Thursday, October 13, 2011

Latest news #4

AEGEAN CHARTER FLIGHTS SOON?
Two months ago we stated that Aegean Air was examining the possibility of expanding their services from Rhodes targeting the tourism market.
Well, it seems that the time has come and according to a tourism related source they are very close in introducing charter flights to Istanbul, Turkey. Moreover, rumors say that there will be more destinations for charter flights.  What it remains to be verified is that these flights will offer the capability of individuals bookings.

RUSSIAN AIRLINE TO ESTABLISH A BASE @ RHO?
According to a local newspaper, a russian airline is very likely to establish a base at Rhodes airport in order to serve the tourism market. The story also states that the airline is in negotiations with various tourism organizations of Western Europe in order to secure contracts and that by late March they expect to base an aircraft here and commence operations targeting for year round flights.





COSTA FINALIZED THEIR DEAL WITH RHODES
Costa Cruises announced their next summer schedule which includes 23 cruises utilizing Rhodes as a homeport. The inagural cruise takes place on Thursday 28 June and is a 7-day cruise from Rhodes to Heraklion, Kos, Samos, Izmir, Mykonos, Santorini and back to Rhodes, priced at E989,00. From 13 September the cruise alters schedule becoming Rhodes-Heraklion-Santorini-Ashdod (Israel) -Limassol-Alanya (Turkey)-Rhodes, priced at E699,00. Costa last cruise is on 18 October.

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