{"id":3924,"date":"2026-05-04T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:07:00","slug":"thessaloniki-alert-for-possible-ryanair-withdrawal-from-macedonia-extraordinary-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3924","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki: alert for possible Ryanair withdrawal from &#8220;Macedonia&#8221; &#8211; Extraordinary meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The prospect of <b>Ryanair<\/b> leaving <b>Thessaloniki<\/b> has galvanized local stakeholders, who are seeking immediate answers about the future of the base.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">A climate of concern<\/b> prevails among local government and <b>tourist stakeholders<\/b> in the capital city, following reports of <b>the possible closure of Ryanair&#8217;s base at Macedonia Airport<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">At the order of the mayor of Thessaloniki, <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"236\">Stelios Angeloudis<\/b>, a meeting was convened <b>emergency working meeting<\/b> was convened this morning in order to assess the impact of a possible <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"365\">reduction of flight operations<\/b> on the city&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The mobilization was attended by tourism deputy regional governor, <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"62\">Vicky Hadjivassiliou<\/b>, and representatives of the <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"102\">Tourism Organisation of Thessaloniki<\/b>, while there was direct coordination with the Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organisation, <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"203\">Andreas Fiorentino<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">According to the current schedule:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>A critical teleconference between the municipal authority and senior executives of the Irish company has been set for tomorrow, <b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"11\">Tuesday 6 May<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>A formal update is expected from <b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"36\">Fraport<\/b> on the status of the charges and the terms of the partnership between them.<\/li>\n<li>A letter of information has already been sent to the Minister of Tourism, <b data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"71\">Olga Kefalogianni<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">As thestival.gr&#8217;s report states, Mr. Angeloudis is seeking to ascertain the company&#8217;s true intentions, as the loss of the base would be a serious blow to the <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"187\">international connectivity<\/b> of Northern Greece. City stakeholders are due to return with a new, expanded meeting by the end of the week, aiming for a unified stance on the developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prospect of Ryanair&#8217;s departure from Thessaloniki has mobilised local stakeholders, who are looking for immediate answers for the future of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}