Greek airline Sky Express partners with Air France KLM

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek airline Sky Express said it had signed a partnership with Air France KLM to cooperate on flights connecting Paris and Amsterdam together with the Greek islands.

Tourism is liable for regarding a quarter of monetary output in Greece, which saw growing quantity of about 33 million visitors recently.

The privately owned carrier, which competes with Aegean Airlines' subsidiary Olympic Airways on domestic routes, flies to 24 Greek destinations on ATR42 and ATR72 twin engine turboprop aircraft.

Sky Express said the deal would allow passengers to visit across its network with the ability to a single ticket reservation.

"(This) simplifies airline tickets for Air France- KLM and Sky Express, since all baggage transfer services have been provided on the connecting airport," Sky Express said.

Air France offers 39 weekly flights to Athens from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, besides KLM's 14 weekly flights from Amsterdam-Schiphol.