Air France has come out with some sale fares for travel to Europe in May… some fares are pretty good if you’re near the major cities and flying to major cities in Europe… Greece from RDU is nothing to write home about….. but you might as well try to see if you’re one of the lucky ones!! Click here to visit Air France Sale page.
For information on charter flights out of Gatwick and Manchester, England to Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Kos, Skiathos, Zakynthos, Larnaca and Paphos…. click here
Easyjet is not having a sale with fares as low as 24 euro…. definitely worth a look! You can find a low fare to Athens(or Europe) and then look for a low fare to Europe from the US. This will take some searching but it also gives you more options to look at.. click here to visit the Easyjet Sale! Don’t forget to read how I did it a couple of years ago with flights to Milan and then Easyjet to Athens… A Case Study
Lufthansa just came out with a Spring sale fare. I tried to find some flights and found them to be ridiculously high(advertised as “as low as 439 each way” which is high anyway, but I was finding total fares around $1400-1600)…. You may have better luck… click here….
Olympic Air announced on Tuesday that it signed a wide range cooperation agreement with Cyprus Airways, which focuses on the strengthening of the presence of the two airlines in the wider region of Southeastern Europe.
The agreement which was signed in Nicosia by Mr. Yiannis Karakadas, Olympic Air’s Executive Chairman, and Mr. George Mavrokostas Cyprus Airways Executive Chairman creates new horizons for the two companies, while offering important advantages to travelers. It provides for code sharing direct scheduled flights of Olympic Air and Cyprus Airways (domestic and international). Cooperation between the two companies will start on March 27th, with code shared flights from (and to) Athens, Rhodes, Herakleion and Thessaloniki, to (and from) Larnaka and Pafos. As from April 15th, it will be expanded to cover most domestic and international destinations, of Olympic Airways as well as flights of Cyprus Airways.
Travelers will have a much greater range of choices for trips, with cheaper air-fares to dozens of Greek islands and cities as well as the other European destinations that the two companies cover. Passengers of each company will collect points from the Sunmiles frequent flyers’ programmes of Cyprus Airways and the Travelair Club of Olympic Air for the entire itinerary up to their final destination, regardless of whether one leg of the trip involves one company or the other. At the same time they will have the opportunity to redeem the points they collected in both companies, winning more free trips. Details will be announced at a later date.
Cooperation between the two airlines will cover other sectors as well, such as the provision of ground services at the airports of Greece and Cyprus, the joint use of VIP lounges and the exploration of all options for the utilization of the infrastructures of the two airlines.
Olympic Air’s Executive Chairman Mr. Yiannis Karakadas made the following statement: “Our common origins and the high standard of passenger service which characterize both Cyprus Airways and Olympic Air will receive a big boost as a result of this agreement, creating an even larger network for our passengers who will benefit from the common vision of excellence in the services we provide. Today Cyprus Airways and Olympic Air are laying the foundations for cooperation with excellent prospects of further expansion.”
Cyprus Airways Executive Chairman Mr. George Mavrokostas said: “I am pleased that this common effort has born fruit and I am sure that a new era is dawning in the relations between Cyprus Airways and Olympic Air, with a promising future for both organizations. The prospects of the new cooperation lead to a stronger presence of the two companies in the wider region of Southeastern Europe during a very difficult
period for international air transport, offering important benefits and advantages to the traveling public.”
Greek airline Aegean has revealed that they are to take over slots from airline Olympic Air and offer travellers a number of new flights to Paris and Heathrow. Having previously revealed that four London based slots had been bought, Aegean Airlines said that they were to add new services and increase current route frequencies.
Last week Aegean revealed that it had purchased slots at Heathrow which could be sold onto other airlines or leased to other companies. However, in new developments the airline revealed that it would keep the slots for itself, making use of its new Airbus A320 and A321 to offer more travel choices to customers. A new route will be launched from London Heathrow, offering daily and direct flights to Larnaca in Cyprus. Meanwhile, the number of services between Athens and Heathrow will be doubled from two daily flights to four, giving travellers even more choice.
Elsewhere, Aegean is also to alter routes available from Paris Charles de Gaulle, with the first new addition to be a three weekly flight between the French airport and Thessaloniki. Meanwhile the current daily service between Paris and Athens will be tripled to three flights a day.
The news will especially welcomed by individuals looking to book their holidays to Greece for the summer season. So with a range of new flights and routes available, people will be able to find more services appropriate to their travel needs.
Aegean Airlines made a net loss of €23.3 million in financial 2010 as the carrier was hit by the Greek debt crisis.
The largest carrier in the country also saw revenue fall five per cent to €591 million.
“Weak domestic demand conditions, the subsequent significant reduction in average fare and the rise in the price of fuel were the main contributors to the loss,” the airline explained in a statement to markets.
With Greece still facing economic turmoil moving into 2011, Aegean managing director Dimitris Gerogiannis argued things would continue to be difficult.
This despite an expected rebound in tourist arrivals to the Mediterranean destination.
“The challenges of the acute recession of the Greek economy and the significant rise in the price of fuel, will continue to affect the company’s results during the current year” he said.
Analysts are predicting the Greek economy will contract three per cent in 2011 after a 4.5 per cent drop last year.
Aegean saw international traffic rise nine per cent in 2010 while the number of passengers on its domestic network fell 16 per cent.
New routes – including to Bogotá and Moscow – will be launched this year.
Aegean and biggest rival Olympic confirmed earlier this month they would appeal against a European Union ruling that blocked their plan to merge.