Blog new features

As you may have already observed, on the upper part of blog's main page are situated tabs which offer quick links to specific points of interest.

We ve lately added two more topics (see picture below), one regarding offers by airlines and one latest news in brief. Reason for doing so is to not disturb oftenly blog's flow of airlines routes so from now on you can check all latest offers and all latest news in the appropriate pages. Of course, we will keep posting latest news in more detail but in a montly (or twice/month if necessary) frequency.

We would aslo like to remind that all latest news can be found in our facebook page too which in addition serves as a "meeting" place for sharing ideas, opinions etc. 

Finally, we plan gathering all older posts (f.e. 2011 summer routes) in a specific tag called "ZArchives" so that the rest tags keep only newest information and not confuse us all.

Hope that the changes will work out,

Rhodes Aviation Team

Olympic Air Routes - Summer 2012

Olympic's summer schedule is identical to last summer with 3-4 daily flights to Athens and a daily service to Thessaloniki and Heraklion. PSO flights are not yet available as the tender results have not been announced yet but its expected for Olympic to keep them being actually the sole bidder for them.

UPDATE 21/3/12

Olympic have published schedules for Rhodes PSO routes which are now bookable till mid June. Please note that due to the PSOs, the Rhodes-Heraklion route has a new time schedule.   

UPDATE 4/4/12

PSO routes now bookable for the entire summer season. Moreover, Kalymnos is officially added.

UPDATE 6/8/12

Olympic Air is terminating ahead of summer schedule official closure flights to/from Thessaloniki and Heraklion. Thessaloniki will be served only by Aegean while till end of October Olympic will codeshare with Cyprus Air for the Heraklion route.

ATHENS (ATH) - RHODES (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: ATH-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA700	07:20	08:20	*	Mo-Tu-Th-Fr
OA706**	09:55	10:55	A319	Mo-Th-Fr-Sa-Su
OA710	14:10	15:10	A319	Daily
OA714	19:25	20:25	A320	Daily
Return Flight: RHO-ATH
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA701	08:45	09:50	*	Mo-Tu-Th-Fr
OA707**	11:30	12:30	A319	Mo-Th-Fr-Sa-Su
OA711	15:45	16:45	A319	Daily
OA715	21:00	22:00	A320	Daily

* OA700/701 is performed daily with DH4 except Wednesdays when it switches to A319/320. 
** OA706/707 becomes daily from 12/6 until 11/9.

THESSALONIKI (SKG) - RHODES (valid 26/3 – 27/10 now ends 3/9)*

Outward Flight: SKG-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA870*	13:50	15:15	DH4	Daily
Return Flight: RHO-SKG
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA871*	15:45	17:15	DH4	Daily

* Saturdays schedule is performed 10 minutes earlier.

RHODES - HERAKLION (HER) (valid 26/3 - 27/10 now ends 2/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-HER
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA876	18:20	19:10	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su
OA876	19:30	20:20	DH1	Tu-Th-Sa
Return Flight: HER-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA877	19:35	20:30	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su
OA877	20:45	21:40	DH1	Tu-Th-Sa

Interisland (PSO) Routes

RHODES - ASTYPALAIA (JTY) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-JTY

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA036     10:55-13:35    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Kos, Kalymnos, Leros                   

Return Flight: JTY-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA037     16:35-19:00    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Leros, Kalymnos, Kos                         

RHODES - KALYMNOS (JKL) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-JKL

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA036     10:55-12:15    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Kos                   

Return Flight: JKL-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA037     17:50-19:00    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Kos                       

RHODES - KARPATHOS (AOK) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-AOK

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA090     09:00-09:35    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su    

OA092     16:10-16:45    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su

OA090     06:00-06:35    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa

OA095     20:15-20:50    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa                  

Return Flight: AOK-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA091     12:40-13:20    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su        

OA093     17:15-17:50    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su

OA091     09:40-10:20    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa

OA094     19:20-19:55    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa                     

RHODES - KASOS (KSJ) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-KSJ

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA090     09:00-10:10    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su   Via Karpathos 

OA090     06:00-07:10    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa           Via Karpathos

Return Flight: KSJ-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA091     12:05-13:20    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su   Via Karpathos        

OA091     09:05-10:20    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa           Via Karpathos

RHODES - KASTELORIZO (KZS) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-KZS

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA024     06:45-07:25    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su    

