Northern Israel’s first airline, Air Haifa, has begun offering direct flights from Haifa International Airport to Athens, Greece, the airline announced on Thursday.
The new route, with a price of $149 one-way, will operate five times a week, joining the airline’s current roster of two daily flights to Eilat and three daily flights to Larnaca.
Flights will take off at 09:00 every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from Haifa and land in the Greek capital at 11:55. In turn, return flights will leave Athens at 12:55, landing in Haifa at 15:45. All flights are operated using the company's three new ATR 72-600 aircraft, the youngest aircraft fleet inIsrael.
"The launch of the Athens route is a significant step in expanding our international flight destinations and strengthening Haifa Airport's position as an international gateway to various destinations in the Mediterranean Basin," Gonen Usishkin, Co-founder and CEO of Air Haifa, said. (Read More)
