Flight plan (Charter Flights)

DIRECT CHARTER FLIGHTS (MAY TO OCTOBER)

Due to Greek Air Traffic Control restrictions, direct charter flights to Hania currently leave from, and return to, the UK on Tuesdays.

 

Agencies

The following companies offer a Charter Flight only booking service:

Avro plc (0870) 458 2851 www.avro.co.uk

CharterFlightCentre (0845) 0450153 www.charterflight.co.uk

Flights by Phone (0870) 990 8377 www.holidaysbyphone.co.uk

Airlines

1st Choice Airways (formerly Air 2000) (FCA) (0870) 850 3999 www.firstchoice.co.uk

Monarch Airlines (Cosmos Holidays) (MON) (0871) 225 3555 www.flyMonarch.com

Thomas Cook Airlines (Herakleon only) (TCX) (0870) 750 0316 www.thomascook.com

(Note:  Both JMC and MyTravel Group merged as part of Thomas Cook Group PLC.  All flights previously available on JMC and MyTravel are now booked through thomascook.com)

Thomsonfly (formerly Britannia Airways, currently branded as Thompson Airways under the parent company of TUI AG) (0800) 107 1517 www.thompsonsflights.com

AIRPORT INFORMATION

UK Airport information  The following UK Airports provide direct flights to Hania:

Gatwick (LGW) Manchester (MAN)

The drive time from Hania to The Mill is approx. 40mins.

The following UK Airports provide direct flights to Herakleon:

Belfast (BFS) Birmingham (BHX) Bristol (BRS) Cardiff (CWL) East Midlands (EMA) Gatwick (LGW) Leeds Bradford (LBA) Manchester (MAN) Newcastle (NCL).

The drive time from Herakleon to The Mill is approx. 2 1/2 hours

Greek Airport information Athens Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos)  The new Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Spata opened on Wednesday 29 March 2001. All flights now use the new airport, which makes your connecting flight to Crete far easier than in the pre 2001 East and West terminal days. For information on Eleftherios Venizelos Airport visit www.aia.gr.

Airports in Crete  There are currently two international airports in Crete, both located on the northern coastline, at Herakleon (Kazantzakis) (HER) in the centre of the island and at Hania (Daskalogiannis) (CHQ) on the North West coast. You will see from the information below that there are significantly more charter flights to Heraklion than those to Hania.