Air Travel

The EU has agreed to introduce pre-departure Covid-19 testing on all arrivals from China, following a surge of the pandemic in the Asian country.

Italian flag-carrier, ITA Airways, has recently announced that its two new flights to San Francisco and Washington have gone on sale.

Greece welcomed the first direct flight from Shanghai last month, after the country’s flag carrier Air China announced the launch of routes to Athens Airport.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has recently announced its approval of Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines.

China is counting on Greece to further strengthen ties in areas such as tourism, education and trade, according to its Ambassador to Greece Xiao Junzheng.

The Greek tourism ministry has released a video with actions taken over the year that helped the sector recover after Covid-19.

ForwardKeys has released a travel review of 2022, which paints a conflicting picture in which optimism following the Covid-19 pandemic is offset by pessimism regarding other threats.

CEOs and senior executives from across the global airline industry met to discuss the future of aviation during the 2022 Aviation Forum held by Skift.

AEGEAN will create the first technical support services and training hub in Greece, housed in a former Olympic Air technical base at Athens International Airport.

Corfu International Airport will close down during January 2023 for upgrade works on its runway, airport operator Fraport Greece has announced.

Air Europa in June 2023 will resume its direct services between Athens, Greece, and Madrid, Spain, for the summer season.

Wizz Air UK has added three new routes from Athens, Greece, to Bucharest in Romania, Tel Aviv in Israel and Tirana in Albania.

Goldair Group is moving full steam ahead to carry out its development plans next year after having launched new strategic partnerships and made significant investments in 2022.

Air traffic in Europe is expected to recover 95% of pre-Covid levels by August 2023, according to aviation experts Eurocontrol.

Cyprus Airways’ summer 2023 flight schedule has routes to a number of destinations in Greece, including the islands of Crete, Rhodes, Santorini and Skiathos.

Greece’s 14 regional airports managed by Fraport saw passenger traffic exceed its pre-pandemic levels in the first 11 months of the year.

Four investors have expressed interest to operate and develop Kalamata International Airport in Greece for a period of approximately 40 years.

Italian Ambassador to Athens Patrizia Falcinelli highlighted the strong relations between Italy and Greece during a reception in Athens held by ITA Airways for its Greek partners.

Air Serbia in summer 2023 will operate direct seasonal flights from Belgrade to the Greek destinations of Rhodes, Corfu, Heraklion and Chania.

Korean Air received its first Airbus 321neo, equipped with fully lie-flat seats in business class, making it the first Korean airline to offer the feature on a narrowbody aircraft.