We flew from London Heathrow to Athens, and on to Naxos with Olympic Air return flights from Naxos - Athens - London are with Olympic Air.
Today Olympic Air announced that from 27 March 2011 it will stop running flights to various destinations, including London.
We have flown with Olympic for many years, since Easyjet stopped running its late night flight from Luton to Athens.
When I get home I will be looking at what other flights are available from London to Athens. We always find the 22.15 flight very convenient, as you can get to the airport without taking a day off work; and if (as we usually do) we are catching a ferry, the flight is well timed for getting to Piraeus in time for the 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. ferry departures for the islands. No other airline as far as I am aware runs a late night flight from London to Athens.
And I also wonder what impact the ending of the Olympic Air flights from London will have on the Greek travel industry. How many people who usually visit Greece will decide that visiting Greece is just getting too difficult?
UPDATE 14 March 2011. Looking at The Aegean Air website, Aegean Air have a 22.15 departure from London Heathrow to Athens from 27 March 2011.
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