Air Travel

Construction work on Kasteli Airport on Crete is set to begin after GEK Terna, India’s GAL and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis signed the concession contract.

Ryanair has announced a new Athens route to Madrid, with a four times weekly service commencing in October, as part of its Greece Winter 2019 schedule.

AEGEAN in 2019 will invest on expanding its network and extending the Greek tourism season through increased capacity with additional frequencies and new routes.

Wizz Air, a leading low-cost carrier in Hungary, will launch two new low-fare routes linking Kiev with Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece.

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, will fly daily to Athens, Greece, from its hub in Muscat, Oman, as of June 1.

Large crowds recently gathered at Heathrow Airport to watch the arrival of a British Airways 747 painted in the livery that adorned its BOAC fleet between 1964 and 1974.

British regional airline flybmi has ceased operations, canceled all flights and announced that it was filing for administration.

Star Alliance has partnered with travel search engine Skyscanner to provide travelers with the opportunity to search for flights and book directly with its member airlines.

Norwegian has announced direct flights between Athens International Airport (AIA) and New York’s JFK Airport for summer 2019.

Air France recently inaugurated its new beauty treatment center in its terminal 1 lounge at the New York-JFK airport, in partnership with luxury beauty specialist La Prairie.

Ryanair has unveiled its 2019 customer care improvements, saying that it will be delivering “more choice, lower fares and great care” to travelers.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has decided to end the production of its A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner, due to the lack of orders.

Austrian Airlines carried approximately 791,000 passengers in January 2019, which is up by 7 percent compared to the prior-year month.

Scoot, the low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, will begin flights from Athens to Laos (to cities Vientiane and Luang Prabang) via Singapore as of April.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released global passenger traffic results for 2018 showing that demand rose by a healthy 6.5% compared to full-year 2017.

Greece’s 14 regional airports run by Fraport Greece registered a 12.3% rise in passenger traffic in January this year, compared to the same month in 2018.

Air France this summer will operate a new Heraklion-Marseille service and relaunch seasonal routes from Athens to three French cities.

The Greek Tourism Ministry is looking to lessen the impact of Brexit on travel and tourism in case of a no-deal scenario between the UK and the EU.

Travelport has strengthened its partnership with Qantas, Australia’s national carrier, with a new agreement that offers New Distribution Capability (NDC) connections.

Austrian Airlines will fly up to 56 times each week to a total of 17 destinations in Greece, as part of its 2019 summer flight schedule.