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general aviation tourism to greece and turkey

General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey. General Aviation is an activity so diverse that ICAO defines General Aviation operations in a negative way. According to ICAO (Annex 6, definitions), GA are those flying activities that ARE NOT involving Commercial Air Transportation or the Military. So, among GA activities are :Recreational flyingAerial photographyFlight trainingSurveyingCrop sprayingSearch and RescueObservation and patroland288

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general aviation tourism to greece and turkey

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    1: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey Presented by AOPA Greece 7th Turkish-Greek Forum on Tourism November 2006, Antalya

    3: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey The Gen Aviation Tourist pie in EU today consists of some 44.000 planes and almost 200.000 pilots, amounting to 600.000 persons including families and friends Today Greece gets less than 100 planes and 500 persons per year (organised air rallies not included)

    4: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey European pilots want to fly in Greece and Turkey, because : The Aegean islands and the Aegean Turkish Aegean coast line present an environment that cannot be found in own countries. An environment that reminds the Bermudas and the Maldives islands. At the same time, Turkish Anatolia interior presents a mystique appeal to Europeans

    5: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey Today Greece gets less than 100 planes and about 500 persons, or less than 0,2 % per year, of the European Gen Aviation pie. With just a few minor changes and some simple caretaking, this could become 1 % or about 400 planes with some 1.500 persons. With proper organization, in 2-3 years we could have 3-5 % that is about 1.000-2.000 planes and 4.000 to 8.000 persons annually. This could become the beginning of the high quality tourism for our countries, as the next stop is Turkey

    6: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey And what is required to get these results? Answer is simple : Easy access. Is the first single item, that could start bringing Gen Aviation tourism in our countries High quality services, at reasonable prises (wealthy tourists, are prepared to pay for high quality services, but are resenting paying for services they do not get)

    7: Handling charges Fuel (AVGAS) Price Needs for slots Special permissions for VFR flights Flexible entry-exit points

    8: Events of AOPA Hellas in 2002-2006 International Fly In Turkey, Israel, Turkey Domestic Fly In with international participations, 31 aircrafts Kos, Ikaria, Santorini, Mytilini islands European Convention for GA, Athens 2004

    9: Cappadocia

    10: Eskisehir

    11: Selcuk - Efes

    12: Selcuk - Efes

    13: Santorini

    14: General Aviation Tourism to Greece and Turkey what we expect? The support of the Greek and Turkish Ministries of Tourism, influence the government and other Ministries Support and organize Join Activities as Fly in AOPA Hellas Fly In 2007, Chios island Thank you – Any question?

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