Greece to let direct foreign tourist flights from June 15

Greece will allow direct international flights to Athens starting June 15, with other tourist destinations to follow July 1, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, as he announced financial support measures to revive the country’s crucial tourism sector. Officials didn’t specify which nation’s tourists would be permitted, only that they would be from countries with low infection rates as seasonal hotels reopen. “As we won the health fight, so we will win the war for the economy,” the Greek premier said in a nationally televised address. He urged the same discipline, flexibility and solidarity that won “global admiration” for the country” during the virus emergency, he said, and the priority “is to protect jobs.”<br/>