AEGEAN AIRLINES continues its dynamic progress focusing on satisfying the market needs and offering quality services to its passengers. At the beginning of the summer 2009 season Aegean will expand its network by adding 5 more European destinations from its base in Athens. Aegean will begin non-stop services to Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Vienna and Venice.
These destinations follow the recent launch of twice daily flights to Paris Charles De Gaulle, the third daily flight to London Stansted as well as the new non-stop flight from Athens to Dusseldorf.
The above mentioned destinations will be operated exclusively by the brand new Airbus A320/321s. From November 2008 through to May 2009 Aegean will acquire 10 more aircraft as part of its investment programme, increasing the number of its Airbus A320/321s to 21 aircraft.
By adding five new destinations Aegean's network will serve a total of 47 domestic and international routes. During the summer of 2009 Aegean will operate more than 200 daily flights surpassing the maximum 150 daily flights operated during the winter of 2008.
The flight schedule has been designed to optimize connectivity at Athens International Airport between international and Greece domestic flights. Dimitris Gerogiannis, Aegean's Managing Director stated: 'With the launch of our new flights to five popular destinations we now serve most large European Countries. On May 2008 we launched service to London, the most popular destination from Athens and recently we launched service to Paris. We want to thank our passengers who have warmly welcomed our new efforts and we are excited to offer our trademark customer service on the five new routes' AEGEAN continues to seek permission from the relevant Government Authorities to add flights to non-EU routes during 2009 that are controlled by bilateral air traffic agreements. Such routes are Athens-Istanbul, Athens-Tel Aviv, etc.
With the start of 2009 summer season Aegean will serve the following international and domestic routes:
INTERNATIONAL ROUTES 1. Athens- London with 3 daily flights 2. Athens - Paris with 2 daily flights 3. Athens - Larnaca with 4 daily flights 4. Athens - Munich with 2 daily flights 5. Athens - Frankfurt with 1 daily flight 6. Athens - Dusseldorf with 6 flights each week 7. Athens - Rome with 2 daily flights 8. Athens - Milan with 2 daily flights 9. Athens - Sofia with 10 flights each week 10. Athens - Bucharest with 12 flights each week 11. Athens - Cairo with 5 flights each week 12. Athens - Tirana with 6 flights each week 13. NEW ROUTE Athens - Brussels with 1 daily flight 14. NEW ROUTE Athens - Berlin with 6 flights each week 15. NEW ROUTE Athens - Vienna with 5 flights each week 16. NEW ROUTE Athens - Barcelona with 5 flights each week 17. NEW SEASONAL ROUTE Athens-Venice with max.3 flights each week 18. Thessaloniki - Munich with 2 daily flights 19. Thessaloniki - Frankfurt with 1 daily flight 20. Thessaloniki - Stuttgart with 1 daily flight 21. Thessaloniki - Dusseldorf with 1 daily flight 22. Thessaloniki - Larnaca with 1 daily flight 23. Heraklion - Larnaca with 2 flights each week (seasonal route) 24. Rhodes - Larnaca with 2 flights each week (seasonal route)
DOMESTIC ROUTES 1. Athens-Thessaloniki with 12 daily flights 2. Athens - Heraklion with 8 daily flights 3. Athens - Rhodes with 6 daily flights 4. Athens - Chania with max. 5 daily flights 5. Athens - Mykonos with max. 5 daily flights 6. Athens - Santorini with max. 5 daily flights 7. Athens - Mytilene with 3 daily flights 8. Athens - Chios with 2 daily flights 9. Athens - Samos with 2 daily flights 10. Athens - Kos with max. 3 daily flights 11. Athens - Alexandroupolis with 2 daily flights 12. Athens - Kavala with 1 daily flight 13. Athens - Ioannina with 1 daily flight 14. Athens - Corfu with 2 daily flights 15. Athens - Lemnos with 1 daily flight 16. Athens - Kefalonia with max. 1 daily flight 17. Thessaloniki - Heraklion with max. 2 daily flights 18. Thessaloniki - Chania with 4 flights each week 19. Thessaloniki - Rhodes with 1 daily flight 20. Thessaloniki - Mytilene with 3 flights each week 21. Thessaloniki - Kos with max. 2 flights each week (seasonal route) 22. Thessaloniki - Mykonos with max. 3 flights each week (seasonal route) 23. Thessaloniki - Santorini with max. 4 flights each week (seasonal route)
Aegean Airlines is a full service airline, having a leading domestic position in Greece and a growing presence in international scheduled routes between Greece and destinations in Europe and neighbouring countries. The company offers its passengers premium services such as a dual-class cabin configuration, in-flight catering and reserved seating, while maintaining a lean cost structure. Aegean Airlines is also a Regional Partner of Lufthansa providing access for its passengers to Lufthansa's global network.