ddebae85-4a79-48c2-a9ea-34bc9bb31d452026-05-05T05:00:00.000Z2026-05-05T09:00:00.000ZBASELINE10982A13492026N2026-04-29T11:05:00ZLGGGQAFXXIVNBOE 0009993705N02445E341LGGG202605050500202605050900NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO ALL CONCERNED: REF (A) GREEK NOTAM A1334/26 (281050 EUECYIYN APR 2026). REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026). THIS NOTAM IS ISSUED TO STATE THAT THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) IS NULL AND VOID SINCE IT REFERS TO ATHINAI FIR/ HELLAS UIR, WHERE THE ONLY COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE NOTAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ICAO RULES AND REGULATIONS IS THE HELLENIC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY THROUGH ITS APPROPRIATE AIS UNIT. FURTHERMORE, THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) ARE ERRONEOUS, MISLEADING AND DEVOID OF ANY LEGAL BASIS. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION UNDER ANY OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS IN FORCE FOR THE DEMILITARIZATION OF THE GREEK ISLANDS OF SAMOTHRACE AND LIMNOS. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ITS WELL KNOWN AND LONG STANDING POSITIONS, WHICH ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, GREECE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAN AND CONDUCT MILITARY EXERCISES IN THESE AREAS, AS IT HAS REGULARLY BEEN DOING ALL ALONG. FOR ALL THE ABOVE REASONS TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) IS NULL AND VOID AND NOT APPLICABLE WITHIN ATHINAI FIR/ HELLAS UIR. THE ONLY VALID AND EFFECTIVE NOTAM WITHIN ATHINAI FIR IS THE ABOVE REF (A) A1334/26 (281050 EUECYIYN APR 2026) ISSUED BY GREECE. FINALLY, THE HELLENIC AUTHORITIES CATEGORICALLY REJECT THE ATTEMPT BY TURKEY TO INTRODUCE IN THE FLOW OF THE NOTAM ISSUING SYSTEM, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED STATEMENTS OF POSITIONS, WHICH, BESIDES BEING BASELESS, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THAT SYSTEM, NAMELY THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION. LIKEWISE THE ABOVE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) USES FALSE NAMES TO DESIGNATE THE SPECIFIC GREEK ISLANDS INSTEAD OF THEIR INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NAMES.OTHER:ICAOA1349/26 NOTAMN Q) LGGG/QAFXX/IV/NBO/E /000/999/3705N02445E341 A) LGGG B) 2605050500 C) 2605050900 E) NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO ALL CONCERNED: REF (A) GREEK NOTAM A1334/26 (281050 EUECYIYN APR 2026). REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026). THIS NOTAM IS ISSUED TO STATE THAT THE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) IS NULL AND VOID SINCE IT REFERS TO ATHINAI FIR/ HELLAS UIR, WHERE THE ONLY COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE NOTAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ICAO RULES AND REGULATIONS IS THE HELLENIC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY THROUGH ITS APPROPRIATE AIS UNIT. FURTHERMORE, THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) ARE ERRONEOUS, MISLEADING AND DEVOID OF ANY LEGAL BASIS. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION UNDER ANY OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS IN FORCE FOR THE DEMILITARIZATION OF THE GREEK ISLANDS OF SAMOTHRACE AND LIMNOS. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ITS WELL KNOWN AND LONG STANDING POSITIONS, WHICH ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, GREECE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAN AND CONDUCT MILITARY EXERCISES IN THESE AREAS, AS IT HAS REGULARLY BEEN DOING ALL ALONG. FOR ALL THE ABOVE REASONS TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) IS NULL AND VOID AND NOT APPLICABLE WITHIN ATHINAI FIR/ HELLAS UIR. THE ONLY VALID AND EFFECTIVE NOTAM WITHIN ATHINAI FIR IS THE ABOVE REF (A) A1334/26 (281050 EUECYIYN APR 2026) ISSUED BY GREECE. FINALLY, THE HELLENIC AUTHORITIES CATEGORICALLY REJECT THE ATTEMPT BY TURKEY TO INTRODUCE IN THE FLOW OF THE NOTAM ISSUING SYSTEM, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED STATEMENTS OF POSITIONS, WHICH, BESIDES BEING BASELESS, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THAT SYSTEM, NAMELY THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION. LIKEWISE THE ABOVE REF (B) TURKISH NOTAM A1709/26 (281226 EUECYIYN APR 2026) USES FALSE NAMES TO DESIGNATE THE SPECIFIC GREEK ISLANDS INSTEAD OF THEIR INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NAMES.INTLLGGGYNYXATHINAI (ACC,FIC,FIR,UIR)EUECYIYNLGGG/QAFXX/IV/NBO/E /000/999/3705N02445E3412026-04-29T11:05:44.459535542ZLGGGc8139057-c998-4faf-a796-174a7445d63f0001-01-01T00:00:00.000ZSNAPSHOTLGGGATHINAI (ACC,FIC,FIR,UIR)LGGG37.083333 24.750000