Emirates to launch daily direct service from Athens to New York
New route brings year-round flight services, for the first time since 2012.
Great news for the Athens market and Athens International Airport!
Emirates, operating during the last 20 years longstanding & successful services between Athens & Dubai, announced today it will launch a new daily service from Athens to New York (Newark), starting on 12 March 2017. A service that does not exist today and has not existed since 2012.
The ATH-NYC market size represents a unique opportunity within Europe for year round services development to US. According to our studies and surveys, the substantial indirect traffic flows between Athens and US exceed 570,000 passengers annually, while only last summer (2016) the direct passenger volumes to NYC (seasonal services) grew by 52%, reaching 156,000 passengers.
Athens’s strong traffic volumes to US as well as the limited direct connections (seasonal services only), shape a striking environment and signify the need for year round direct services development. In this frame, AIA initially presented the specific business case, and, in cooperation with Emirates, invested in the last three years in this development.
Emirates is coming to successfully fill up this gap and to undertake an important role in the Greek market.
We are excited with the new year round services and we fully support Emirates’ plans with substantial marketing support and AIA’s extended incentives’ portfolio!