New destinations Sofia - Samos

AEGEAN AIRLINES continues its dynamic course by adding new Greek and International destinations and continuously increasing transport capacity and flown passengers.

With the start of its summer season, AEGEAN AIRLINES will launch flights to Sofia and add a second daily flight to Munich. Samos will join the network at the end of May.

In support of the growing efforts of Greek businesses to penetrate the markets of Eastern Europe, AEGEAN will expand into the Balkans by connecting Athens to Sofia with a daily flight. The schedule is designed to serve both business travelers, as well as passengers traveling to Sofia for tourism and recreation. At the same time, AEGEAN continues to seek government permission to add flights to other Balkan destinations like Istanbul and Bucharest and is also interested in Cairo in North Africa.

Further adding to its Greek network, AEGEAN will connect Athens to Samos with two daily flights, starting on May 30, 2006. Passengers will travel with four-engined AVRO RJ100 jets, on flights designed to offer convenient connections to other Greek destinations. With the addition of Samos, AEGEAN now covers 97% of all possible airline travel needs within Greece.

MORE FLIGHTS TO MUNICH TO OFFER MORE WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS

Beginning on March 26, AEGEAN will add a second daily flight to Munich from Athens and Thessaloniki. Passengers from Northern Greece will have the choice of a trip to Munich with a same-day return. The Munich flights are optimized to offer worldwide connections through the new Terminal 2 at Munich Airport with LUFTHANSA. AEGEAN is the only airline offering two daily flights from Thessaloniki to one of the three largest hubs in Europe.

In addition, the flight to Frankfurt and the flights from Heraklion, Rhodes and Larnaca through Thessaloniki now offer convenient connections to LUFTHANSA destinations in Germany, Europe as well as transatlantic destinations. AEGEAN, through its cooperation with Lufthansa, connects Northern Greece through code-shared flights with Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hamburg, Hanover, and Berlin through Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart. It also offers connections to 187 destinations in 79 countries.

By extending its cooperation with Italy's AIR ONE, AEGEAN proves it is the best choice of travel for Italy, as it offers the largest selection of Italian destinations. From June 3rd 2006 to October 1st 2006 AEGEAN will offer an additional flight to Rome on Saturdays and Sundays, as a marketing carrier. From August 1st to August 31st the additional flight will become daily. Also, from June 3rd to October 1st there will be two weekly non-stop flights to Naples. A Boeing 737 of AIR ONE will carry out these flights.

FLIGHT SCHEDULE

From Athens to Sofia
Departure 09.00 Arrival 10.15 (Α3 950), Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
Departure 16.40 Arrival 17.50 (Α3 950), Friday
Departure 16.00 Arrival 17.10 (Α3 950), Sunday

From Sofia to Athens
Departure 10.55 Arrival 12.10 (Α3 951), Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
Departure 18.30 Arrival 19.40 (Α3 951), Friday
Departure 17.50 Arrival 19.00 (Α3 951), Sunday

From Athens to Samos
Departure 08.30 Arrival 09.20 (Α3 240) Daily
Departure 16.00 Arrival 16.50 (Α3 244) Daily

From Samos to Athens
Departure 09.55 Arrival 10.45 (Α3 241) Daily
Departure 17.25 Arrival 18.15 (Α3 245) Daily

From Athens to Munich through Thessaloniki Flight (Α3 502)
Departure 14.10 Arrival Thessaloniki 15.05
Departure from Thessaloniki 15.45 Arrival 17.00

From Munich to Athens through Thessaloniki Flight (Α3 503)
Departure 17.45 Arrival Thessaloniki 21.00
Departure from Thessaloniki 21.45 Arrival 22.35

AEGEAN AIRLINES is the most dynamic airline in Greece, with an average annual growth rate of 20% during the past five years. It is the first Greek airline to introduce e-tickets and e-check-in services, and the only to be awarded by the ERA the Golden Airline of the Year 2004/5 Award. It received the Silver Award for the Year 2005/6 and the Bronze for the Year 2000/1. AEGEAN offers flights to 15 Greek and 8 European destinations. Through its cooperation with LUFTHANSA it offers additional code-share flights to Munich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hamburg, Hanover, Berlin and Paris. Through its cooperation with AIR ONE it has expanded its network in Italy, offering additional flights to Rome, Milan, Venice, Naples, Turin, Genoa, Palermo, Catania, Trieste, Bari and Lamezia Terme. The cooperation of Aegean with LUFTHANSA offers additional advantages to its passengers, as they are able to collect and redeem their frequent flyer miles on LUFTHANSA’S global network.

AEGEAN AIRLINES flew 4.007.515 passengers on its 18 jet aircraft in 2005, a 12,3% improvement if compared to 2004. On December 2005 it signed a contract to buy 8 new Airbus A320 aircraft, with an option to purchase an additional 12. The new aircraft will replace older ones on the Aegean fleet and will be used to expand its network in Greece and abroad, from its bases in Athens and Thessaloniki.