AEGEAN and Olympic Air receive IATA’s Fast Travel Green Award

Athens, October 2nd 2015 – AEGEAN and Olympic Air have been recognized by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for their innovation in passenger experience and received the Fast Travel Green Award. During the ceremony which was held at AEGEAN’s headquarters, AEGEAN and Olympic Air were awarded the Green Certificate in IATA’s Fast Travel Program. The program vision is that by 2020, 80% of global passengers will be offered with a complete, relevant Self-Service suite throughout their journey.
The awards delivered on 30 September, 2015 from Mr. Mike Higgins, IATA’s European Regional Director of the Airport, Passenger Cargo and Security division to Mr. Panos Nicolaidis, Ground Operations Director of AEGEAN. AEGEAN, is the 6th carrier and Olympic Air the 7th carrier among 79 IATA members in Europe to be awarded the certificate.

IATA’s Fast Travel Program is addressing passenger demands for more choice, convenience, and control through self-service options in these areas: self-check-in and/or automatic check-in; bags ready-to-go; document check; flight re-booking; self-boarding; and bag recovery.

AEGEAN and Olympic Air have attained the Green ranking in the Fast Travel Program, the first in Greece, by meeting – self-check-in bag recovery and bags ready-to-go– at Athens International Airport. AEGEAN and Olympic Air customers, travelling from Athens International airport can print their baggage tags through the Self Service Kiosk and drop off their baggage at the dedicated Self Tagging Drop off counters, while both companies are working on the next projects, which are the Self – boarding, the Home Printed Baggage Tag and the Automated Check-in service.

"AEGEAN has been at the forefront of advanced passenger experience in Greece through the use of the newest technologies. We will continue to work on strengthening our cooperation with airports and enhancing our services to enable passengers to enjoy the best travel experience with AEGEAN and Olympic Air from check-in to boarding," said Mr. Panos Nicolaidis, Ground Operations Director of AEGEAN and Olympic Air.



(left to right) Mr. Panos Nicolaides, Ground Operations Director of AEGEAN and Mr. Mike Higgins, IATA’s European Regional Director of the Airport, Passenger Cargo and Security division.

(left to right) Mr. George Mamalakis, IATA’s Country Manager, Greece and Cyprus, AEGEAN’s and Olympic Air’s team who worked on the Fast Travel Program, as well as Mr. Mike Higgins, IATA’s European Regional Director of the Airport, Passenger Cargo and Security division and Mr. Panos Nicolaides, AEGEAN’s Ground Operations Director.