Air Travel

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ expansion in Greece for summer 2022 includes launching Athens as a brand new destination.

Canada’s flag carrier Air Canada has resumed its summer seasonal services from Athens, Greece, to Toronto and Montreal.

Greece’s national carrier AEGEAN in 2021 saw its profit after taxes amount to 5.1 million euros having offered 11.2 million seats and carried 7.2 million passengers.

Between March 27 and October 29, KLM will fly from The Netherlands to 96 European and 71 intercontinental destinations.

Volotea this year is expanding the range of destinations from the Greek capital with the launch of four new routes from Athens airport to Bilbao, Bordeaux, Nantes and Turin.

Easyjet has announced that as of March 27 its customers and crew will no longer be required to wear masks on some of its flights.

Besides abolishing the once mandatory PLF, the Greek authorities have kept in place all other Covid-19 rules that travelers from abroad must follow.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sees increasing momentum towards the reopening of borders and the relaxation of travel restrictions, as Covid-19 moves into the endemic phase.

Companies seeking to launch seaplane and waterway operations in Greece may soon be able to move forward after relevant legal framework was revised.

Air travel needs to undergo a ‘redesign’ as people start traveling again after more than two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, says a Greek industry expert.

Wizz Air in June will launch new routes that will connect the island of Skiathos in Greece with three airports in Italy.

Air charter group Zela Aviation is expanding its services and is now offering consulting and promotional services for Greek airports.

From Tuesday, March 15, travelers from abroad to Greece will no longer be required to fill in the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) before their trip.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ACI Europe are urging Greece to take further steps and lift all health-related travel restrictions ahead of the summer season.

Airlines and airports are calling for all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped.

The Council of the European Union has agreed to extend the validity of the EU Digital COVID Certificate beyond 30 June 2022.

International passenger volume is forecast to be only slightly above 2 billion in 2022, corresponding to 53.8% of 2019 volume, according to ACI World.

The construction of seaplane infrastructure is underway on the Greek island of Tinos, according to an announcement by waterway managing company Hellenic Seaplanes.

UK tour operator Jet2 is adding more capacity to the Greek island of Santorini from Manchester for Summer 2022 flights and holidays.

Greece is hoping to see a fleet of seaplanes take off this year if all licensing procedures proceed as scheduled.