Aegean Airlines

Aegean Airlines is an airline based in Greece.

Code Data

• IATA Code: A3
• ICAO Code: AEE
• Callsign: Aegean

History

Aegean Airlines was founded as Aegean Aviation in 1987. In 1992 it became the first privately owned airline to commence flights in Greece. After it was bought by Vasilakis Group in 1994, Aegean Aviation commenced VIP flights from Athens all over the world with brand new wholly owned Learjet aircraft. In 1999 Aegean Airlines was founded and started its first commercial flights from Athens to Heraklion, Crete and Thessaloniki, Macedonia, with 2 wholly owned BAe 146.

Services

Domestic

• Athens to:
  • Thessaloniki (May 1999)
  • Heraklion (May 1999)
  • Rhodes (June 1999)
  • Chania (June 1999)
  • Alexandroupolis (October 1999)
  • Kavala (October 1999)
  • Corfu (Kerkyra) (October 1999)
  • Mytilene (December 1999)
  • Ioannina (December 1999)
  • Santorini (Thira) (May 2000)
  • Chios (November 2003)
  • Kos (November 2003)
  • Mykonos

European

• Athens to:
  • Munich
  • Stuttgart
  • Frankfurt
  • Larnaca
  • Dusseldorf
  • Milan
  • Rome

Fleet

The Aegean Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2005):

• 6 Boeing 737-300
• 7 Boeing 737-400

Other aircraft include:

• BAE SYSTEMS Avro RJ 100
• ATR 72
• Fokker -

External Links

• Aegean Airlines
• Aegean Airlines Boeing Fleet Detail
• Aegean Airlines Passenger Opinions