Delta- A Good option to Greece?
If you’re flying to Greece, Delta in some ways is a great option! They are one of two airlines that fly nonstop from the US.(Olympic from NY and Delta from NY and Atlanta). On top of that they fly from so many US cities that it’s easy to get a complete Delta itinerary. Olympic codeshares with most of the major US airlines so you have to fly one airline to NY and then Olympic to Greece. The other European airlines only fly to and from the major US cities so you’ll have to fly one airline to the major US city and then fly to a European city and then on to Athens, which is a minimum of 3 flights in each direction!). Their taxes are also low in a market that has seend taxes double and almost triple in some cases due to fuel surcharges and security increases. see airline taxes
The down side with Delta is that they are not very financially sound and although we’re hoping that they’ll be around for a long time….they may not be! They are also one of the more expensive airlines to fly(which may be why they are having such financial troubles). This isn’t scientific, but they also seem to change their schedules more than other airlines, so that great connection you had turns into a nightmare when they cancel the connection. To illustrate: I booked a friend’s flight from West Palm to Athens with a Delta/Olympic codeshare. The connections were great until the day we went to issue the tickets Delta cancelled the JFK-West Palm connection so we had 2 choices: 1) overnight in NY and catch a flight the next morning; or 2: fly to Fort Lauderdale and take an airport limo home(an extra hour plus expenses!). Luckily he has a few airports near him…if you don’t, your options are more limited!