The German ailrline of Lufthansa Group announced that it will include two Greek islands, Santorini and Corfu, in its summer schedule for 2016.
An airlink from Munich to Santorini and Corfu will be served once a week in order to facilitate the passengers increased demand for the Greek islands during the summer. Both flights are expected to operate in mid-May 2016.
The two itineraries
The initial flight to Santorini will take off from Munich airport on Saturday 14 May at 14:40 (Munich time) and will land on Santorini at 18:15 (Athens time) and will leave for Germany at 19:05.
The initial flight to Corfu will depart from Munich on Sunday 15 May at 06:45 (Munich time) and will arrive on Corfu at 09:45 (Athens time) and an hour later will leave for Germany.
The two itineraries will continue throughout the summer.
Higher perspectives
“We are very satisfied with the passengers traffic to and from Greece. The Greek tourism is rising and Lufthansa support the increasing demand. This summer we increased the capacity to Greece by 16 percent and we maintaned 90 percent occupancy. For Lufthansa Greece is considered as one of the countries with the higher perspectives of further growth in passengers traffic“, commented the chief of sales services and passengers of Lufthansa in Greece and Cyprus Harro Julius Petersen.
