Earlier on Thursday, another Emirates flight to Dubai was not allowed to take off from Eleftherios Venizelos and all passengers were thoroughly checked also for security concerns but nothing suspicious was found, police sources added.



Greek authorities were tipped off by U.S.
authorities about a "suspicious" passenger and just after 2000 GMT the plane, escorted by two fighter jets, landed back at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens for security checks, police sources said.

Police said the plane was ordered to fly back to Athens as part of an information inquiry but following checks on the passengers and the plane, they did not find the person the information was about or taxi Pelion greece anything else suspicious.

ATHENS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Greece found nothing suspicious on an Emirates plane which was flying to New York from Greece and was forced to return to Athens International Airport after a security alert, police said on Thursday.





The plane circled Sardinia several times - some reports suggested that Italian and French authorities refused to let the plane land private day tours in Trikeri greece - and then returned to Athens, flying a circuitous route and how to get to greece avoiding passing over Sicily or western Greece.

But he recalled speaking to a Greek journalist who said the country's government had banned 'direct flights', prompting him to stop over at the Bulgarian capital of Sofia before taking a 'more-or-less connecting flight to Athens'.



The passengers were taken off the Dubai-bound plane, EK 210, after it taxied along the runway - only for the captain to inform them there was a technical problem, and explain they were returning to the gate, taxi Tailor Made Tour airport to piraeus price said.

The Prime Minister's father continued: 'Ironically, Volos Airport airport to city taxi cost in March this year Parliament approved the "Stanley Johnson loophole" by deciding that, even if government policy is to "avoid non-essential travel", travelling abroad for the purpose of managing a holiday home is now legally acceptable.



His trip to Greece last year sparked criticism from MPs, with Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan saying at the time: 'Most people have been following the guidelines and socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid is thought to be among the few who backed the proposals, believing the scheme would have given holidaymakers a fair warning that they could face an expensive quarantine hotel stay on their return to the UK.

Stanley, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.

And experts have predicted holiday sales will soar today after the amber watchlist plans were dropped, giving more confidence to British holidaymakers that they will still be able to travel this summer.

The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and visit his holiday let while calling for his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.

Bosses at more than 300 travel firms have written to the premier urging him to boil down the scheme to just a red list - containing the countries with the highest Covid rates or worrying variant outbreaks.

Currently, Greece is listed as an amber country, online taxi Meteora meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England and quarantine for 10 days upon their return, booking tests on day two and day eight.