{"id":39692,"date":"2020-07-09T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hellenic-seaplanes.com\/deltia-typou\/antistrofi-metrisi-udroplana-patra\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:27:49","slug":"countdown-seplanes-patra","status":"publish","type":"deltia-typou","link":"https:\/\/hellenic-seaplanes.com\/en\/deltia-typou\/countdown-seplanes-patra\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown for Seaplanes in Patra!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><b>Hellenic Seaplanes<\/b> <b>and<\/b> <b>Hellenic Seaplane Ports take over the operation of the Patras Seaplane Port!<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A decisive step for the operation of the Patras Seaplane Port was made yesterday, with the signing of the contract for its concession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The corporate structure, which has contracted with the <\/span><b>Patras Port Authority<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consists of <\/span><b>Hellenic Seaplanes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Hellenic Seaplane Ports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With the signing of the contract, they assume the management and operation of the Patras Seaplane Port.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The concession agreement, which will have a duration of twelve years, was signed by the CEO of OLPA, Mr. Panagiotis Tsonis, and the representatives of Hellenic Seaplanes, Mr. Nikolaos Charalambous (President &amp; CEO of Hellenic Seaplanes) and Anastasios Govas (President of Hellenic Seaplane Ports).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Present at the signing of the contract were also Mr. Irineos Pelekhras (Director of Development at Hellenic Seaplanes), Mr. Charalambos Gargaretas (Director of Strategic Planning and Seaplane Port Development), and Konstantinos Vris (Station Manager of &#8220;Patras Seaplane Port&#8221;).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Mr. <\/span><b>Nikolaos Charalambous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, President and CEO of Hellenic Seaplanes, noted: &#8220;With the signing of the concession agreement, we have taken another step towards the arrival of seaplanes in Greece. We are now entering the final phase of launching a new form of transportation that contributes to the country&#8217;s tourism and economic development. It promotes what we call &#8216;Rapid Access&#8217; to our nation&#8217;s archipelago and extensive coastline. Our country boasts seas, lakes, and all the natural features necessary to welcome the operation of seaplanes. Today, we take another decisive step forward.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. <\/span><b>Panagiotis<\/b> <b>Tsonis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the CEO of OLPA, stated:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Today, we took another significant step in making the city and port of Patras a central hub for the first basic network of seaplane ports in Western Greece, thus contributing to the tourist and broader economic development of the wider region. We believed in it and now it&#8217;s becoming a reality. I would like to thank the representatives of the corporate structure for their cooperation and extend my special thanks to our organization&#8217;s staff who contributed to this achievement, helping us reach the point of signing the contract for the management and operation of the infrastructure and services of the Patras Seaplane Port.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39128,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[283],"class_list":["post-39692","deltia-typou","type-deltia-typou","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Countdown for Seaplanes in Patra! - Hellenic Seaplanes S.A.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hellenic-seaplanes.com\/en\/deltia-typou\/countdown-seplanes-patra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Countdown for Seaplanes in Patra! - Hellenic Seaplanes S.A.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hellenic Seaplanes and Hellenic Seaplane Ports take over the operation of the Patras Seaplane Port! 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