Crete-based SKY express has joined easyJet’s ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ connections service, opening over 20 new Greek destinations, with seamless onward connections via Athens, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Zakynthos, Preveza, Kefalonia, Rhodes, Larnaca, Chania and Heraklion.
On Tuesday (February), easyJet announced that Crete-based SKY express has now joined the carrier’s ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ connections service. Now, easyJet guests can seamlessly connect to over 20 new onward destinations in Greece via Athens, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Zakynthos, Preveza, Kefalonia, Rhodes, Larnaca, Chania and Heraklion. When booking, easyJet customers can access a new host of beautiful Greek Islands including Mytilene, Paros, Icaria, Astypalaia, Naxos, Vathi, Scio, Lemnos, Karpathos, Kythera, Milos, Alexandroupoli, Kastoria, Skiros, Kozani, Kasos Island, Sitia, Syros, Kalymnos and Laros Island.
In Tuesday’s announcment, easyJet’s Chief Commercial Officer, Sophie Dekkers, said,
“At easyJet we’re committed to making travel as easy as possible as well as providing great value and more choice for our customers when they travel. We are delighted to be working with SKY express to open up access to even more new destinations this summer and explore all that Greece and its islands have to offer, through our innovative Worldwide by easyJet platform. We look forward to taking customers on their long-awaited holidays and we are confident these additions to our Worldwide service will be very popular with those looking for a seamless way to explore more beautiful sun-kissed islands
“We have been delighted with the appetite of partner airlines to expand Worldwide across our network thanks to our reputation for great value fares, excellent customer service, and our strong positions at Europe's leading airports and we remain focused on offering our unique connections service at more major airports across our network.”
Also commenting on the new booking partnership, Sky express’ Commercial Director, Mr. Yiannis Lidakis, said,
“We want to thank easyJet for our cooperation. We continue our efforts for continuous growth and this gives us the opportunity to have more new collaborations with important companies in our field. This cooperation is of strategic importance for us because its main goal is to offer our passengers more options, but also to strengthen the potential of our country as a dynamic travel destination.”
Launched in 2017, Worldwide by easyJet was the first global airline connections service established by a European low-cost carrier. The service offers self-connect and sales partnerships through a digital virtual hub, and now connects at all easyJet airports, seamlessly connecting guests with 15 partner airlines across 5,000 unique origins and destinations.
easyJet carries nearly 100 million passengers annually on around 1,000 routes to over 150 airports in 35 countries. The airline has a fleet of over 300 aircraft and over 300 million Europeans live within an hour’s drive of an airport served by easyJet. The European low-cost carrier (LCC) is dedicated to innovation and leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational efficiencies. easyJet was named “Britain’s Most Admired Company” in the transport sector for 2020, based on the longest running annual corporate reputation study in the UK.
Source: easyJet