Air Travel

The heads of the airline associations AEA, ELFAA, ERA and IACA have expressed their disappointment with the Eurpean Commission’s recent report on the implementation of the Airport Charges Directive.

This summer, Greek carrier Aegean Airlines will fly to 14 new destinations from Athens International Airport, aiming to honor its commitment to provide high quality airline services to passengers and …

Greece’s “modernization and development tax,” the so-called spatosimo, imposed on international and domestic passengers departing from all Greek airports, will be revised as of 31 October 2014.

The Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) has released guidance for preventing the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from spreading in Greece following a confirmed case in …

Twenty-seven airline companies expressed interest in establishing direct links to Thessaloniki International Airport “Macedonia,” during the Routes Europe 2014 event that recently took place in Marseille, France.

After last year’s record 17.92 million arrivals, the momentum is continuing. Greece should expect another record year in tourism, according to recently released data on the expected passenger traffic at …

A new tender for the construction and management of an airport on Crete in Kasteli, Heraklion, is expected to launch by the end of April.

Passenger numbers at Athens International Airport (AIA) are expected to continue to grow significantly during the summer 2014 period as over 160 new weekly flights are scheduled to connect the …

Greek carrier Aegean Airlines is investing in Greek tourism’s positive course and plans to reach 100,000 flights this year.

Low-cost carrier easyJet has announced that it will launch nine new routes to and from Greece this year in an attempt to broaden its activity and investment in the Greek …

SkyGreece, a new Greek airline that will launch flights from Athens to New York City, recently made its first test flight of the Boeing 767-300 ER.

Ryanair’s six new scheduled flights to Athens that will launch from 1 April, have achieved record numbers, the Irish airline’s CEO, Michael O’ Leary, said during a press conference in …

Europe’s regional aviation sector is slowly returning to growth as the last quarter of 2013 marked positive changes for the sector in terms of passenger numbers, aircraft movements and numbers …

Ryanair will participate in a Global Distribution System (GDS) channel for the first time in over a decade.

Thessaloniki-based Astra Airlines has announced the launch of a new route connecting Athens, Greece, with Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan as of 3 April 2014.

As of 1 March, Galant Hellas will begin offering services as low cost airline transavia.com’s new General Sales Agent (GSA) for Greece. transavia.com has high expectations of the developments in …

Athens International Airport (AIA) recently honored airlines that demonstrated the fastest development and succeeded in recording the highest increases in passenger numbers in their scheduled services during 2013.

The company presentation video of the newly formed Greek airline company Ellinair of Mouzenidis Travel recently made its appearance on social media channels.

South African Airways (SAA) latest news and major developments in 2013 were presented to Greek travel agents in Athens during the airline’s recent Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake) cutting ceremony.

New Greek airline, Ellinair, completed its maiden Thessaloniki-Kiev flight on 19 February and flew 96 Ukrainian tourists to the country’s northern city.