VOLOTEA KEEPS GROWING IN GREECE AND CONNECTS ATHENS WITH MYKONOS AND MYTILENE
Offering 764 flights and 95.500 seats from Athens in 2016 to six destinations, growing more than 65% More than 366.000 passengers carried by Volotea in Greece since the beginning of the operation in the country, flying to 12 Greek airports
May 12th, 2016 - Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, hosted today a press conference in Athens to announce its new connection to Mykonos and Mytilene, starting next May 27th. Volotea increases its operation from Athens in terms of seats and flights by 66% compared to last year.
VOLOTEA CONTINUES ITS DEVELOPEMENT IN GREECE:
Volotea will launch the routes Athens – Mykonos and Athens – Mytilene next May 27th , offering in each route:
- Three flights per week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
110 flights
13.750 seats
Operating in Greece since 2012, Volotea has transported more than 366.000 passengers till now, operating in 12 Greek airports: Athens, Corfu, Heraklion/Crete, Kos, Mykonos, Mytilene, Preveza/Lefkada, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos and Zakynthos.
Volotea started its operations from Athens on April 3rd 2015, offering five routes (Bari, Santorini, Palermo, Pisa and Venice) with 460 flights and 57.380 seats. With the addition of these two new routes (Mykonos and Mytilene), the company is increasing by 66% the number of flights (764) and seats (95.500) offered from Athens. This year Volotea will be operating six routes from Athens: Bari, Mykonos, Santorini, Mytilene, Palermo and Venice.
Carlos Muñoz, CEO and founder of Volotea, has expressed his satisfaction for the inauguration of these new routes from Athens: “Having operated in Greece successfully since 2012, now we will be able to offer two new routes from Athens, offering an increase of seats over 60% this year. We are very satisfied to keep growing in the Greek market, and we hope to see Athenians on board this summer to enjoy the two new destinations that we will be offering to them”.
VOLOTEA RECORDS STRONG GROWTH ACROSS EUROPE:
Volotea continues to grow and fulfil its objectives: the Company, which in 2012 had two bases (Venice and Nantes) had seven in 2015 (Venice, Nantes, Bordeaux, Palermo, Strasbourg, Asturias and Verona) and has just opened its 8th base in Toulouse, in March 2016. In 2017 the airline will launch the ninth base in Genoa.
In 2016, the low-cost airline will operate flights to three new countries (Portugal, Malta and UK), in addition to the 10 countries it flew to last year (France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Israel, Albania and Moldova), offering a total of more than 38,000 flights, with 196 routes to 72 cities, in 13 countries.
Volotea transported 2.5 million passengers in 2015 and forecasts between 3.3 and 3.5 million in 2016, which represents an increase of 35%-40%. In addition, the company expects to reach 10 million passengers accumulated by the end of this year. The Company will incorporate four Airbus A319 to its fleet of 19 Boeing 717 in the first months of 2016. This strategic decision will allow the company to increase its passenger capacity by 20%, from its current 125 seats to 150 seats on its plane. The capacity of the A319 in terms of length of flight, will also allow the company to operate routes with a longer distance and therefore, to penetrate new markets.
Volotea was awarded on 21st October 2015 with the Prize of the Best Client Service for 2015 in the airline category. In Quality of Service, Volotea scored the highest of all the companies evaluated, with 8.58 / 10, which makes it the leader in the Airline category.
ABOUT VOLOTEA
Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, offers direct flights at very competitive prices. Its fleet is currently composed of 19 Boeing 717, with a configuration of 125 seats and will incorporate 4 Airbus A319 by end May 2016. Both models are recognized for their comfort and reliability, with Volotea offering reclining seats which are 5% wider than the average with approximately 30 inches of separation between each row. In 2016, the company will operate more than 38,000 flights across its 196 routes which connect 72 medium and small-sized cities in 13 countries: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, The Czech Republic, Croatia, Israel, Albania, Moldova, Portugal, Malta and UK. Since its creation in April 2012, Volotea has transported more than 7 million passengers across Europe and in 2015, transported more than 2.5 million.
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