Ryanair Resumes Services to Athens, Thessaloniki for Summer 2020

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Low-cost carrier Ryanair on Thursday announced the resumption of flights to Athens and Thessaloniki after almost four months grounded due to COVID-19 restrictions. An Athens to Rome Ciampino flight marked the first service of Ryanair’s 2020 summer schedule for Greece on June 24. The carrier’s full schedule went into effect on July 1, and includes […]

Greece Tourism Season Debuts with Over 230 Flights

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More than 230 flights are scheduled to land in Greece, on Wednesday, with more than half at regional airports as the country opens to tourism four months after Covid-19 lockdowns brought global travel to a grinding halt. According to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Administration (HCAA), Athens and Crete’s Heraklion airports are expecting the most arrivals […]

Minister to Visit Regional Airports as Greek Tourism Opens

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Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis. Photo Source: @Harry Theoharis Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis on Wednesday will visit the regional airports of Corfu, Mykonos, Rhodes and Heraklion on Crete. As of tomorrow, holidaymakers from abroad will be able to fly to Greece, as the country officially opens to tourism. Theoharis will welcome Greece’s first incoming international

Lufthansa to Connect Rhodes and Corfu with Munich for Summer 2020

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Rhodes island, Greece. Photo Source: GTP Lufthansa has announced the addition of more Mediterranean destinations to its 2020 summer schedule inducing services from Munich to the Greek islands of Corfu and Rhodes. Flights to Rhodes will launch in early July. Due to the significant changes in the booking wishes of their passengers, the Lufthansa group […]

Greece Welcomes First International Flight to Regional Airport post-Covid-19

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The Greek island of Kos on Monday evening welcomed its first international flight since Greece went into lockdown due to Covid-19. The flight, chartered by travel giant TUI, took off from Hannover and transported 170 frontline health professionals that managed the Covid-19 health crisis in Germany to spend free holidays on Kos. The trip was […]

Greek Regional Airports Ready to Go as Tourist Season Kicks Off

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Greece’s regional airports are ready to handle the first incoming flights on Wednesday, July 1, after months of inactivity due to Covid-19, said Deputy Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias following a series of inspections over the weekend. Hardalias carried out technical checks at the airports of Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Corfu, Chania and Heraklion

Emirates will Restart Flights to Greece on July 15

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Emirates on Friday announced that it will return to the Greek skies with the resumption of its Athens-Dubai route as of July 15. Emirates had stooped the route due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. The airline will also be offering scheduled flights for passengers from six additional cities in the month of July. These include Khartoum (from […]

KLM Secures Loans of €3.4bn to Overcome Covid-19 Crisis

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Photo source: KLM The Air France – KLM Group recently announced that KLM is to receive a financial support package backed by the Dutch State in the amount of 3.4 billion euros for the airline to “weather the current Covid-19 crisis and prepare for the future”. Thε financing includes two loans for KLM and its […]

Billionaire Shareholder Saves the Day for Ailing Lufthansa

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German carrier Lufthansa was saved at the 11th hour on Wednesday, after its top shareholder stepped in backing a 9-billion-euro rescue package put up by Germany’s Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF). German billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that he would “vote for the agreement” one day before today’s extraordinary general

Covid-19: IATA Promotes Alternatives to Avoid Traveler Quarantines

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Imposing quarantine measures on arriving travelers keeps countries in isolation and the travel and tourism sector in lockdown, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday. IATA is urging governments to avoid quarantine measures when re-opening their economies. “Fortunately, there are policy alternatives that can reduce the risk of importing Covid-19