Friday, June 10, 2011

Air Traffic Control strike announced for Wednesday 15 June 2011

The air traffic controllers announced that they will participate in the 24hrs general strike of 15 June 2011. Their strike is intended to last from Tuesday 14/6 21:01 UTC till Wednesday 15/6 20:59 UTC (the respective local times are from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday midnight).

We will keep you updated in case of any changes as due to high tourist traffic it is possible for the strike to be altered to a few hours work halt or even to be cancelled.

LINKS
Air traffic controllers announcement in english and in greek


UPDATE 1 (13/6/11)
Unofficial but trustworthy sources report that the strike action was cancelled and all operations will be normal on Wednesday.
We hope that there will be official press releases by Tuesday morning.

UPDATE 2 (14/6/11)
Both the Air Traffic Controllers' Association and the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authorities announced the cancellation of their intended strike action for tomorrow.

LINKS
Only in Greek, atc's release, FAHCAA release

Monday, May 23, 2011

Rhodes Airport Accessibility: Bus? Taxi? Rent-a-car?

---IMPORTANT NOTICE---
THIS POST IS ARCHIVED. UPDATED INFO CAN BE FOUND HERE.

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Since we received some inquiries on bus routes and taxi prices we think its a good idea to refer to the ground transportation available at Diagoras Airport.

BUSES

The airport is served by RODA, one of the two local bus companies, with a route to the city central bus station via the west coast avenue. The current route is not an express one (which is expected later this season) so it makes various stops (Kremasti, Ialyssos, Ixia some of them).

The airport bus stop is situated on the middle between the old and the new terminal, exactly in front of  a small outdoor coffee shop. (view map).

The city central bus stop is situated on Averof Street, on the back side of the Nea Agora (New Market) landmark building. From there, you can switch to buses heading to the East Coast (Faliraki, Kolympia, Lindos would be some of the east coast destinations), you can go around the building and reach the city buses stop for routes within the city or you can reach on foot (less than 5 minutes) the central taxi rank. (view map)

Below you can find the bus schedule for the Airport-City route and vice versa. The ticket costs € 2.10-2.30 and can be purchased from the bus driver upon embarkment or from dedicated kiosks at the central bus stations. The ride to/from the airport should last 30-45 minutes depending on traffic.


MONDAY - FRIDAY
AIRPORT – RHODES CITY
RHODES CITY – AIRPORT

04:45

05:45
06:30-06:45
06:45-06:50
07:20-07:55
07:10-07:20
08:20
08:15-08:30
09:00-09:20-09:45
09:00-09:15-09:30
10:15-10:25-10:45
10:00-10:30
11:15
11:15-11:30
12:05-12:30-12:45
12:00-12:30
13:15-13:45
13:00-13:10-13:20-13:30
14:15-14:50
14:00-14:30
15:00-15:40
15:15-15:40
16:00-16:55
16:15-16:30
17:15-17:30-17:45
17:30
18:15-18:45
18:00-18:30
19:35-19:45
19:00-19:30
20:15
20:00-20:30
21:05-21:15-21:30-21:45
21:10
22:15
22:00-22:30
23:00-23:15




SATURDAY
AIRPORT – RHODES CITY
RHODES CITY – AIRPORT
06:45
04:45-05:45
07:55
07:10-07:30
08:20-08:50
08:15-08:30
09:20-09:45
09:00-09:15-09:30
10:15-10:45
10:00-10:30
11:15
11:15-11:30
12:15-12:30-12:45
12:00-12:30
13:15-13:45
13:00-13:30
14:15-14:55
14:00-14:30
15:15-15:55
15:15-15:40
16:10-16:55
16:15-16:30
17:15-17:45
17:30
18:15-18:45
18:00-18:30
19:35-19:50
19:00-19:30
20:15
20:00-20:30
21:05-21:15-21:45
21:00
22:55
22:00-22:30
23:15


SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
AIRPORT – RHODES CITY
RHODES CITY – AIRPORT


06:45-06:50
05:15-05:45
07:50
07:15-07:30
08:20
08:30
09:15-09:45
09:00-09:30
10:30-10:45
10:00-10:30
11:15
11:30
12:15-12:30-12:45
12:00-12:30
13:15-13:40
13:00-13:30
14:05-14:35
14:00-14:30
15:05-15:40
15:15-15:40
16:00-16:55
16:15
17:15
17:30
18:15-18:45
18:00-18:30
19:40
19:00
20:35
20:00-20:30
21:05-21:40
21:00
22:35
22:00-22:30
23:10



* Bus schedules updated on 11/11/2011.

TAXIS 
Airport taxi rank is situated opposite the arrivals hall exit (view map). Prices are fixed depending on your destination and are posted on a large board at the beginning of the rank.
Please note that for airport routes an extra charge of € 2.50 applies as well as a fee of € 0.37 for baggage weighing more than 10kgs.








Here is a price list for major destinations; prices include the € 2.50 fee.

EAST COAST
WEST COAST
Destination
Price
Destination
Price
Rhodes City
€ 22
Kremasti
€ 11
Kalithea
€ 28
Ialyssos
€ 14
Faliraki
€ 26
Ixia
€ 17
Ladiko
€ 27
Pastida
€ 14
Afandou
€ 31
Paradeisi
€ 7
Kolymbia
€ 39
Tholos
€ 13
Tsambika
€ 37
Kamiros
€ 27
Archangelos
€ 42
Kamiros Skala
€ 40
Stegna
€ 44
Embona
€ 50
Haraki
€ 50


Kalathos
€ 55


Vlicha
€ 58


Lindos
€ 65


Lardos
€ 65


Pefki
€ 66


Kiotari
€ 74


Gennadi
€ 80


Prasonissi
€ 110