Greek airline Ellinair: review, passenger reviews

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

Ellinair is a Greek carrier specializing in regular and seasonal flights from Europe and the CIS to local airports. The main air transport hub of the airline is the airport of Thessaloniki. The company appeared on the air transportation market quite recently. What do Russian travelers think of her?

About company

Greek airline Ellinair was founded as recently as 2013. However, the first passenger flight was made in February 2014 on the Thessaloniki-Kyiv route and back. From June of the same year, flights began to be operated to Latvia.

The main mission of the company is the organization of high quality passenger air transportation at affordable prices. The regularity of flights, safety and high quality of service are the main priorities of the carrier. The advantages of the airline include low prices for flights and flexible fares. Flight attendants speak not only Greek and English, but alsoRussian.

During the 3 years of the company's existence, the route network has increased to almost 40 destinations. Greece as a tourist destination is very attractive for tourists from different countries. It is this trend that contributes to the expansion of the geography of flights.

The airline is a member of the holding "Mouzenidis Group" and the holder of a certificate of compliance with the international standard ISO 14001:2004. The main activity of the company is the implementation of seasonal air transportation by order of the international travel agency Mouzenidis Travel.

In the future, Ellinair plans to significantly expand its route network, increase traffic volumes, and continuously improve the quality of passenger service.

Flights

The airline's flight geography includes the following destinations:

• Georgia (Tbilisi).
• Italy (Bari).
• Latvia (Riga).
• Russia (Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Samara, St. Petersburg).
• Ukraine (Kyiv, Lvov, Odessa, Kharkiv).

Ellinair operates flights from the Greek cities of Kerkyra, Minos, Heraklion, Rhodes, Kontos, Santorini, Thessaloniki.

Fleet

There are 4 types of aircraft in the aircraft fleet of the airline:

• "Avro RJ-85" - 2 aircraft with 96 seats.
• "Boeing 737-300" - 2 aircraft with 148 seatsplaces.
• "Boeing 737-400" - 2 aircraft with 168 seats.
• "Airbus A319" - 2 aircraft with 144 seats.

The cabin layout of all aircraft has only one class of service - economy.

Ellinair (airline): reviews of Russian travelers

Russian travelers also managed to use the company's services. In general, they are satisfied with the quality of services provided and note:

• high level of professionalism of flight and cabin crew;
• excellent knowledge of the Russian language by flight attendants;
• newness of the fleet;
• good flight organization;
• low percentage of delays;
• acceptable quality of in-flight meals;
• low cost tickets.

However, passengers also point out disadvantages, such as:

• poor organization of the system for informing passengers about flight delays and cancellations;
• small distance between seats in passenger cabins of aircraft;
• problems with return and exchange of tickets.

Ellinair is the carrier of Greece. It appeared on the air transportation market quite recently - in 2013, but has already managed to gain a good reputation among passengers and significantly expand the geography of routes. The company's airfare is relatively low. Ellinair focuses on the development of new routes, which in turn will contribute to the development of cultural, business and tourism interactioncountries.