Borajet Routes - Summer 2014

Here are inaugural direct flights from RHO to Turkey, hope they will grow further in the coming years.

ISTANBUL/S.GOKCEN (SAW) - RHODES (valid 10/6 - 11/9)*

Outward Flight: SAW-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
YB7030	09:30	11:00	AT7/E9O*	Tu-Th
YB7030	11:30	13:00	AT7/E9O*	Su
Return Flight: RHO-SAW
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
YB7031	11:30	13:00	AT7/E9O*	Tu-Th
YB7031	13:30	15:00	AT7/E9O*	Su

* Intital service will be on Borajet's exisitng ATR-72/500 fleet which was announced to be replaced by Embraer E90 jets during the summer.

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Borajet's website.

* Based on Borajet official website on 28 May 2014.

First flight from DUB arrived; RHO-Istanbul route confirmed

First flight from DUB arrived:

First direct flight from Dublin, Ireland arrived yesterday noon. The route was opened by Falcon Holidays of Ireland and is flown on Thomson aircafts and callsigns though the inaugural flight was on a leased plane from Canada. We wish all the best for the new route and hope to see more flights next season.

Sunwing's B738 performing TOM1368 moments before landing for the first time from DUB.

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RHO-Istanbul route confirmed, yeap its true!!!

Rhodes-Istanbul long waited direct connection is a fact as at a meeting held in Rhodes municipal hall Borajet as well the travel agent responsible locally confirmed final details.

Borajet's website banner advertising RHO

Flights will commence on Tuesday 10 June and will be thrice -instead of originally planned two- weekly with reasonable prices and timetable (exact schedule will be posted on our blog later). Please note that seats can be booked directly in Borajet's website.

Finally, its worth mentioning that during the meeting Borajet and local authorities examined ways to enhance their partnership by opening more routes to Turkey and from there to other countries.

We 'd like to wish all the best in all implicated parties and really hope that the route will prove so successful that next season routes and flights will be multiplied.

Borajet ATR72-500 that will initially serve RHO. Pic taken from Borajet official website.

April 2014 Traffic

First month of 2014 season went -in general well- though we should consider that Heraklion did far better, double increase in arrivals compared to RHO, as well that Ryanair's cutbacks are more than obvious in the italian market mostly but also in the UK.
Regarding domestic traffic, greek Easter and Ryanair's entrance brought numbers up although flights were less compared to 2013 April.

Arrivals Summary

	2014	2013	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	27.937	24.804	+13
International Arrivals	59.386	48.012	+24
Total	87.323	72.816	+20

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2014	2013	+/-%
Israel	8.512	602	+1000
UK	7.950	9.486	-16.2
France	7.606	5.586	+36.2
Germany	5.772	4.572	+26.3
Russia	4.912	4.989	-1.5
Sweden	4.811	4.467	+7.7
Finland	4.465	3.455	+29.2
Belgium	4.270	2.924	+46
Netherlands	3.277	2.795	+17.3
Denmark	2.607	1.755	+48.6
Norway	1.276	985	+29.5
Poland	1.109	1.059	+4.7
Lithuania	660	708	-6.8
Luxembourg	582	477	+22
Ukraine	370	963	-61.6
Romania	365	206	+77.2
Bulgaria	341	0	+
Austria	269	0	+
Estonia	134	0	+
Italy	98	2.915	-96.6