Greece resumes flights to Macedonia after 12-year pause
AKIPRESS.COM - The first direct commercial flight between Greece and Macedonia in 12 years took off on Thursday evening, BBC reports.
The Olympic Air flight departed the Greek capital Athens at 18:40 local time (16:40 GMT) for Macedonia's capital Skopje.
The launch of the twice-weekly service follows a deal between the two nations to end a 27-year name dispute.
Macedonia's deputy prime minister - who was in Greece for talks - was on board the historic flight.
Skopje and Athens had a direct air route from 2003 to 2006. But the move by Macedonia's previous government to rename Skopje's airport after Alexander the Great angered Greece.