Greece announces bidders for Olympic Airlines

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Greece announces bidders for Olympic Airlines
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government has named 16 bidders for its sale of Olympic Airlines.

Companies interested in Olympic's operations are Athens Airways, Chrysler Aviation, Fouad El Ghanim Group, MyAir, Qatar Airways, Sky Europe and Sky One.

For ground handling the companies interested are: Athens Airways, Ellaktor, Fouad El Ghanim Group, Goldair, Hellenic Cargo Group, and Swissport.

For Olympic's technical maintenance, the bidders are: Athens Airways, Iberia and Fouad El Ghanim Group.

Transport Ministry officials said Thursday that 22 further potential bidders had requested that their names not be made public.

The government plans to liquidate Olympic and transfer most of its 8,100 staff to other public sector jobs.

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