OA026     13:55-14:35    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su           

Return Flight: KZS-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA025     07:50-08:30    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su        

OA027     15:00-15:40    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su           

RHODES - KOS (KGS) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-KGS

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA036     10:55-11:30    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa                           

Return Flight: KGS-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA037     18:30-19:00    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa                               

RHODES - LEROS (LRS) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-LRS

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA036     10:55-12:55    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Kos, Kalymnos                   

Return Flight: LRS-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency     Remarks

OA037     17:10-19:00    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa        Via Kalymnos, Kos               

RHODES - SITIA (JSH) (valid 26/3 - 27/10)*

Outward Flight: RHO-JSH

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA090     09:00-11:00    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su   Via Karpathos, Kasos 

OA090     06:00-08:00    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa           Via Karpathos, Kasos

Return Flight: JSH-RHO

Fl. Nr.       Dep.-Arr.       A/C                 Frequency        Remarks

OA091     11:20-13:20    DH8                 Mo-We-Fr-Su   Via Kasos, Karpathos        

OA091     08:20-10:20    DH8                 Tu-Th-Sa           Via Kasos, Karpathos

  

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Olympic Air website.

* Based on Olympic official website on 4 February 2012. Updated on 21/3 and 4/4/12.

Latest news #4

ISTANBUL CONNECTION ANNOUNCED

According to local newspaper "Rodiaki", Bluebird Airways will connect Rhodes to Istanbul twice per week, on Mondays and Thursdays. Same source reports that the route will be IST-RHO-HER-IST so we need to clarify if Rhodes is going to have a direct flight both ways, which of two Istanbul's airports will be served and if it will be open to individual bookings.
Bluebird Airways is a Cretan based airline involved primarily to summer leisure flights. You can read more about them here. (Source)

CORENDON AIRLINES @ RHO

Dutch-turkish leisure carrier Corendon will fly from Amsterdam twice per week, starting end of April and concluding end of Ocotber. Corendon previously operated only chartered flights to Rhodes so we hope that Amsterdam will be followed by more scheduled routes eventually.


ALITALIA @ RHO

Italian legacy carrier is re-establishing scheduled seasonal flights to Rhodes as it announced a direct route from Rome-Fiumicino. The route will be valid only for August and will be flown twice/week on weekends.


BUDAPEST-RHODES CONNECTION RE-ESTABLISHED

Malev's last week dissolvement affected among other their announced Budapest-Rhodes summer route. Ryanair and Wizz Air, primarily, immediately announced new routes from Budapest as the gap that Malev left is more than tempting so Rhodes will be connected to Budapest twice per week with Ryan and Wizz offering a weekly flight. Here is Ryanair's schedule and here is Wizz Air's.

TOR AIR RHODES ROUTES IN DOUBT?

In a routine check of ours on Tor Air's website for update purposes it was discovered that Rhodes is not listed any more on the booking engine. Rhodes would have been connected to London-Gatwick and Birmingham. There is no announcement yet by the airline but given that they faced trouble last December we are curious if Rhodes flights will comeback. Tor Air's blog page has been updated and until further notice their schedule is considered void.

RHODES ROUTES SUM UP

Moscow Domodedovo-Rhodes-->Aegean (1x/week)
Larnaca-Rhodes--->Aegean (2x/week)
Larnaca-Rhodes--->Cyprus (2x/week direct)
Budapest-Rhodes--->Malev--->cancelled
Budapest-Rhodes--->Ryanair (1x/week)
Budapest-Rhodes--->Wizz Air (1x/week)
Gatwick-Rhodes--->Tor Air--->cancelled?
Birmingham-Rhodes--->Tor Air--->cancelled?
Amsterdam-Rhodes--->Corendon (2x/week)
Rome Fiumicino-Rhodes---> Alitalia (2x/week)

Wizz Air Routes - Summer 2012

Here is Wizz Air's freshly announced Budapest-Rhodes schedule with our hopes that their comeback will be successfull and followed by many more routes. Welcome back Wizz!!!

NEW: BUDAPEST (BUD) - RHODES (valid 16/6 – 15/9)*

Outward Flight: BUD-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
W62449	06:00	09:15	A320	Sa
Return Flight: RHO-BUD
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
W62450	09:55	11:15	A320	Sa

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Wizz Air website.

* Based on Wizz Air official website on 7 February 2012.