Friday, May 4, 2012

Minoan Air: new greek regional startup airline

Crete's tradition on estbablishing airlines continues as Minoan Air are almost ready to commence operations.
Based at Heraklion, Minoan will connect the cretan capital with various destinations in the region both domestic and international. Moreover, their leaked initial routes schedule showed flights from Rhodes to Heraklion and Santorini. The airline will fly with Fokker-50s and have already received the first of a total of four. Early June have been set as a deadline for commencing flights so we expect during the next days the launch of their website. 
We would like to wish them all the best and see them landing here asap. 
Website 
Facebook page


Picture retrieved from Minoan Air facebook page.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

April 2012 Traffic

Here are the updated stats of "Diagoras" for April 2012 traffic as released from airport authorities. The almost 50% loss of arrivals from Germany and Israel is impressive and couldn't be surpassed by a modest increase of arrivals from Sweden, Russia and England.


Arrivals Summary

2012
2011
+/- %
Domestic Arrivals
27.108
29.475
-8.03
International Arrivals
63.124
67.692
-6.75
Total
90.232
97.167
- 7.14

International Arrivals by Country
Country
2012
2011
+/-%
England
11.930
9.963
+19.74
France
7.064
8.885
-20.5
Finland
5.931
6.513
-8.93
Sweden
5.565
3.994
+39.33
Israel
5.357
10.226
-47.61
Germany
4.612
8.206
-43.8
Italy
4.550
5.415
-15.97
Russia
3.325
1.943
+71.13
Belgium
2.970
2.505
+18.56
Denmark
2.481
1.703
+45.68
Netherlands
2.468
2.471
-0.12
Norway
1.409
605
+132.89
Lithuania
1.326
1.009
+31.42
Poland
1.272
925
+37.51
Cyprus
1.248
1.605
-22.24
Ukraine
488
297
+64.31
Luxemburg
356
484
-26.45
Albania
308
269
+14.5
Austria
307
248
+23.79
Romania
157
353
-55.52




Sunday, April 29, 2012

Rossiya Routes - Summer 2012

Rossiya Airlines will fly thrice weekly from St Petersburg to Rhodes. Below is their schedule.




SAINT PETERSBURG (LED) - RHODES (valid 20/5 - 14/10)*
Outward Flight: LED-RHO
Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                  Frequency     Remarks
FV957     19:55-22:40     B763                 Th                  24/5-4/10
FV957     14:40-17:30     B763                 Su                  
FV967     23:55-03:05     A320                 Su                  27/5-7/10
Return Flight: RHO-LED
Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                  Frequency     Remarks
FV958     23:55-04:40     B763                 Th                  24/5-4/10
FV958     18:20-23:15     B763                 Su                 
FV968     04:05-09:15     A320                 Mo                27/5-7/10


For more information and/or reservations, please visit Rossiya website.
 
* Based on Rossiya official website on 28-29 April 2012.