Volotea, the airline that connects medium and small cities in Europe, announces the launch of a new base in Athens. It will become the 12nd base of the airlineand thefirst in Greece. Additionally, Volotea enhances its offer from Athens with two new destinations: Verona and Heraklion.

Volotea has announced today the launch of its twelfth base in Athens. The airline will base an aircraft in Athens airport. Volotea will start recruiting pilots and cabin crews at the beginning of next year creating approximately 30 direct new jobs in the capital.

Volotea will offer 320,000 seats, increasing its capacity by 160%. The airline will operate two new routes to Verona (starting on May 31st 2018) and Heraklion (starting on April 26th 2018). Both routes are already on sale at the airline website, www.volotea.com and through travel agents. Additional routes will be confirmed before the base is launched on April 26th.

That new flight adds up to the other six destinations that Volotea already serves in Athens, where it flies to four destinations in Italy (Venice, Bari, Genoa and Palermo) and to domestic routes such as Santorini and Mykonos.

"Today we are announcing Athens as a new base in our network. We are very pleased to be so warmly welcome and we will be proud to enhance our services in Athens creating jobs and hiring local staff", comments Lázaro Ros, Volotea's Director General and Co-founder. "This will boost our operations in Greece. We are really excited also to announce the new connections from Athens airport. The routes to Verona and Heraklion will allow our clients to discover these wonderful destinations, among the most charming ones in Italy and Greece."

On behalf of Athens International Airport, CEO Yiannis Paraschis stated: "We are very pleased to welcome Volotea's decision to launch a base in Athens International Airport, thus reinforcing very dynamically its presence in the Athens market. After 2 ½ years of consistent and successful operations in international and domestic routes to / from Athens, we are now welcoming Volotea to Athens airport as a home-based carrier. For this important step, a decision also complemented by the addition of two new destinations of significant potential, we would like to wish Volotea every success, and we remain committed to supporting the airline, as all our airline partners, in its future developmental plans."

Today, Volotea has published a special promotion on its website in which passengers are able to buy tickets from €9 during 48 hours to fly to the new destinations.