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Greek Government Sells Almost all State Aircraft

28 August 2012 11:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. Austerity measures imposed on Greece have resulted in the government giving up almost all state flights.

Greeceâ€™s prime minister has decided to get rid of two of the governmentâ€™s three jets as part of the debt-crippled countryâ€™s cost-cutting efforts.

A government statement says Antonis Samaras has instructed officials to hand over the biggest of the planes to the air force, which will use it for pilot training and as a medical transport.

A second Embraer jet will be sold, and the proceeds given to the armed forces â€“ whose budgets have been cut over the past two and a half years of austerity.

Mondayâ€™s statement says the government will keep the third aircraft, but make it available to the air force when itâ€™s not used for state missions.