Volotea will fly from Athens to Bilbao from next Spring, with a growth in capacity equal to 211% more vs the previous year. This new route adds up to the 2 connections the airline announced in January towards Nantes and Bordeaux.
BARCELONA – Volotea, the airline of Europe's medium-sized cities, reinforces its presence in Athens and in the Greek market by launching a new route, from Athens to Bilbao, connecting for the first time a Spanish city to the Greek capital. The route will start on May 27th and will be operated 2 times a week (Thursday and Sunday) with a total capacity of more than 14 500 seats.
In 2022, Volotea will triple its capacity in Athens, offering more than 560,000 seats (vs 182,000 seats offered in 2021). In terms of flights, the airline expects to operate more than 3,600 flights vs the 1,162 operated last year.
The airline will offer a total of 14 routes from Athens airport – including the 3 new routes launched this year: Bilbao (new route 2022), Bordeaux (new route 2022), Lyon, Marseille, Nantes (new route 2022), Strasbourg, Bari, Genoa, Venice, Verona, Crete, Mykonos, Santorini and Dubrovnik.
Overall, a positive trend that is also reflected at international level: in 2022 Volotea will offer a total of 11 million seats, a growth of around 40% compared to 2019, when the carrier put on sale 8 million tickets. The airline expects to transport between 9 and 9,5 million passengers in 2022, 32% more than the ones carried in 2019 when the airline reached its annual record of 7,6 million passengers. Furthermore, in the coming months, Volotea is planning to launch more than 45 new routes in Europe, to add 2 new bases to its network and to operate around 70,000 flights compared to the 40,500 operated in 2021 and the 58,000 operated in 2019.
“We are very happy to announce the launch of this new route to Spain, showing our commitment to Greece and our desire to keep on growing and developing new markets" said Valeria Rebasti, Country Manager Italy & Southeastern Europe of Volotea. "Thanks to this new route, Greek passengers will have a wider range of destinations and will be able to reach Spain with Volotea, on the other hand, more and more Spanish will visit Athens thanks to this new route, increasing therefore job opportunities and economic development in the country”.
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