Eight new routes to France, Italy and Spain, Spanish, inexpensive, adds to its network in Greece air carrier Voloteawhich has a basis in airport Eleftherios Venizelos. Also, as its head Valeria Rebasti said yesterday airline for Italy and Southeast Europe, Volotea will renew in 2023 the codeshare agreement with which it has Aegean Sea on over 90 routes. Specifically, Volotea adds two routes from Athens to Toulouse and Cagliari, two routes from Santorini to Bilbao and Palermo, one route from Heraklion to Bordeaux, one from Rhodes to Nantes, one from Kalamata to Nantes and one from Karpathos to Naples.

With regard to codeshare flights with Aegean, which have already been running for two years, Volotea will offer 32 routes for the Greek airline this year. Accordingly, Aegean will offer 46 Volotea routes, bringing the total number of routes served to 90, including 15 routes operated by the two airlines separately.

“We are especially pleased that our two-year-old codesharing agreement with Volotea has proved fruitful and we are expanding it to include new routes and frequencies, notably from France and Italy. Our cooperation with Volotea is based on the principle that even airlines with different products, which are at the same time competitors, can work together effectively if they share the same obligation to the passenger to provide direct accessibility in our country.

In 2023, Aegean will fly to 161 destinations in 46 countries on 264 direct routes with a fleet of 76 aircraft, 22 of which are the new Airbus 320/321 neo it has received over the past two years. Through our collaboration with Volotea, centered on our hub at Athens International Airport, we are further expanding the travel experience for our passengers,” said Aegean President Eutychios Vassilakis.

“This summer, Volotea will operate connecting Athens with the largest network of destinations, adding, among other things, an exciting new destination, Cagliari. At the same time, the codeshare agreement with Aegean is getting better and better with additional routes and more seats,” said Ioanna Papadopoulou, Director of Communications and Marketing, Athens International Airport.

The Spanish airline has become a force to be reckoned with for Athens Airport, ranking fifth in terms of passenger traffic, reaching half a million people in 2022. The airline operates 3,800 flights, and the number of flights increased by 23% compared to 2022. , compared to last year, it will offer Athens Airport 33% more seats, totaling 680,000, and more than 1.4 million seats at all airports in Greece (+12%).