Aegean Airlines Joins Star Alliance

Aegean, Greece's largest carrier in terms of passenger numbers, was officially accepted into Star Alliance today.

The Star Alliance network to/from/within Greece now covers more than 1,500 weekly flights to 69 destinations in 27 countries.

Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance's CEO, said: "Aegean brings a wealth of experience and an extensive domestic and international route network to the alliance family. For alliance members, Greece is an important travel market where Athens can be built into a major hub airport with growing connection traffic. It has already become an important player in the Southeast European area and we fully expect entry into Star Alliance will support its further development."

The carrier operates a fleet of 30 aircraft covering a total of 54 domestic and international routes on more than 150 daily flights.