Aegean to Launch Larnaca – London Connection

Greece’s AEGEAN AIRLINES is to launch a Larnaca – London Heathrow service, according to sources close to the carrier, using a set of slots acquired from the country’s national carrier Olympic Air.

Details of the new route have not yet been officially announced by the airline but the source confirmed that Aegean will operate a daily schedule using a two-class Airbus A320 seating 168 passengers. This will leave the Cypriot city in the morning and arrive in London just after 11am, departing one hour later and arriving back in Larnaca around 7pm.

This will be Aegean’s first international route from the Mediterranean island away from its home Greek market and will put it into direct competition with Cyprus Airways and British Airways, as well as low-cost operators’ easyJet and Monarch Airlines. The Greek carrier started serving Cyprus seven years ago and currently offers four daily flights from Athens, an eleven-times service from Thessaloniki and three flights per week from Heraklion in Crete. During the peak summer months (June – September) it will also provide two flights per week from Rhodes and Mykonos and weekly services from Santorini, Chania and Kos.

Aegean will also increase frequencies on a number of its existing routes from Athens including an additional daily rotation to Brussels; boosting London Heathrow links from two to four flights per day; and a second and third daily rotation to Paris CDG; upping capacity to Barcelona and Madrid from a daily schedule to ten services per week between July 1 and September 4 and to Rome from 16- to 21-times weekly. It is understood that Aegean Airlines will wet-lease a number of Airbus A320 models from Olympic Air to support these network changes.

Schedule:

Larnaca – London Heathrow
A3758 LCA0815 – 1115LHR 320 D
A3759 LHR1215 – 1840LCA 320 D

Athens – Barcelona
A3680 ATH0845 – 1100BCN 321 D
A3682 ATH2140 – 2359BCN 319 567
A3683 BCN0035 – 0425ATH 319 167
A3681 BCN1155 – 1555ATH 321 D

Athens – Brussels
A3620 ATH0840 – 1110BRU 320 D
A3622 ATH1700 – 1930BRU 320 D
A3621 BRU1200 – 1610ATH 320 D
A3623 BRU2015 – 0015+1ATH 320 D

Athens – London Heathrow
A3600 ATH0850 – 1050LHR 321 D
A3602 ATH1330 – 1530LHR 321 D
A3604 ATH1720 – 1920LHR 321 D
A3608 ATH1910 – 2110LHR 321 D
A3601 LHR1150 – 1730ATH 321 D
A3603 LHR1635 – 2210ATH 321 D
A3605 LHR2035 – 0205+1ATH 321 D
A3609 LHR2215 – 0400+1ATH 321 D

Athens – Madrid
A3688 ATH0915 – 1200MAD 321 D
A3686 ATH2100 – 2335MAD 321 567
A3687 MAD0020 – 0445ATH 321 167
A3689 MAD1250 – 1720ATH 321 D

Athens – Paris CDG
A3610 ATH0930 – 1155CDG 321 D
A3612 ATH1130 – 1400CDG 320 D
A3618 ATH1830 – 2100CDG 321 D
A3611 CDG1300 – 1715ATH 321 D
A3613 CDG1450 – 1905ATH 320 D
A3619 CDG2150 – 0200+1ATH 321 D

Athens – Rome
A3650 ATH0845 – 1000FCO 320 D
A3652 ATH1340 – 1455FCO 320 D
A3654 ATH1815 – 1925FCO 320 D
A3651 FCO1100 – 1400ATH 320 D
A3653 FCO1545 – 1845ATH 320 D
A3655 FCO2025 – 2325ATH 320 D

NOTE: Schedule data from Airline Route