Aviation

Passengers traveling on Gulf Air flights from Bahrain to Athens, London and Singapore can use the IATA Travel Pass to store their pre-departure Covid-19 PCR test results.

Non-essential travel between Greek prefectures will remain prohibited until May 14, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

LOT Polish Airlines has added three new routes to its service to Greece this summer, offering new flights to Thessaloniki, Heraklion and Rhodes.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has added Santorini and Mykonos in Greece to its global network this summer.

German travel giant TUI will begin its summer 2021 holidays to Greece as of May 14, the date the country has scheduled to officially open for tourism.

The high cost of Covid-19 testing requirements could thwart the tourism industry’s recovery, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

AEGEAN and Olympic Air are cancelling and rescheduling flights for May 6 due to a 4-hour work suspension announced by the Air Traffic Control Personnel.

Greece has extended its Covid-19 travel restrictions for international flights and arrivals until May 14.

Athens this year will welcome direct flights from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark and Washington DC, the Greek Tourism Ministry has confirmed.

Europe’s aviation, travel and tourism sectors are calling for swift action among institutions to make the EU Covid-19 Certificate operational by June for travel to reopen in a safe way.