VOLOTEA KEEPS GROWING IN ATHENS
Offering 764 flights and 95.500 seats from Athens in 2016 to six destinations, growing more than 65%. More than 366.000 passengers carried by Volotea in Greece since the beginning of the operation in the country, flying to 12 Greek airports
May 12th, 2016 - Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, hosted yesterday a press conference in Athens to announce its new connection to Mykonos and Mytilene, starting next May 27th. Volotea increases its operation from Athens in terms of seats and flights by 66% compared to last year.
Volotea will launch the routes Athens – Mykonos and Athens – Mytilene next May 27th , offering in each route:
- Three flights per week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- 110 flights
- 13.750 seats
Operating in Greece since 2012, Volotea has transported more than 366.000 passengers till now, operating in 12 Greek airports: Athens, Corfu, Heraklion/Crete, Kos, Mykonos, Mytilene, Preveza/Lefkada, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos and Zakynthos.
Volotea started its operations from Athens on April 3rd 2015, offering five routes (Bari, Santorini, Palermo, Pisa and Venice) with 460 flights and 57.380 seats. With the addition of these two new routes (Mykonos and Mytilene), the company is increasing by 66% the number of flights (764) and seats (95.500) offered from Athens. This year Volotea will be operating six routes from Athens: Bari, Mykonos, Santorini, Mytilene, Palermo and Venice.
Carlos Muñoz, CEO and founder of Volotea, has expressed his satisfaction for the inauguration of these new routes from Athens: “Having operated in Greece successfully since 2012, now we will be able to offer two new routes from Athens, offering an increase of seats over 60% this year. We are very satisfied to keep growing in the Greek market, and we hope to see Athenians on board this summer to enjoy the two new destinations that we will be offering to them”.
On behalf of the Athens International Airport, Ioanna Papadopoulou, Director, Communications & Marketing, added: "We are indeed delighted with the start of Volotea's flights to these exciting domestic routes out of Athens; Mykonos and Mytilene. Athens’ market has been developing rapidly within the last two years demonstrating double-digit traffic increases and Volotea’s contribution to this success with its trust and investment, is trully substantial. On our part, we remain firmly committed to continue supporting Volotea in order to further enhance their very successful presence in our market!”