Air Travel

Blue Air will fly to new Greek island destinations from three Romanian cities during the summer of 2022.

AEGEAN has temporarily suspended its flights to and from Beirut, Rafic Hariri International Airport.

Greece is the EU country that showed the most signs of recovery in terms of number of commercial flights in 2021 compared to 2019, according to data released by Eurostat.

Global air travel managed to recover some lost ground in November but appears to be slowing down after that due to the onset of the Omicron variant.

Air France is now providing its long-haul Business and Premium Economy customers with new eco-responsible comfort kits.

Volotea will launch three new routes between Greece and France, beginning this spring.

KLM has added Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to all flights departing from Amsterdam with the aim to further stimulate the SAF market.

Greek authorities have updated the rules for inbound travelers, as part of preventive measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Despite the Covid-19 crisis, Greek airports were among those in Europe that managed to post the fewest losses in 2021, according to Eurocontrol.

Fully vaccinated travelers entering the UK, as of January 7 will no longer need to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test or self-isolate on arrival.

For the year 2021, Athens International Airport’s passenger count was 12.35 million, representing a 51.7 percent decrease from 2019.

Ethiopian Airlines has revised its refund and rebooking policy for trips that may have been disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority has issued an update to the rule for travelers flying on domestic flights in Greece with a Covid-19 recovery certificate.

Inbound travelers to Cyprus must now show a negative PCR result from a test taken no more than 48 hours before departure.

Lufthansa will launch a new route connecting the Greek destination of Kalamata with Munich in Germany as of May 2022.

Three Greek airports in popular holiday destinations managed to exceed pre-pandemic passenger traffic performance in October, according to ACI Europe.

The impact of the Omicron variant on the operation of European airports is ‘immediate and substantial’, says ACI Europe, the European airport trade body.

Greek destinations are included in the summer 2022 flight schedules of airlines of the Lufthansa Group.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting Covid-19.

Royal Brunei Airlines’ cabin crew was recognized as world’s best at the World Travel Awards 2021.