The Greek airline Aegean Airlines, a partner of Volotea, begins operations with Gran Canaria this month, February 20, in its international flight plan as part of the innovations presented by the company for the year 2025 and thus adds a new milestone for the air connectivity of the Gran Canaria destination. There are tourists who do their tricks with this route: a one-way flight from Germany via Athens to Gran Canaria costs just under 300 euros. For Las Palmas officials it is perfect: round trip to Athens for 180 euros.
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. The airline, which 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 Councillor for Tourism of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo, highlights the good moment of the island in terms of 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 for the second half of 2024, with the availability of 1.319.427 places offered by the different airlines for the months of July, August and September and 1.447.876 air places 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 points out that "we have more places and we are also the Canary Islands destination where visitors stay the longest, with an annual average of almost 13 days, which has a greater effect on the sustainability of the destination as it does not require more trips to achieve the desired turnover," he says.