Discover Rhodes News and travel information about the island of Rhodes (Rodos) in Greece.

During the month of July 2008 120.899 passengers travelled through the harbor of Rhodes, not including domestic arrivals and departures. Compared to the same month in 2007, there was an increase of 3.500 passengers. In more detail, there were 102 cruise ships that reached Rhodes with 93.496 passengers on board while about 25.000 passengers travelled from and to Marmaris. In addition there were 188 arrivals and 181 departures of yachts ...

You arrive to Rhodes from Athens after about 55 minutes of flight or after approximately 16 hours from Piraeus, if you choose to travel by ferry boat. The island has two airports but only one, the Diagoras International Airport is currently used for commercial purposes and two harbors. Rhodes is a travel hub and can your base to reach the smaller surrounding islands like Karpathos, Kassos, Astypalea, Kasteloriso, Symi, Tilos, ...

Listed below are the schedules and airlines departing from London Gatwick Airport(LGW) to Rhodes Diagoras Airport(RHO), valid for the 2008 season. The direct flight time is about 4 hours.

According to the Guardian, Rhodes is gradually reinventing itself as a chic short-break destination, with a spattering of boutique hotels. Direct easyJet flights will be doubled in frequency to fly from the UK four times a week, on Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday from May 17, making a long weekend viable.

Greece is seeking expanded air links with UAE as a necessary prerequisite for increasing high end incoming tourism. After a meeting in Dubai between Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos and Sheikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al - Maktoum, president of Dubai's civil aviation authority and managing director of Emirates Airlines it was announced that the company is in the process of establishing a new 200-plane subsidiary that among others, it will connect ...