BA offering 2M seats from London City Airport this Summer

BRITISH Airways is offering almost two million seats from London City Airport this summer and launching a new three-times-a-week service to #Skiathos.

It is the third Greek Island route, alongside Mykonos and Santorini, from London City but this is the first time British Airways has operated to Skiathos, a destination favoured by tourists for its many pine forests and over 60 beaches.

In addition flights to Mykonos will increase from four to five flights a week.

The new Skiathos route will start on June 26 and operate during the peak summer weeks until September.

Basic each way fares from £79 are available to book from today on www.ba.com/londoncity

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Greek islands to lose VAT subsidies as EU cuts bite

SIX Greek islands this month lose their VAT (Value Added Tax) rate subsidies as part of the country’s third creditor bailout package.  

A package of cuts was agreed by the Greek government – against the wishes of voters in a referendum – as part of a financial bail-out deal with the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.

The holiday islands are Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Rhodes, Santorini, and Skiathos. 

The ending of the tax subsidy will hit the cost of hotel and villa #accommodation, and the prices at cafes and restaurants. There was significant campaigning against the rise, with concern that it would damage the key Greek tourism industry. But #Greece’s creditors made it a condition of the latest bail-out. 

Other Greek islands are likely to lose their VAT rate subsidies next year and in 2017.

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