France, Greece Transavia Strengthens Thessaloniki Winter Operations With New Routes Starting In November 2025 And Expanding Seat Availability

French airline Transavia is expanding its Thessaloniki winter service with more flights and increased seat capacity next season in 2025. This expansion is designed to increase travel links between France and Greece, providing more choice to passengers wishing to visit Thessaloniki in the winter in the off-peak winter months. The new routes are expected to meet growing demand and help facilitate the efforts of Thessaloniki to become a year-round tourism destination by attracting international tourists.

Transavia, a brand of the Air France Group, has announced that it will make a huge investment in Greece by undertaking direct flights to Thessaloniki from 2025 winter. The new routes represents an important scale for the French airline as it had already been operating five weekly frequencies to Thessaloniki in the summer timetable. From November 2025, Transavia will add two new weekly services to this destination, now flying to the Greek city up to 5 times a week until March 2026, increasing the capacity on the winter of this route on 100%. This will reinforce Transavia’s role as a key player in our home market to and from Greece, also in the winter-shoulder months where the tourism is significantly less.Peter Elbers – CEO KLM “vantTransavia, part of Air France KLM Agenda Group, operates to 110 airports in 25 countries in the Mediterranean region.

As France’s most popular budget carrier, this has been a vital component of Transavia’s success in connecting France with Greece. The airline has become an important partner in increasing the influx of visitors to Greece, one of the most popular European destinations for tourists and business visitors, as it grows its network. The above follows the company’s announcement to further strengthen its presence in the Greek market as part of a wider plan to expand its flight capacity for the 2025 season. From November 2025 to March 2026, Transavia will add two weekly flights to the Greek city, doubling the number of seats on this route during the winter months. The capacity rise is reflective of increased demand for travel to Greece, driven in part by the French market as one of the country’s leading source of inbound visitors.

The airline’s expanding network to Greece covers many of the most sought-after Greek destinations like Athens, Crete, Santorini, Corfu and Mykonos. These locations have long been popular with French travelers, but the new routes by Transavia are part of a larger campaign to encourage people to visit Greece all year long. Introducing flights to Thessaloniki in the winter season demonstrates the airline’s efforts to provide year-round connections between the UK and Greece – reminding everyone that Greece has more to offer than just summer hotspots. Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, is rapidly rising to become a leading destination for those who want to experience the nation’s stark history and its lively modern culture in a more clement climate than can be expected at other times of the year.

It’s a remarkable feature of Transavia’s 2025 development plan to be growing out of Paris Orly Airport. To these places should be added some of the additional Greek islands, such as Corfu, Chania, Heraklion, Skiathos, Kos, Rhodes, Kalamata, Thessaloniki, Kefalonia, Aktio (Preveza) and Zakynthos. This is another development that increases the number of opportunities to Greece running from Paris which is not only one of the biggest but also busiest international hubs in whole Europe. Furthermore, the carrier is expanding its services from other large French cities, including Nantes, Lyon, Marseille, and Montpellier, increasing its network and providing French passengers with even more convenient travel from a number of departure cities to Greece.

Transavia decision to serve Thessaloniki in winter is ‘in irect response to growing demand for travel to Greece 12 months a year-7daysaweek’. The carrier is not only filling up its summer flight schedule to the hilt, but is also setting its sights on off-peak travel in order to remain a competitive if not the leading player in the Greek tourism industry. Rich in history, with its modern cities and breathtaking natural beauty, Greece hosts a wide range of attractions to cater to the interest of travelers all year round. Then there is Thessaloniki itself –with its history, life culture and food, that’s enough to make people want to visit despite whatever year-round droves of tourists to the summer getaways may have cleared off during the shoulder seasons. Through flying in the winter months, Transavia is providing access to these points of interest when they lose some crowds.

Together with GNTO, Transavia is taking part in promoting sustainable tourism policy and lengthening the tourist season beyond the typical summer period. The GNTO has been cooperating appropriately with airlines such as Transavia to launch co-ad campaigns that target higher revenue visitors and also focus on new sustainable forms of tourism. The goal is to get visitors to head to Greece not just for its iconic summer getaways, but for its bountiful cultural, historical and natural attractions that are often less packed and more accessible off season. These attempts are part of a tourism policy broader strategy aiming at the promotion of Greece as an “all year round destination” and at enhancing a more sustainable (eco-friendly) form of tourism.

Transavia and its boosted capacity and network will be a thought leader in these pursuits, as it will not only connect Greece to leading international markets, but also destinations such as France and across Europe. The growth of the airline is also expected to further contribute to the economies of the regions it serves as more flights usually command more tourist spend that flows into the local businesses, hotels, restaurants and attractions.

The French market is very important for Greece s (tourism) sector, since France is constantly in the top visiting countries. The expansion of Transavia will contribute to keeping Greece open to French passengers throughout the year, rather than only during peak summer. Through increased winter destinations, the airline is helping support the steady flow of tourists and the continued growth of the tourism, among other sectors, in the Greek economy.

The Transavia / GNTO co-operation is part of a bigger campaign and plan that the GNTO is undertaking itself to diversify Greece’s tourism product and make Greece more appealing to different tourism audiences. Through promoting places like Thessaloniki, which are less visited in winter, the Greek government wants to help take pressure off the popular islands, such as Mykonos and Santorini, and spread tourist numbers more evenly through the country. And this will also mean less over-tourism in the summer months, as it will generate a continuous flow of visitors and economic income throughout the year.

Transavia to grow France-Greece in W25 Transavia’s winter links between France and Greece will increase after it expanded is Thessaloniki flights for 2025. This capacity expansion and new flights seek to address growing demand and expand flight offerings to the Greek city in winter.

All in all, the decision of Transavia to add new flights to Thessaloniki as well as to other major Greek airports is a significant sign of the dynamic maturity of Greece as an all-year-round holiday destination. The airline’s expansion plan alongside GNTO’s initiatives to stimulate sustainable tourism will determine the future of travel to Greece and build its presence in the global tourism landscape.

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