The Greek government on Friday announced that the curfew for bars and restaurants already imposed on a number of destinations to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), will extend to businesses in Athens. Greece on Friday saw 254 new coronavirus cases (20 cases were “imported” from travelers abroad), raising the total number to 6,631. […]
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling on the country’s youth to practice social distancing and mask-wearing in order to keep Covid-19 at bay after Greece recorded an increasing number of coronavirus infections and deaths this month. Mitsotakis expressed his concern over the fast spread of infection particularly at tourist destinations, hours before additional
Traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 74.3 percent disrupted by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the first seven months of the year to 9 million passengers against 34.7 million in 2019, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) this week. In terms of flights for the January-July 2020 period, Greek airports […]
Figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show for the third month in a row, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, that Qatar Airways’ operations accounted for 8.1 percent of international passenger traffic and 6.8 percent of air cargo traffic. According to the stats, the airline’s 1.25 billion revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) in June was
Air passenger numbers in Europe are forecast to fall by around 60 percent in 2020, due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The 60 percent drop will represent some 705 million passenger journeys. According to IATA, although the European market has seen an increase in […]
Photo source: Aeroporti di Roma: Fiumicino – Ciampino In an attempt to keep a second wave of Covid-19 at bay, Italy has ordered that coronavirus tests be conducted on travelers coming from Greece, Malta, Spain and Croatia. Incoming visitors or Italian nationals returning from these countries will be required – according to Italian media reports […]
Greece will not open its borders for nationals from outside the European Union, with the exception of citizens from 11 countries, according to an aviation directive (NOTAM) issued by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Wednesday. The aviation directive, which has been issued as part of the preventive measures taken to limit the further spread […]
The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Wednesday issued aviation directives (NOTAMs) which provide updated information on passenger flights to Greece from a total of 12 countries (Turkey, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands), as part of the preventive measures
Business owners on the popular holiday island of Mykonos are up in arms over a Greek government decision that requires nightclubs and bars to close at midnight as a preventative measure against the spread of Covid-19. The island’s entrepreneurs expressed their disagreement and disappointment with the decision in a statement released this week despite the […]
Turnover for Greece’s travel agencies dropped by 90 percent after the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic with outgoing and domestic tourism failing to help save the day, said the Federation of Hellenic Associations of Tourist & Travel Agencies (FedHATTA) this week. According to the federation whose members handle approximately 85 percent of country’s


















