Aviation

United has announced a new Washington-Athens route, following Greece’s opening to vaccinated visitors.

Greece has lifted quarantine restrictions for travelers from the EU and five other countries who have been fully vaccinated or tested negative for Covid-19.

Fraport Greece has high hopes for Makedonia Airport which serves the northern port of Thessaloniki, the country’s second largest city.

TUI Russia says it will bring 300,000 Russian tourists to Greece this year provided that travel restrictions are lifted between the two countries.

IATA has announced an agreement with Eurofins that will add 800 Covid-19 test centers across 50 countries to the IATA Travel Pass lab network.

Ryanair has announced its biggest ever Greek Summer schedule that includes a total of 218 routes, including 74 new and over 550 weekly flights.

Employees in Greece’s transport sector are among those that must undergo mandatory self-testing for Covid-19 once a week.

Grecian Air Seaplanes is entering the Greek market and aiming to launch its first flights in September from the Ionian islands.

February showed no indication of a recovery in demand for air travel as international passenger demand was down by 88.7 percent, according to IATA.

AEGEAN has reported losses of 228 million euros for the whole of 2020, as it carried only 5.1 million passengers, 65 percent less than in 2019.