Ellinair is a Greek carrier specializing in scheduled as well as seasonal flights from Europe and the CIS to local airports. The main air transport hub of the airline is Thessaloniki Airport. The company appeared on the air transportation market recently. What do Russian travelers think of her?
About company
The Greek airline Ellinair was founded recently - in 2013. However, the first passenger flight was operated in February 2014 along the route Thessaloniki-Kiev and back. Since June of the same year, flights began to be operated in Latvia.
The main mission of the company is the organization of high-quality passenger air transportation at affordable prices. Frequency of flights, safety and high quality of service are the main priorities of the carrier. The advantages of the airline include low prices for flights and flexible fares. Flight attendants speak not only Greek and English, but also Russian.
Over the 3 years of the company's existence, the route network has increased to almost 40 destinations. Greece as a tourist destination is very attractive for tourists from different countries. It is this trend that contributes to the expansion of the geography of flights.
The airline is a member of the Mouzenidis Group holding and holds a certificate of compliance with the international standard ISO 14001: 2004. The main field of activity of the company is seasonal air transportation commissioned by the international travel agency Mouzenidis Travel.
In the future, Ellinair plans to significantly expand its route network, increase traffic volumes, and continuously improve the quality of passenger service.
Flights
The geography of airline flights includes the following areas:
- Georgia, Tbilisi).
- Italy (Bari).
- Latvia, Riga).
- Russia (Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Samara, St. Petersburg).
- Ukraine (Kiev, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkov).
Ellinair Airlines operates flights from the Greek cities of Kerkyra, Minos, Heraklion, Rhodes, Zakontos, Santorini, Thessaloniki.
Air park
The aircraft fleet of the airline has 4 types of aircraft:
- Avro RJ-85 - 2 aircraft with 96 seats.
- Boeing 737-300 - 2 aircraft with 148 seats.
- Boeing 737-400 - 2 aircraft with 168 seats.
- "Airbus A319" - 2 aircraft with 144 seats.
The layout of the salons of all aircraft has only one class of service - economic.
Ellinair (airline): Russian traveler reviews
Russian travelers also managed to use the services of the company. In general, they are satisfied with the quality of the services provided and note:
- high level of professionalism of flight and cabin crews;
- Excellent knowledge of the Russian language by flight attendants;
- the novelty of the fleet;
- good organization of flights;
- low percentage of delays;
- acceptable quality of on-board catering;
- low cost tickets.
However, passengers highlight and disadvantages, such as:
- poor organization of a system for informing passengers about delays and cancellations of flights;
- a small distance between the seats in the passenger cabin of the aircraft;
- problems with returning and exchanging tickets.
Ellinair Airlines - carrier of Greece. It appeared on the air transportation market quite recently - in 2013, but has already managed to gain a good reputation among passengers and significantly expand the geography of routes. The cost of airline tickets is relatively low. “Ellineir” focuses on the development of new routes, which in turn will contribute to the development of cultural, business and tourist interaction between countries.