Greece arrives in Gran Canaria for the first time in history

 

The Greek airline Aegean Airlines is committed to the island of Gran Canaria in its international flight plan as part of the innovations presented by the company for the year 2025 and with this it adds a new milestone for the air connectivity of the Gran Canaria destination, as this is the first route that will connect the Island with the Hellenic country. The Greek airline has announced that it will fly to Gran Canaria as part of its international expansion process, starting in February, twice a week from the city of Athens and, in addition, it has made a first launch with reduced prices.   

 

According to Greek media, the airline that will fly from Eleftherios Venizelos airport on Mondays and Thursdays, starting in February, is betting on Gran Canaria with the intention of offering its customers summer holidays in the middle of winter. 

 

The Minister of Tourism of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria evaluated the news positively and recalled the good moment of the island in connectivity with a record in terms of the number of places offered and national and international airports connected to Gran Canaria, something that has been reinforced facing the second half of the fiscal year 2024, with the availability of 1.319.427 seats offered by the different airlines for the months of July, August and September and 1.447.876 airline seats planned for the months of October, November and December, which occupy the first part of the winter season of the tourist destination Gran Canaria.

 

 

He pointed out that “we have more places and we are also the Canarian destination in which visitors stay the longest, with an annual average that is close to 13 days, which has a greater effect on the sustainability of the destination as it does not require more trips to reach the desired billing. Right now we have 86,62% of the hotel beds reserved for the months of July to September, with which we are confident of having a turnover during the summer period that exceeds that of the previous year. Without going any further, in the month of June we increased the number of hosted travelers by 6,5% compared to June 2023 and the total income of the sector increased by 18% compared to the same month of the previous year, with a turnover of 15.080.635,75, 19 euros. We work to increase this statistical data, understanding that it is the priority of the sector and a social demand, so that the productivity and profitability of this sector is no longer based exclusively on the number of visitors and, in this sense, we have achieved increase billing every year and, to be specific, by XNUMX% in the first half of this year compared to the previous one,” the director announced.