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We normally search for and book scheduled and low-cost flights with ebookers.

All bookings through e-bookers are  insured.

If an airline suffers financial failure your money will be refunded.

Flight searches are normally quicker than trawling through the individual airlines’ web sites as they search all the carriers on a particular route.  For more detail click here.

If you prefer individual searches click an airline’s logo to go to their flight search page.

e-bookers also offer a lowest price guarantee.

UK / CRETE - DIRECT SERVICES

Airline

Between

Start

End

Frequency

EasyJet.com

L. Gatwick

Heraklion

28 March

02 Nov’ber

See notes

Chania

23May

29 Sept

Su, Tu, Wed

Bristol

Heraklion

17 July

11 Sept

Sat

Manchester

Heraklion

23 April

30 October

Tues & Friday

Jet2.com

Leeds Bradford

Heraklion

17 May

28 Sept

Tuesday

Manchester

Heraklion

25 May

28 Sept

Tuesday

Newcastle

Heraklion

25 May

28 Sept

Tuesday

East Midlands

Heraklion

25 May

28 Sept

Tuesday

Notes: Tues, Fri, Sun until 23 April.  Sat 24 April.  Daily from 30 April

Click icons below for flight search pages.

To visit an airline site click the company logo

UK / CRETE - SERVICES VIA ATHENS

Included with the taxes and charges on all tickets for flights from Athens is a levy [currently €12 per ticket for EU destinations [€22 for destinations outside the EU] for the Athens Airport Development Fund.

If you change airlines in Athens you can reclaim this charge as it does not apply to transfer passengers.

To find out how to reclaim the levy click here.

Tip

These flights are for travel from Belfast and [although not UK] Dublin.  We have found various flights from Belfast International Airport [BFS] to London Gatwick and Stansted which could connect with Easyjet flights to Crete from Gatwick and Manchester and Aegean Airlines from Stansted.  There are also flights from Belfast City Airport to Manchester and Gatwick with possible connections with Easyjet flights to Crete.  Aer Lingus also serve Manchester and Gatwick as well as Heathrow [for connection with Aegean and Olympic flights to Chania and Heraklion via Athens.

Airline
Between
Start
End
Frequency
EasyJet
Belfast Inter'l
Gatwick
All year
Daily
Stansted
All year
Daily
Flybe
Belfast City
Gatwick
All year
Daily
Manchester
All year
Daily
Aer Lingus
Belfast Inter'l
Heathrow
All year
Daily
Dublin
Manchester
All year
Daily
Gatwick
All year
Daily
Heathrow
All year
Daily
BMI
Belfast City
Heathrow
All year
Daily
Edinburgh
All year
Daily
Glasgow
All year
Daily
BMIbaby
Belfast Inter'l
Manchester
All year
Daily
Birmingham
All year
Daily
E. Midlands
All year
Daily
Cardiff
All year
Daily

ATHENS / CRETE SERVICES

GREEK DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

Airline
Between
Start
End
Frequency
Aegean
Athens
Heraklion
All Year
8 x daily
Chania
All Year
4 x daily
Olympic
Athens
Heraklion
All Year
5 x daily
Chania
All Year
4 x daily
Sitia
All Year
Su, Tu, Th, Fr *
Athens Airways
Athens
Heraklion
All Year
3 x daily
Chania
All Year
2 x daily
* No Friday service in winter schedules

UK DOMESTIC CONNECTIONS

Airline

Between

Start

End

Frequency

Aegean

L. Heathrow

Heraklion

All year

2 x Daily

Chania

All year

2 x Daily

Manchester**

Heraklion

All year

Daily

Chania

All year

Daily

Olympic

L. Heathrow

Heraklion

All year

3 x Sa, Su, M

2 x Tu to Fr

Chania

All year

3 x Sa, Su, M

2 x Tu to Fr

 

L. Gatwick

Heraklion

All year

Tues to Fri

Chania

All year

Tues to Fri

EasyJet*

L. Gatwick

Athens

All year

Daily

 

Manchester

Athens

28 Mar

TBA

Wed & Sun

B. Airways*

L. Heathrow

Athens

All year

4 x Daily

BA also operate flights, via Heathrow, from Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Belfast.

Some of the connecting flights from provincial airports arrive at Gatwick or London City airport.  Travel between these airports and Heathrow will be an additional cost.  Also, some connecting flights may require an overnight stay in London.

* Onward flights from Athens to Crete must be booked separately with a Greek domestic airline.  See below.

** via Brussels and Athens with a “partner” airline.

With all flights via Athens a change of plane is required.  With Aegean and Olympic ask for your baggage to be booked through to Crete and you won’t need to reclaim it and check it in again at Athens .

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