We're doing back-to-back RS tours next September, Best of Sicily followed by Athens and the Heart of Greece.
The Best of Sicily ends in Catania on a Saturday, Athens tour starts on Monday in Athens. The only direct flight is on Aegean Airlines, with an evening flight that leaves on Sunday.
Does anyone have experience with Aegean Airlines? I've looked at reviews, and they aren't good. Are we better off routing through Rome or other mainland Italian city?
Thanks in advance...
Does anyone have experience with Aegean Airlines? I've looked at reviews, and they aren't good
What airline doesn't have reviews that are less than glowing?
A direct flight has less to go wrong than a multi flight journey.
( but no personal experience with Aegean)
First off, this is too far ahead of time to be 100% certain of flight schedules.
But I will say that you have painted yourself a bit into a corner here, given what the
schedules say now.
The evening flight on Sunday is the cheapest option by far, but carries a bit of risk that
if it's delayed or cancelled, you may not make it to Athens before the start of your
trip on Monday.
If you want to consider traveling on Saturday to give yourself a bit of a cushion, there
are not very many options in the daytime and the connection in many cases is pretty
long, and many of the flights are pretty expensive at this point (I don't know when your
tour ends on Saturday and thus when you could get to the airport). Ryanair has a nonstop
at 10:05am to Athens on Saturday, which you probably missed since Ryanair is not
always listed in online 3rd party searches.
I don't think your concern should be Aegean Air; it's a member of Star Alliance and is
a reputable airline. And for the most part, who posts a positive review these days (i.e.,
most of the reviews you're going to see are negative ones). You actually have a smaller
window of time and fewer options than you may think.
