29.11.2007, 06:23 hrs
First arrival in Athens
of Air China, Flight 943 from Beijing |
Welcome at Athens
International Airport: The
President of Air China, Mr.
Li Jiaxiang, and the
Greek Minister of
Tourism, Mr. Aris
Spiliotopoulos, having
just disembarked
|
From Air China’s
welcome at Athens
International Airport |
The Chairman of the
Board of Directors of
Athens International
Airport, Professor Kostis Vaitsos, at the podium |
Athens International
Airport CEO, Dr. Yiannis
Paraschis, welcomes Air China |
The President of
Air China, Mr. Li
Jiaxiang at the podium |
Greek Transport and
Communications Minister, Mr.
Kostis Hatzidakis,
during the inaugural
ceremony |
The airport’s traditional
“ribbon bonding”:
The President of Air
China, Mr. Li Jianxiang,
and Athens
International Airport CEO Dr. Yiannis Paraschis, symbolically “bond” the new route with the airport |
From the inaugural
ceremony |
First departure: Athens
International Airport
salutes Air China Boeing
767-200 with the
traditional water archway |