the E [...] |
2005-08-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2470 |
GREEK GOVERNMENT UNDECIDED ON FUTURE OF OLYMPIC [...] (U) A European Commission decision ordering Olympic Airlines to pay back some 500 million euros in illegal state aid, although widely expected by industry observers, appears to have taken the Greek government by surprise. The decision, which came in the midst of a final Greek government effor [...] |
2005-09-21 06:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2628 |
ALOGOSKOUFIS ON OLYMPIC AIR: STILL SEEKING EU [...] (C) During a meeting to discuss general economic reform topics (reftel), Greek Finance Minister Alogoskoufis apprised Ambassador of the status of GoG efforts to privatize Olympic Airlines. At this point in time, the Minister said, the GoG is seeking to clarify the EC's "Delphic utterance" that [...] |
2005-10-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2925 |
HELLENIC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post has received the following response to the OA 412 incident at JFK involving pilot Konstantinos Vardakis, related in FAR violation letter 2005 EA 290023. Text as follows: Dear Ms. Susan Bennet, Thank you for your letter advising of the unfortunate event of July 9, 2005 at JFK I [...] |
2005-11-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS656 |
SPECULATION RAMPANT AS OLYMPIC AIRLINES GOES ON THE [...] (SBU) After four previously failed efforts to sell Olympic Airlines (and its predecessor Olympic Airways), the Greek Government is making a new and probably final effort to sell the ailing national flag carrier. Rival Aegean Airlines is considered by some to be the front runner as final bids [...] |
2005-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 06ATHENS372 |
OLYMPIC AIRLINES PRIVATIZATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2nd, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Finance Peter Doukas to discuss the latest GoG plans for privatizing the ailing national air carrier, Olympic Airlines (OA). Doukas stated clearly that he saw no way forward for last year's plan to sell the company to U.S. [...] |
2006-02-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR GR OLYAIR |