Air Travel

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group have included a number of new routes to and from popular Greek destinations for summer 2018.

AEGEAN has reported a 12% growth in passenger traffic for the first quarter of 2018, welcoming 2.4 million passengers on board its flights.

As part of its strategy to boost its presence in Greece, EgyptAir is set to launch two new flights from Athens to China via Cairo.

Aerolíneas Estelar‏, a private airline based in Venezuela, has appointed Euro Voyager Enterprises as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Greece.

Sky Express will exclusively serve the Thessaloniki-Corfu route until March 31, 2021, as well as continue flights on the Athens-Kalymnos route.

Eurocontrol has issued an alert advising airlines to exercise caution due to possible military action in the eastern Mediterranean in next 72 hours.

Ryanair has announced plans to reduce its domestic Greek flights and also close its base in Chania Airport on Crete.

Air New Zealand ranked second top airline globally and was crowned Best Airline in the South Pacific, in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travelers’ Choice Awards for Airlines.

The Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport was the world’s busiest airport in terms of total passenger traffic in 2017, according to ACI.

Greek carrier AEGEAN was named Europe’s Best Regional Airline in the 2018 Traveler’s Choice Awards for Airlines released by TripAdvisor.

Lufthansa on Tuesday cancelled 800 out of 1,600 scheduled flights, due to strike action launched by labor union Verdi at four German airports.

Low-cost carrier Ryanair will be reinstating flights to the Greek island of Kos for the period up to the end of October 2018.

Ryanair’s Nikolaos Lardis met with officials from the Region of the South Aegean and examined the possibility of resuming flights to the island of Kos.

Travelport will continue to provide pricing, booking and ticketing technology and content to Priceline, two decades after their first agreement was signed.

KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines has entered into a partnership with Arcadis, a design and consultancy organization, to further enhance its Corporate Biofuel Program (CBP).

Athens International Airport (AIA) has been named “Best Airport in Southern Europe” at the Skytrax 2018 World Airport Awards.

Greek carrier AEGEAN on Holy Saturday, April 7, will provide three extra aircraft to distribute the Holy Flame to 17 destinations in Greece.

Greek airline Ellinair expects the number of its passengers to Greece this year to surpass one million, a 34 percent increase over 2017.

Emirates was named ‘Airline of the Year’ at the 2018 Air Transport Awards for its high-quality services and fleet of advanced aircraft.

February tourist arrivals increased at major Greek airports by 24.9%, reinforcing estimates of a good year ahead for Greek tourism, according to SETE Intelligence.