Greek carrier Sky Express introduced flights between Athens and Lisbon on Monday 20 October. The 2,880-kilometre service will operate 3-weekly, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. The carrier will compete against Aegean Airlines’ 12-weekly service between the two capitals. Flight GQ922 departs Athens at 20:00 local time, arriving in Lisbon at 22:30. […]
October 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Greek carrier Sky Express introduced seasonal charter flights between Heraklion and Groningen on Wednesday 9 July. The 2,455-kilometre service will be maintained weekly with the A320neo aircraft. The new service is being maintained on behalf of tour operator Sunweb. The service will conclude on 20 August. Corendon Airlines also maintains operations between Heraklion and Groningen. […]
July 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Greek carrier Sky Express launched flights between Athens and Amsterdam on Sunday 10 November. The 2,185-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. It faces strong competition on the route, with 10-weekly Aegean Airlines flights, 15-weekly Transavia rotations, and 14-weekly KLM flights. Flight GQ790 departs Athens at […]
November 19, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Sky Express inaugurated flights between Athens and Tirana on Monday 14 October. The 530-kilometre journey will be maintained 5-weekly, every day except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. The Greek carrier faces strong competition on the route. It will go against 12-weekly Aegean Airlines flights and a daily Wizz Air rotation. Sky […]
October 18, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Sky Express has nearly 1.7 million available seats in Q2 2024 (April-June), based on Cirium schedules information. It is Greece’s second-largest operator behind Aegean. Mainly due to the international market, Sky Express’ capacity has risen by 8% year-on-year to a record high. Planespotters.net shows that the carrier has 25 aircraft: 10 ATR 72s, nine A320neos […]
January 22, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Athens is among Europe’s fastest-growing airports, based on traffic growth since 2019. It welcomed 24.4 million passengers in the 10 months to October 2023. Traffic grew by an astonishing 9.6% to the highest volume ever. And it has not slowed down. In October, passengers rose by 18.8% versus four years ago. Why has it grown […]
December 7, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Greece’s Sky Express (IATA code GQ) has added two new international routes from Athens in the week before the start of the W22/23 season. On Wednesday 26 October the carrier began 5-weekly service on the 1,520-kilometre route to Milan MXP. These two airports are already connected this November by three other carriers according to Cirium […]
November 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Greece’s Sky Express became the latest new carrier to serve London Heathrow Airport when it began 4-weekly service from Athens on Sunday 1 August. Flights are set to operate initially on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Additional flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are currently bookable from the week commencing 16 August. The inaugural service (flight […]
August 3, 2021 | Latest Route News +