With the gradual ease of restrictions in transportation within Greece and entry regulations to other European countries, AEGEAN is enhancing connectivity in its domestic network.
AEGEAN will gradually increase capacity to Heraklion, Chania, Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis from May 18. Meanwhile, additional frequencies will be added to Rhodes, Corfu, Mytilene, Chios, Samos and other domestic destinations from May 25.
It is planning to gradually restore international operations to some major European destinations by the end of May. In particular, it plans to restart operations from its Athens hub to Munich, Zurich, Frankfurt and Geneva, initially within a limited frequency. At the same time, more flights will be operated to Brussels.
It is willing to gradually and with extreme cautiousness restore its network, while fully respecting the tremendous national effort to control the COVID-19 outbreak within the country. It is in cooperation with the competent authorities aiming to assist the formation of relevant health protocols.
For the resumption of flight services, AEGEAN has already enhanced the increased precautionary measures prior, while boarding and during flight, including the mandatory use of mask during flight, alongside the aircraft cleaning and disinfection processes, and is in close cooperation with the relevant authorities to implement additional safety measures with respect to social distancing and sanitation.
During this entire time of COVID-19 pandemic, AEGEAN maintained a limited frequency flight service to all domestic network, aiming to facilitate minimum essential connectivity for the island?s needs and a small number of weekly flights from Athens to Brussels in order to maintain the country's connectivity with the EU?s administrative centre. It further operated in cooperation with the relevant authorities? numerous humanitarian cargo flights for transporting medical supplies from China to Greece and Cyprus alongside repatriation flights from various international destinations.
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