Olympic Air Winter 2011/12 routes

Here is the winter schedule of Olympic Air for Rhodes. The Athens-Rhodes route has 2-3 daily flights, while the Rhodes-Heraklion continues on daily basis but with some morning flights, at last. Thessaloniki, on the other hand, switches for the winter from daily service to five per week.
UPDATE: Routes to nearby islands have been uploaded.
UPDATE 27/10: Some minor changes in the three basic routes from Rhodes. Olympic now offers six weekly flights to Thessaloniki instead of five while twice per week the route schedule moves earlier in the morning, an A319 replaces every Friday the standard A320 assigned during the morning flight in the Athens-Rhodes route and finally we 've added Cyprus Air flights in the Rhodes-Heraklion schedule as there is a codeshare agreement between Olympic and Cyprus.



ATHENS (ATH) - RHODES (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: ATH-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA700	07:20	08:20	A319/320	Daily exc. Su
OA710	13:35	14:35	A320	Daily exc. Tu-We
OA714	17:00	18:00	A320	Daily
Return Flight: RHO-ATH
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency
OA701	08:55	09:55	A319/320	Daily exc. Su
OA711	15:10	16:10	A320	Daily exc. Tu-We
OA715	18:35	19:35	A320	Daily

THESSALONIKI (SKG) - RHODES (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: SKG-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA870	08:30	09:55	DH4	Mo-Sa
OA870	12:30	13:55	DH4	Tu-Th-Fr-Su
Return Flight: RHO-SKG
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA871	10:25	11:50	DH4	Mo-Sa
OA871	14:25	15:50	DH4	Tu-Th-Fr-Su

RHODES - HERAKLION (HER) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-HER
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA876	07:10	08:00	DH1	Mo-We
OA876	09:45	10:35	DH1	Th
OA876	17:30	18:20	DH1	Tu-Fr-Sa-Su
OA8369	19:30	20:20	A319	We-Fr-Su	Op. by Cyprus
Return Flight: HER-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA877	08:25	09:20	DH1	Mo-We
OA877	11:00	11:55	DH1	Th
OA877	18:45	19:40	DH1	Tu-Fr-Sa-Su
OA8368	17:50	18:40	A319	We-Fr-Su	Op. by Cyprus

RHODES - ASTYPALAIA (JTY) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-JTY via KGS, LRS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA034	07:35	09:30	DH1	Tu-Sa	Via KGS, LRS
Return Flight: JTY-RHO via LRS, KGS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA035	12:50	14:45	DH1	Tu-Sa	Via LRS, KGS

RHODES - KARPATHOS (AOK) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-AOK
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA090	09:50	10:25	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su
OA092	15:15	15:50	DH1	Tu-Fr-Sa
OA092	07:25	08:00	DH1	Th
OA092	14:50	15:25	DH1	Su
Return Flight: AOK-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA091	13:35	14:10	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su
OA093	16:15	16:50	DH1	Tu-Fr-Sa
OA093	08:30	09:15	DH1	Th
OA093	15:50	16:25	DH1	Su

RHODES - KASOS (KSJ) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-KSJ via AOK
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA090	09:50	11:00	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su	Via Karpathos
Return Flight: KSJ-RHO via AOK
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA091	12:55	14:10	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su	Via Karpathos

RHODES - KASTELORIZO (KZS) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-KZS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA026	14:40	15:20	DH1	Mo-We
OA026	07:40	08:20	DH1	Fr-Su
Return Flight: KZS-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA027	15:45	16:25	DH1	Mo-We
OA027	08:45	09:25	DH1	Fr-Su

RHODES - KOS (KGS) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-KGS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA034	07:35	08:10	DH1	Tu-Sa
Return Flight: KGS-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA035	14:10	14:45	DH1	Tu-Sa

RHODES - LEROS (LRS) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-LRS via KGS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA034	07:35	08:50	DH1	Tu-Sa	Via Kos
Return Flight: LRS-RHO via KGS
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA035	13:30	14:45	DH1	Tu-Sa	Via Kos

RHODES - SITIA (JSH) (valid 30/10 - 24/3)

Outward Flight: RHO-JSH via AOK, KSJ
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA090	09:50	11:45	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su	Via AOK, KSJ
Return Flight: JSH-RHO via KSJ, AOK
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
OA091	12:10	14:10	DH1	Mo-We-Fr-Su	Via KSJ, AOK

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

* Based on Olympic official website on 3 September 2011. Revised on 1 October 2011.

August 2011 Traffic

Here are the updated stats of "Diagoras" for August 2011 traffic as released on local press.

Arrivals Summary

	2011	2010	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	39.600	42.786	- 7.45%
International Arrivals	357.394	316.164	+ 27%
Total	396.994	358.950	+ 10.6%

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2011	2010	+/-%
England	60.059	54.361	+10.48
Italy	52.047	42.642	+22.06
Germany	41.108	38.510	+20.22
Russia	23.011	16.519	+39.3
Israel	20.353	19.032	+6.94
Sweden	20.139	17.635	+14.20
Poland	18.836	13.701	+37.48
Czech	13.988	12.822	+9.09
Denmark	13.215	10.830	+22.02
Holland	12.751	11.623	+9.70
France	12.227	12.162	+0.53
Belgium	11.974	10.818	+10.69
Norway	9.718	11.116	-12.58
Austria	9.237	11.980	-22.9
Finland	8.183	6.040	+35.48
Switzerland	6.153	6.237	-1.35
Slovakia	5.218	5.190	+0.54
Cyprus	3.080	2.651	+16.18
Hungary	2.968	2.626	+13.02
Ukraine	2.382	1.640	+45.24
Romania	2.087	2.143	-2.61
Lithuania	2.046	426	+380.28
Luxemburg	1.650	1.374	+20.09
Lebanon	1.393	1.164	+19.67
Yugoslavia	1.131	1.147	-1.39
Slovenia	1.131	1.234	-8.35
Albania	517	0	+
Estonia	397	0	+
Belarus	395	424	-6.84

Possible strike of air traffic controllers for Sunday 4 September

Air traffic controllers announced that they will proceed with a 4 hour work halt during the coming Sunday 4 September, between 2pm to 6pm.

It is expected that the civil aviation authority will respond with legal action against the controllers so we will keep you updated.


UPDATE 1/9/11
Nothing new yet, the work halt is valid until now. Tomorrow, Friday, we will know for sure if there is a court decision for or against the strike.

UPDATE 2/9/11
Courts of Athens have declared the strike as illegal and abusive. Therefore, all operations will be normal on the coming Sunday.

Official: Ryanair stops Rhodes for the winter period

A journalist from the nationwide newspaper "To Vima" managed to get an official answer* from Ryanair regarding winter flights to Rhodes and Kos.

Ryanair will continue to work with aviation and government officials to increase the number of connections and inbound tourists in Greece all year round. However, given that our winter program at 160 airports is completed, it will be not possible to include Kos or Rhodes for the winter 2011/2012.

The above statement concludes the issue that emerged a couple of weeks ago. Although it is not our blog's job to judge who, why and how share the resposibilities for losing Ryanair's winter connections, the result itself is disappointing as Rhodes will lack any international connections from early November till late March of 2012. Moreover, Ryanair's next summer plans are still vague so we have to be patient to see what is on their minds.


* Here is the complete story as published in "To Vima" website. If interested, you can use google trasnslator to read the work of the journalist which includes opinions from all the related sides.