Dallas will join the US cities with a direct connection to Athens next year, American Airlines announced recently.
Los Angeles was the latest city with a direct connection in 2025, via Norse Airways.
The trend shows the rising potential of the market, with significant rises in the number of US visitors already happening and expected to continue at least in the near future.
In 2024, fully two-thirds of flights between US cities and Athens were via connections; now, travel sector professionals expect more direct flights and more airlines offering them.
US visitors stay in Greece an average of 11 days, of which three are in Athens.
They are also early bookers, booking their tickets three to four months ahead of their flights on average, indirectly helping the tourism professionals with their planning for the coming peak season.
Right now, there are nine US airports: two in the New York area (JFK and Newark) and one each in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington.
Five airlines fly direct: America, Delta, Emirates, Norse and United.
The peak week will involve 103 flights to the US, compared with 82 in 2024 and 67 in 2023.
The capacity of the flights from the US that have arrived in Greece so far is 726,087, up 22% from the same period in 2024, while 302,288 are expected within the rest of the tourist period.
Source: ekathimerini.com
