{"id":14624,"date":"2026-04-16T08:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/over-50-of-flights-to-middle-east-disrupted\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:52:05","slug":"over-50-of-flights-to-middle-east-disrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/over-50-of-flights-to-middle-east-disrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50% of flights to Middle East disrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301022\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amna-athens_airport_delays-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amna-athens_airport_delays.jpg\" alt=\"Over 50% of flights to Middle East disrupted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amna-athens_airport_delays.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>More than half of flights to the Middle East are still not operating at Athens International Airport, while the rest are operating as normal. This means that the Gulf markets have not been completely lost for this year, although they remain under pressure, given that under normal circumstances they correspond to approximately 7.5% of the airport\u2019s total traffic in 2025 terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, there is no total loss, provided that the conflict remains at this scale and with the expectation that it will de-escalate soon,\u201d said the CEO of Athens International Airport, Giorgos Kallimasias, during Wednesday\u2019s annual general meeting of shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question about the risk of aviation fuel supply, the head of AIA underlined that there are strategic reserves in the tanks. \u201cIn addition, in Greece, the two major refineries convert crude oil into kerosene, which is not the case in all countries,\u201d he noted. However, he clarified that in the event of a wider, pan-European shortage, Greece would not remain unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>Athens airport has the highest needs for aviation fuel, as it also receives the largest volume of daily flights in Greece.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1301022\/over-50-of-flights-to-middle-east-disrupted\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of flights to the Middle East are still not operating at Athens International Airport, while the rest are operating as normal. 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