Air Travel

The Air France-KLM Group and Etihad Airways are expanding their partnership across passenger operations, loyalty programs, talent development and maintenance.

A number of flights to Skiathos have been cancelled, rescheduled or delayed due to the extreme weather conditions caused by Storm Daniel.

Lufthansa Group has rebranded its Eurowings Discover leisure carrier as Discover Airlines.

Global passenger traffic in the Northern Hemisphere this July reached 95.6% of pre-COVID levels.

Emirates and AEGEAN have announced the expansion of their codeshare agreement, by adding the Athens-New York (Newark) route.

Air France will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a fashion exhibition at the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann in Paris.

Star Alliance’s Los Angeles lounge was named North America’s Leading Airport Lounge at the World Travel Awards 2023.

Strong flight activity into fall indicates that the Greek Tourism Ministry’s strategy to extend the season is paying off.

Travel and aviation experts are warning that the ETIAS EU-border entry system to take effect in 2024 may lead to problems.

The UK’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) software error causes major disruption, airlines to pay for passengers’ care.

Corfu Airport to close for two weeks in November and January for runway reconstruction.

Jet2 will offer winter city breaks to Athens from London Stansted and Manchester, making it a year-round destination for Birmingham travelers.

Athens and Mongolia signed a bilateral aviation agreement paving the way for further cooperation between the two countries.

Cyprus Airways carried 70% more passengers in July 2023, a record number for the airline.

Emirates marked one of its busiest summers ever, carrying over 14 million passengers across six continents, with average seat loads of over 80%.

Greek airports welcomed a surge in January-July passenger traffic that outdid the same period in pre-Covid 2019.

Volotea reached a big milestone at Athens International Airport (AIA) this summer as it carried 2 million passengers since the start of operations in Athens in 2015.

The airports of Thessaloniki and Athens were ranked as the best in Greece by Google users in the first half of the year.

SKY express and Olympic Air were announced contractors for six state-subsidized air routes to remote destinations in Greece until 2027.

Tourism stakeholders in Ioannina and Heraklion are urging the government to restore the remote air route between the two cities.