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Athens Airways
Founded	2008
Ceased operations	2010
Hubs	Athens International Airport
Focus cities	Alexandroupolis International Airport,; Mytilene International Airport,; Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia";
Frequent-flyer program	Flights & Bonus
Fleet size	3 (upon closure)
Destinations	16
Headquarters	Koropi, Athens, Greece
Key people	Sakis Andrianopoulos (Owner - CEO)
Website	http://www.athensairways.com/en

Athens Airways was a Greek regional airline,^[4] headquartered in Koropi, Athens.^[5] The airline used to connect Alexandroupoli, Athens and Thessaloniki with some Greek islands, as well offering chartered flights.^[6] The airline was founded in 2008 and launched scheduled flights on 31 January 2009.^[7]^[8]

In late May 2010 the Greek Civil Aviation Authority stripped Athens Airways of the right to serve a number of government-subsidised routes. Thιs was due to unexplained delays and cancellations by Athens Airways.^[9] Later that year, by early September^[specify] and after concluding its summer schedule, the airline ceased operations without any notice.^[10]

Services

Athens Airways was the first Greek airline to offer a 20 percent discount to all tariff categories for passengers aged 12 to 24, soldiers without boarding pass, and students up to the age of 28, as well as a 15 percent discount on return flights.^[11]

Destinations

Athens Airways served the following domestic Greek destinations (as of 17 June 2010):^[12]^[13]

Agios Kirykos - Ikaria Island National Airport
Alexandroupoli – Alexandroupolis International Airport Focus City
Argostoli - Kefalonia Island International Airport
Athens – Athens International Airport Hub
Chania – Chania International Airport
Fira – Santorini (Thira) National Airport
Heraklion - Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis"
Karpathos - Karpathos Island National Airport
Kavala - Kavala Megas Alexandros International Airport
Kythira - Kithira Island National Airport
Mykonos - Mykonos Airport
Myrina - Lemnos International Airport
Mytilene – Mytilene International Airport Focus City
Rhodes – Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
Skiathos – Skiathos Island National Airport
Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia" Focus City
Zakynthos - Zakynthos International Airport, "Dionysios Solomos"

Fleet

The Athens Airways fleet included the following aircraft (as of September 2010):^[14]^[15]

**Athens Airways Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Seats
Embraer ERJ 145EU	2	49
Dash 8-300	1	50
Total	4

References

^ Code not current February 2010
^ "Establishment of a new airline" (PDF). Athens Airways. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^ "Flights & Bonus: Flight award chart for Flights & Bonus" (PDF). Athens Airways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07.
^ "Athens Airways to launch services next spring". SkyScanner. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
^ "Contact Us Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine." Athens Airways. Retrieved on 8 September 2010. "38 Vassileos Konstantinou Str, GR 19400, Koropi Attikis" - Greek address Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine: "Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου 38, ΤΚ 19400, Κορωπί Αττικής"
^ "Web charter request form" (PDF). Athens Airways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
^ "Athens Airways opens wings" (PDF). Athens Airways. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Athens Airways opens its first flight" (PDF). Athens Airways. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Current Affairs - ATHENS AIRWAYS LOSE KYTHERA CONTRACT".
^ Foteinos, Fotis (1 February 2011). "Ανέστειλε (και τυπικά) τη λειτουργία της η Athens Airways" [Athens Airways ceased (formally this time) operations]. Isotimia.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Athens Airways opens its first flight" (PDF). Athens Airways. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Athens Airways". Athens Airways. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
^ "Flights Schedule for Summer 2010" (PDF). Athens Airways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
^ "Athens Airways (amateur fleet list)". CH-Aviation. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
^ Athens Airways fleet at airfleets.net