{"id":212,"date":"2015-02-18T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/18\/laval-airline-adds-hungary-croatia-to\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:36","slug":"laval-airline-adds-hungary-croatia-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/18\/laval-airline-adds-hungary-croatia-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Laval airline adds Hungary, Croatia to itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<b>By Robert Frank<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresh from announcing non-stop flights from Canada to Athens and Thessaloniki two weeks ago, SkyGreece last week added Budapest to its list of year-round destinations, as well as summer flights to Croatia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be offering year-round semi-weekly nonstop service from Toronto to Budapest, starting May 20,\u201d SkyGreece deputy chief commercial officer Denis Codere said in an interview. <\/p>\n<p>He told <i>The Suburban<\/i> that his Chomedey-headquartered airline has made it possible for Canadians to fly directly to Hungary for the first time in three years that, after Mal\u00e9v Airlines ceased its service in Feb. 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s Ambassador to Canada Balint Odor welcomed the renewed link. \u201cThis will contribute to the further deepening of commercial, economic and cultural relationships between Hungary and Canada,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<br \/> Canada has a significant Hungarian population, many of whom came here in the aftermath of Hungary\u2019s failed 1956 uprising against domination by the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Athens in September&nbsp;2012 by Laval resident Vasilios (Bill) Alefantis and two other Canadians&nbsp;of Greek origin\u2014Montrealer Peter Chilakos and Torontonian Nicholas Alexandris\u2014the airline also plans to offer seasonal non-stop flights from Toronto to Zagreb, Croatia, starting June 24.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia\u2019s coastline along the Adriatic is already a magnet European tourists, who flock to renowned seaside resorts like Split.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like Italy, with its own special flavour,\u201d Codere enthused. \u201cWe are currently in discussions with tour operators across Canada and are very close to Compass, the biggest wholesaler in Croatia, We met with them and they were quite excited about us coming, because the direct flights make the destination much more appealing to Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SkyGreece also announced its intention to initiate direct Athens to New York flights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Denis-Codere-SkyGreece1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Denis-Codere-SkyGreece1.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>SkyGreece executive Denis Codere<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SkyGreece-takoff1-1024x695.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SkyGreece-takoff1-1024x695.jpg\" height=\"217\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>New Laval-headquartered airline expanding rapidly.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Fresh from announcing non-stop flights from Canada to Athens and Thessaloniki two weeks ago, SkyGreece last week added Budapest to its list of year-round destinations, as well as summer flights to Croatia. \u201cWe\u2019ll be offering year-round semi-weekly nonstop service from Toronto to Budapest, starting May 20,\u201d SkyGreece deputy chief commercial officer Denis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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