Delta Air Lines on Tuesday announced more flights than ever between Athens and the United States this summer, including a new nonstop service to Boston. The airline will offer three flights a week to Boston (every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) complemented by 11 flights to New York-JFK and a daily operation to Atlanta. “With travel […]
Photo source: ANA-MPA/Alexandros Beltes Greece welcomed the first direct flight from the United States on Monday, when a Delta flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport touched down at Athens International Airport (AIA), officially kick-starting direct seasonal flights from eight American airports for the season. After lifting mandatory Covid-19
Volotea has announced the launch of a new international connection between Athens, Greece, and the Italian city of Turin. This new route will be operated from May 27 with two flights per week and an offer of 12,000 seats. “We are thrilled to announce the launch of this new international route at Athens Airport,” said […]
Investment activity in Athens’ hospitality industry is picking up pace with some 5,000 hotel rooms currently under construction in the Greek capital. According to research conducted by GBR Consulting, approximately 2,500 hotel rooms are currently under construction in Athens with an additional 2,500 rooms expected to be created as part The Ellinikon mega-project on the
Athens, Greece. Photo source: @Visit Greece Athens’ tourism industry will cover lost ground and start to rebound during the second semester of 2022, provided that Covid-19 travel restrictions have loosened, Athens International Airport (AIA) CEO Yiannis Paraschis told reporters during a press conference on Tuesday. According to Paraschis, the Greek capital’s tourism
Photo source: @Athens – Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association Athens’ cultural sites and Covid-19 health and safety measures were among the reasons why leisure travelers chose to visit the Greek capital in 2021, according to data presented during an online press event on Tuesday by Athens International Airport (AIA) and the Athens – Attica & […]
Photo source: HCAA Greece’s airports recorded a significant increase in passenger traffic in January 2022, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Thursday. According to HCAA’s provisional data, during the first month of the year, Greek airports welcomed 1,249,387 passengers, an increase of 223.6 percent compared to January 2021 (386,130 passengers). Moreover,
US airline companies in 2022 will start direct flights to Greece earlier than in any other year, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Monday. Following a meeting with US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt at the ministry in Athens, Kikilias said that American airline companies this summer will operate 14 direct flights every week between eight […]
Volotea announced that it will reinforce its presence in the Greek market by launching a new route from Athens to Bilbao on May 27. Connecting for the first time a Spanish city to the Greek capital, Volotea will operate the Athens-Bilbao route two times a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, with a total capacity of […]
Photo source: EC – Audiovisual Service / Photographer: Yorgos Karahalis Greece’s airports saw activity gather momentum in 2021 with 12-month passenger traffic up by 80.9 percent compared to the same period in 2020, according to tentative data released recently by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). Despite the increase over 2020, Greek airport traffic is […]


















