Originally Posted by
Xandrios
I asked KLM: No plans at the moment.
Aegean I am not sure. During the whole A3/OA merger debacle it seemed that the EU did not allow Aegean to fly to the same destinations as OA (Or something of the sorts). Not sure if they are allowed to fly to AMS now..
They could fly to AMS every 10 minutes if it took their fancy and had the resources and slots to waste. Airlines do not have to apply for traffic rights within the EU. This is entirely liberalised as long as you are a licensed EU carrier (which A3 obviously is). There are some limited exceptions for certain routes under a PSO regime but that is the exception and AMS-ATH would clearly not be a PSO route.
A3 can fly to the same destinations as OA if it wants to, at any rate within the EU. The problem with the merger was precisely the reverse: competition between OA and A3 would have been eliminated.