EasyJet airline is launching a new daily flight to Athens from Rome Fiumicino airport this autumn. The new route follows easyJet’s ongoing support to Greek tourism industry with a network of 21 routes from Europe to Greece including the addition of six new routes from Europe for this summer holiday season.

The new route is scheduled to begin in Octomber 2009.

EasyJet will offer seven weekly flights from Greek capital to Rome which brings the number of destinations served from Athens airport to seven. The new route to Rome came in addition to easyJet’s 15 new routes across Europe for its 2009/10 winter schedule. The airline expects to carry 550, 000 passengers to Greece this year, which shows 18 per cent increase from last year’s figures.

Since last summer, easyJet has expanded its presence in Greece by launching six new routes from across Europe, which joined existing connections to twenty one destinations from Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes, Corfu, Santorini and Mykonos. easyJet flies on a year round basis to Athens and Thessaloniki and operates summer only flights to the popular Greek tourist destinations.

New summer additions to the easyJet’s network in Greece:
- London Gatwick to Santorini
- Manchester to Corfu and Athens
- Bristol to Corfu
- Milan Malpensa to Heraklion, Crete
- Milan Malpensa to Rhodes Island

The new viral campaign of Athens on youtube
Short viral film to promote Athens as a tourist destination
more..

Chronis Botsoglou, Á Retrospective
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens presents a retrospective exhibition of Chronis Botsoglou
more..

New Year’s Eve at Syntagma Square, Athens
Let's welcome 2010 together!
more..

Trading Hours for Christmas Holidays
Extended trading hours for holidays
more..

The Bank of Greece launches its Virtual Gallery
Paintings and prints from its collections can be viewed online
more..

Gazi unwired
Another free wifi spot in Athens
more..

Rights and obligations in regards to accommodation
Tourist Protection Line
more..

WRC: Greece 2009 Rally Acropolis
The real rallying action starts tomorrow at 08:30 hours
more..

One euro admission to see the treasures of the New Acropolis Museum
The new Acropolis Museum will be officially unveiled on June 20
more..

Ancient Greek statue brought up from the deep in nets
A Greek fisherman found a 2,200-year-old bronze statue of a horseman
more..

The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio reopens
Reopened to the public after five years of extensive renovation
more..

Ai Stratis the first 'green isle'
By the end of 2009 the island of Aghios Efstratios will be using exclusively renewable energy sources
more..

Shirin Neshat, Women without Men
five video installation on March 18, 2009 through May 31, 2009
more..

New ferry service from Piraeus to Heraklion, Crete
operated by car-passenger ferry SUPERFAST XII
more..