Aegean announces a new service to Athens from Sarajevo Airport

Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest carrier and a Star Alliance member, is launching a new route from Sarajevo to Athens for summer 2019. Operating on Thursdays and Saturdays between June 13th and September 14th, 2019, the Sarajevo – Athens service provides passengers with a direct link to the Greek capital but also onward connectivity throughout the Greek islands and mainland Greece. Over and above the domestic connections, Sarajevo – Athens service offers a high number of connecting opportunities to Cyprus, as well as to cities in the Middle East and North Africa.

Full schedule and network information can be found in the reservation systems and through www.aegeanair.com. Tickets can also be bought at Sarajevo International Airport’s Ticketing and via www.sia.ba

The flights will operate using a 78-seat DH4 aircraft, offering economy class configuration and full on board service, which includes complimentary food and drink.

Athens is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum; it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy. Today, a cosmopolitan metropolis, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece.

The new route will contribute to development of tourist and business relations between Greece and BiH, as well as further increase of the number of passengers which Sarajevo International Airport keeps recording for years.

Aegean Airlines, a Star Alliance member, is the largest carrier In Greece which operates to 151 destinations (31 domestic and 120 international ones) in 44 countries, with the fleet of 61 aircraft.

The Group realized 14 million passengers in 2018.

Due to its policy in which a passenger has the key role, Aegean has been given numerous awards for its services and employees.

In 2018 Aegean Airlines signed a contract with Airbus on purchase of 42 aircraft of the new generation of A320neo. It plans the additional order of 20 new planes A320neo.