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Can I Fly Direct to Athens Greece?

Can I Fly Direct to Athens Greece?

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19.12.2023

This data is from FlightConnections.com, and specifically refers to locations with direct connections to Athens, since it is Greece’s biggest airport. We cover direct flights to Thessaloniki in a separate article. **Note that some routes are subject to change since the time of publishing in December, 2023.

Flights from Austria to Athens

Innsbruck

With Aegean, seasonal flights start in December and end in March.

Vienna

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Austrian (Star Alliance), and Ryanair.

Flights from Belgium to Athens

Brussels

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Brussels Airlines (Star Alliance) and Sky Express.

Brussels Charleroi

You can fly to Greece with Ryanair.

Flights from Canada to Athens

Montreal

You can fly to Greece with Air Canada (Star Alliance) and Air Transat.

Toronto

You can fly to Greece with Air Canada (Star Alliance) and Air Transat.

Flights from Denmark to Athens

Copenhagen

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Norwegian and SAS (Star Alliance).

Flights from Estonia to Athens

Tallinn

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Flights from France to Athens

Bordeaux

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Volotea.

Brest and Lille

You can fly to Greece with Volotea.

Lyon

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Corendon, Transavia, and Volotea.

Marseille

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Transavia, and Volotea.

Montpellier

You can fly to Greece with Transavia. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.

Nantes

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Transavia and Volotea.

Nice

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Corendon.

Paris

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Air France (SkyTeam) and Sky Express.

Paris (Orly)

You can fly to Greece with easyJet or Transavia.

Strasbourg and Toulouse

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) and Volotea.

Flights from Germany to Athens

Berlin

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Ryanair, and Scoot.

Cologne-Bonn

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Corendon, Eurowings and Ryanair.

Düsseldorf

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Eurowings and Sky Express.

Frankfurt

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Lufthansa (Star Alliance) and Sky Express.

Hamburg and Hanover

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Munich

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Lufthansa (Star Alliance) and Sky Express.

Nuremberg

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Corendon. This route will start in February 2024.

Stuttgart

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Eurowings.

Flights from Hungary to Athens

Budapest

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Ryanair and Wizz Air.

Flights from Italy to Athens

Bari

You can fly to Greece with Volotea. This is a seasonal route that starts in May and ends in October.

Bologna

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Corendon and Ryanair.

Cagliari (Sardinia)

You can fly to Greece with Volotea. This is a seasonal route that starts in June and ends in October.

Catania

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Ryanair. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.

Florence

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in December and ends in January.

Milan (Bergamo)

You can fly to Greece with Ryanair.

Milan (Malpensa)

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Corendon, easyJet, Sky Express and Wizz Air Malta.

Naples

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), easyJet and Volotea.

Olbia (Sardinia)

You can fly to Greece with Athens with Aegean (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in June and ends in September.

Palermo

You can fly to Greece with Volotea.

Pisa

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in July and ends in August.

Rome (Fiumicino)

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), ITA Airways, Neos, Ryanair and Sky Express.

Venice Marco Polo

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Volotea.

Verona

You can fly to Greece with Volotea. This is a seasonal route that starts in June and ends in October.

Flights from Luxembourg to Athens

Luxembourg City

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Flights from Netherlands to Athens

Amsterdam

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), KLM (SkyTeam) and Transavia.

Eindhoven

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Transavia.

Flights from Portugal to Athens

Lisbon

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or easyJet.

Porto

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Flights from Romania to Athens

Bucharest

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Tarom (SkyTeam) and Wizz Air Malta.

Flights from Spain to Athens

Barcelona

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Vueling.

Bilbao

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Volotea.

Ibiza

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in June and ends in September.

Madrid

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), Air Europa (SkyTeam), Corendon, Euroairlines and Iberia (Oneworld).

Málaga and Palma de Mallorca

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) and easyJet.

Seville

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in May and ends in October.

Valencia

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Corendon. This is a seasonal route that starts in May and ends in October.

Vitoria-Gasteiz

You can fly to Greece with Corendon. This route is recently announced and will start in January 2024.

Flights from Turkey to Athens

Istanbul

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).

Istanbul (Sabiha)

You can fly to Greece with Pegasus.

Izmir

You can fly non-stop to Athens with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Flights from United Kingdom to Athens

Birmingham

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or Jet2.

Bristol and Edinburgh

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) and easyJet.

London Gatwick

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), easyJet, Sky Express and Wizz Air UK.

London Heathrow

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance) or British Airways (Oneworld).

London Luton

You can fly to Greece with Ryanair or Wizz Air UK.

London Stansted

You can fly to Greece with Jet2, Ryanair and Ryanair UK.

Manchester

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance), easyJet and Jet2.

Newcastle

You can fly to Greece with Aegean (Star Alliance).

Flights from United States to Athens

Atlanta and Boston

You can fly to Greece with Delta (SkyTeam).

Chicago

You can fly to Greece with American Airlines (Oneworld). This is a seasonal route that starts in May and ends in October.

New York

You can fly to Greece with Emirates or United Airlines (Star Alliance), American Airlines (Oneworld) or Delta (SkyTeam).

Philadelphia

You can fly to Greece with American Airlines (Oneworld). This is a seasonal route that starts in June and ends in October.

Washington

You can fly to Greece with United Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.

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