New charter flights from Monarch:
Every Tuesday, between 5 May and 5 October 2010, flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Santorini.
Flights start from £160 return, including taxes.
Website: www.monarch.co.uk
Lufthansa provide the following helpful information for passengers affected by the 22-25 February strike action :
Information on the Lufthansa pilot strike
Due to a strike which has been announced by the pilots’ union “Vereinigung Cockpit” (VC) between 22 and 25 February 2010, Lufthansa is expecting disturbances to flight operations.
Lufthansa regrets any inconvenience to Lufthansa passengers caused by possible strike action and will do its utmost to reduce the impact for travellers. If you have booked a Lufthansa Flight between 22 and 25 February 2010, but prefer to change your travel plans, Lufthansa offers one free of charge rebooking to another Lufthansa flight before 31 May 2010 under the condition that origin and destination remain unchanged and the ticket has been issued before 18 February 2010.
You may reach your Lufthansa team in Athens at 210 6175200. Lufthansa has also implemented a toll free number for calls within Germany: 0800 / 8 50 60 70.
You can also find out more details on the Lufthansa.com site, which well be constantly updated.
Weekly flights from UK to Volos
You can check available seats and book flights by clicking on this link below.>
Monarch airlines are adding a charter flight route.
Starting mid-May and operating until early October – you can fly from Manchester or London Gatwick to Volos, Greece .
To check times, seats or book a flight click here > http://tinyurl.com/8gcq28
Skiathos and Skopelos here we come !
Customers of the UK’s XL Airways and XL owned tour or travel companies can call +44 2891 856 547 for emergency help relating to getting home from their holidays (since the collapse of the company into administration).
Customers of XL and its companies who are in the UK and have Advance bookings can call 0870 590 0927
Starting 26 July 2008 – EasyJet will fly from Berlin to Heraklion twice a week.
From the Brandenberg gate to Knossos in no time at all!
All future ideas and questions about how to get to Crete try out the flights page for Crete:
http://cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Flights_Crete.htm
When you get to Crete where will you stay?
Plan in advance baby! Here> http://www.Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com
Drive or get your best friends to drop you off at Leeds/Bradford airport and fly to Crete from May next year.
New route with Jet2.com gets you from drizzle and the News at Ten to Crete with weekly flights.
Prices are expected to start at 48.99 pounds sterling.
How to book? Type in www.jet2.com and book a flight, then sidle over to www.Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com and book a really delightful, full-of-atmosphere, remarkably special place to stay – a hotel, a romantic in, a great villa or….well you choose (with unlimited help from the leading experts on, in and around the island of Crete)! Happy holidays next year.
Thomsonfly are offering many low price seats for European flights for a week .
I have not looked to see which destinations – but it may be worth a glance at www.thomsonfly.com
If you are getting flights for September and October you can also look at our hotels – that is if you prefer the cute/charming/chic/traditional/interesting/small/beautiful/luxurious/memorable/delightful/special/treasure s http://www.Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com
We will also talk or correspond with you about which one will REALLY suit you, the wow factor, the places that may make you feel that dreamlike state that makes vacations so worthwhile!
From this winter, airport duties, fees to land at Heraklion and Chania airports in Crete, have been cut in half – yes, reduced by 50 percent. That’s huge.
So Richard, Michael, Stelios & Michael – when you gonna’ fly ?
What I mean is – a great time has arrived for year round scheduled, low fare flights from the UK and other European hubs…to Crete, Greece’s largest island.
Crete also boasts a large number of foreign home owners, and students flying to and from the UK, a great appetite to offer traditional hospitality to guests in the winter and an appetite amongst would-be visitors to visit in the “quiet season” when Crete offers a meandering, calm and own-it-all, un-crowded feel.
So my friend Mr Branson and competing acquaintances Mr Bishop, Mr Haji-Ioannou and Mr O’Leary when you gonna fly…
We invite Virgin, BMI, easyJet, Ryanair to add service to Crete. Need our help? Just ask and we will do our best.
Thanks for listening and have a prosperous summer.
Olympic Airlines get a couple of cheers – Now you can fly from Sitia to Heraklion and return. A medium sized, modern, 37 Seat DH8 now plies this route with flights from Sitia also to Rodos (Rhodes), Karpathos and Kasos.
There are also occasional (not daily) flights to Athens and Alexandroupoli.
So have a look at the hotels in the east of Crete and see where you could be enjoying and dreaming, during a break from the rest of life…fly into Sitia and off you go!
Flights schedules will be updated to include these by 23 January or earlier on the great resource for flights to Crete at http://www.CreteTravel.com/flights