Volotea has transported more than 590.000 passengers in Greece since the beginning of the operations in the country, flying to 13 Greek airports
November 22nd, 2016 – Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, was today in Athens to announce its new connection to Genoa, which will start next summer. Volotea continues increasing destinations in the Greek capital, operating four routes to Italy and three in Greece in 2017.
Volotea keeps on growing in Greece. The airline has communicated the launch of the new connection Athens-Genoa, which will start next summer, offering:
– more than 7.000 seats
– close to 60 flights
The route will start its operation next May 26th.
Operating in Greece since 2012, Volotea has transported more than 590.000 passengers so far, operating from 13 Greek airports: Athens, Cefalonia, Corfu, Heraklion/Crete, Kos, Mykonos, Mytilene, Preveza/Lefkada, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos and Zakynthos.
From Athens, Volotea will be operating next year seven routes: Bari, Mykonos, Santorini, Mytilene, Palermo, Venice and Genoa. In total, Volotea offers 115.000 seats for next year, and more than 950 flights, increasing 33% in comparison with 2016.
Valeria Rebasti, Commercial Country Manager for Italy and Greece, has expressed her satisfaction for the inauguration of this new route: “We are very happy to announce this new route between Italy and Greece. Genoa has recently been chosen as our 9th base and we are sure that the connection between this city and Athens will allow to develop even more the relationships between the 2 countries. We are persuaded that we can create traffic in both senses as Italians love Greece and we are sure that Athenians will love Genoa, a charming city which offers many attractions among which the biggest Aquarium in Europe. We are very satisfied to keep on growing in the Greek market and we are determined to keep on growing even in the future”.
On behalf of the Athens International Airport, Ioanna Papadopoulou, Director, Communications & Marketing, added: ” It is with the utmost pleasure that we welcome Volotea’s substantial development to our airport as it continues in the upcoming summer season, adding such an exciting destination as Genoa in its network, further enhancing the connectivity between Greece and Italy! Athens’ market has been developing rapidly within the last two years and Volotea’s contribution to this success, with its investment and confidence in the Athens’ market, 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!”
