Aegean Airlines launches flights between Athens and Istanbul

Aegean Airlines is launching flights between Athens and Istanbul effective September 9th (after 5 years of effort to acquire rights on the route, according to its CEO).

The flight schedule will be as follows :

1234567 ATH1400 - 1515IST A3970
1234567 IST1600 - 1720ATH A3971

All flights will be operated by Airbus A320

Turkish Airlines flight THY 1153 on an emergency diversion to Athens

Tuskish Airlines flight THY 1153 from IST (Istanbul, Turkey) to ALG (Algiers, Algeria) declared a medical emergency and diverted to ATH a few minutes ago. It is also reported that there were clogged lavatories as well. The plane involved is an Airbus A340 registered TC-JII. It landed at 13:14L and is expected to depart in a few minutes to continue to ALG.


Airbus A340 / TC-JII / about to depart from rwy 03L at 15:05L