Greek Olympic Airlines cancels Wednesday flights due to strike ATHENS, Oct.

EU approves Greek plan to privatize national carrier Olympic Airways ATHENS, Sept.

The European Commission has approved a Greek government plan to rescue Olympic Airways, Greece's troubled national carrier, a Greek minister said.

By Stephen Castle and Nicola Clark Nicola Clark reported from Paris. * Italy's national airline, Alitalia, on Thursday became an early test case of relations between the new Italian government and European Union regulators.

By Nicola Clark When British Airways experimented a decade ago with removing the Union Jack from the tail fins of its planes, few of the company's executives seemed to have anticipated the public outcry that would ensue.