Charter Flights (to Greece)
I’m more familiar with the charters to Greece, but they all work(or don’t work?) about the same. Actually, the charters are a good low cost alternative to the commercial airlines. You will save money(especially if you are trying to purchase flights on a commercial airline for the peak season). You will give up some comfort(the planes usually hold a lot more people which means the seats are closer together and staff is usually kept to a minimum). I’ve flown charters a few times(NY-Greece twice) and London-Athens. The NY-Greece flights were on Tower Air(out of business) and was tolerable, although having 2 people check in 400 passengers was a long wait. The flights from London reminded me of a high school bus trip, being a planeload of young Brits off on their holiday of fun in the sun.(The destination didn’t matter, as long as there was sun, beach, fish and chips and Beer). If you go to www.GreeceFlights.com there is an index on the side of the page with 3 articles on chartering flights that you may find helpful.(Charter Flights From the US, Charter Flights From Europe, Is a Charter Flight Right For You?)
I’m waiting for the schedule for the North American Charter Flights to Greece(from NY) for 2006 and will post them on the GreeceFlights.com site when I get them.