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Tourists heading for Greece enjoy the amenity of extra flights

The Greek AEGEAN Airline has added 71,856 additional seats, an increase of 39% compared to August 2013

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The completeness touch 100% for most destinations and the rates of demand for Greece are clearly higher compared to last summer.
Since the beginning of this year’s tourist season, the statistics relating to both tourist arrivals and hotel occupancy have been more than satisfactory, with the largest influx of tourists expected in Greece in August.

Specifically, the available airplane seats appear to have increased by 23% for 15 of the largest airlines landing in Greece, compared with those available as of August 2013.

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The biggest airlines abroad, have incorporated in their timing charter flights to Greece in order to meet the needs of the increased tourist circulation over for the last month of the summer.
Specifically, the available airplane seats appear to have increased by 23% for 15 of the largest airlines landing in Greece, compared with those available as of August 2013.

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In more detail the Greek AEGEAN Airline, has added 71,856 additional seats, an increase of 39% compared to August 2013, followed by Ryanair airline with 51,408 extra seats and percentage increase over last year of almost 43.2%.
The capitals Greek airport of “Eleftherios Venizelos” has been enhanced with new routes from a wide number of airlines such as the Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, Brussels Airlines, easyJet, Gulf Air, Meridiana, Ryanair, the SAS, Singapore Airlines, transavia.com and Vueling.
Already significant delays have been noted at airports of Heraklion, Chania, Santorini in Greece, since the infrastructure is not sufficient to accommodate the thousands of passengers arriving with both scheduled and charter flights.

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