Air Travel

Ryanair is calling on the Greek government to introduce tourism recovery incentives to airlines to boost travel to Greece outside of the peak season.

Eurocontrol has partnered with ACI Europe, the trade association bringing together all of Europe’s airports, to boost commitment towards a successful and sustainable future for European aviation.

IATA announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2021 showing that demand fell by 58.4% compared to 2019.

Air France is progressively deploying its ‘Ready To Fly’ health document verification service throughout its network.

IATA, representing the world’s airline companies, is calling on national governments to swiftly ease Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Ongoing restrictions to address Covid-19 and its variants continued to impact airport traffic into 2021, according to a report by ACI Europe.

Austrian Airlines on June 14 will launch a new route to Kavala, making it one of the 19 holiday destinations in Greece on its flight schedule for summer 2022.

Emirates has signed a new distribution agreement with Amadeus, extending their partnership to offer the travel trade community more flexibility and choice.

AEGEAN has announced a limited number of flight cancellations for Wednesday, January 26, following the improvement of the weather conditions in Greece.

Greece’s airports saw activity gather momentum in 2021 with 12-month passenger traffic up by 80.9% compared to the same period in 2020.

International travel associations are warning that travel measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 are not working.

From February 11, travelers wishing to visit England and Scotland will no longer have to take Covid-19 tests prior to travel if they have completed a full cycle of vaccination.

AEGEAN will only partially reinstate its flight operations for Tuesday, January 25, due to continuing exceptional weather conditions in Greece and difficulties on the main roads.

AEGEAN and Olympic Air have announced flight cancellations due to the exceptional weather conditions in Greece.

The Greek authorities have extended all Covid-19 aviation directives that concern flights and arrivals to Greece from abroad.

Germany’s Condor has partnered with Greek airline SKY express to offer travel to a total of 28 destinations in Greece in Summer 2022.

Although global air passenger traffic last year rose from a 60% drop seen in 2020, it still remains below pre-Covid levels, according to ICAO.

Air traffic in Europe is on a downward trend hit hard by the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to Eurocontrol.

Goldair has been appointed as the General Sales Agent of Malaysia Airlines in Greece.

The European Council is recommending for EU member states to reintroduce temporary entry bans or travel restrictions for visitors from Argentina, Australia and Canada.