Low-budget airline, Ryanair, has announced it will be adding nine routes from two bases in Greece as part of a $280 million investment.
The Irish airline will open a base in the capital Athens and another in the city of Thessaloniki.
Starting from April 1 2014, it will fly to Chania, London, Milan, Paphos, Rhodes and Thessaloniki from Athens. And from Thessaloniki it will fly to Athens, Pisa and Warsaw.
Ryanair’s director of commercial David O’Brien said the new routes would provide travellers with an alternative to Aegean/Olympic. “Only Ryanair, can deliver the capacity, new markets and low costs demanded by Greek consumers and visitors, and looks forward to working with Athens Airport to unlock the vast potential currently suppresses by high access air costs.”