We are happy to book you onto any available flights operated by reputable carriers such as TUI, Jet2, British Airways, Easyjet, Aegean Airlines and Sky Express. We will advise the actual flight timings at the time of booking, but please note that schedules may sometimes be subject to change. We will advise you of any significant schedule changes that may occur subsequently, but please be aware that such changes are outside our control, and only constitute a ‘major change‘ under the terms of our booking conditions if the departure time of your outbound flight changes by 12 hours or more from the timings confirmed on your original confirmation invoice.
Flights to Crete
The published prices for our holidays to Crete are based on direct midweek flights from London Gatwick to Chania or Heraklion, with supplements for regional departures or flights on other days of the week.
Direct flights to Chania operate from Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds-Bradford, Stansted, Luton and Heathrow, with additional peak-season only routes from Bristol and Glagow.
Airports with direct flights to Heraklion during the summer season include Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff, Birmingham, East Midlands, Norwich, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Please note that some of these departure points only offer a limited selection of flights, in some cases at unsociable hours, but we will be happy to discuss the available options with you at the time of booking.
Typical flight supplements for regional departures are between £20 and £150 per person depending on your choice of departure airport and dates of travel.
It is also possible to fly to both Chania and Heraklion via Athens at a variety of times and with a variety of airlines.
Transfers
Many of our properties included a complimentary car and this is collected at your arrival airport. We will ensure that you have accurate and up to date instructions to reach your property as effortlessly as possible.
For those properties where complimentary cars are not included we provide transfers - usually by taxi or minibus - from and to the airport if you fly into the airport nearest to your chosen accommodation (Heraklion Airport for properties in Neapolis, Istron, Sitia, Makriyialos and Panormo; Chania Airport for guests staying in Chania Town, Stavros and Loutro). The exception to this is Rethymnon as it is almost equidistant from Chania and Heraklion.
Please note that it is only possible to fly into Chania from Gatwick or Manchester so guests travelling from other regional airports to Chania, Stavros or Loutro will need to either hire a car from Heraklion or take a taxi at a cost of approximately £120 per journey, which we can arrange in advance.
The approximate driving/transfer times from Heraklion Airport are as follows:
| Pendamodi & Venerato | 30 minutes |
| Neapolis & Bali | 45 minutes |
| Panormo | 1 hour |
| Istron | 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Kamilari & Makriyialos | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Sitia | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Palekastro & Xerocampos | 3 hours |
| Kefalas | 1 hour 45 mins |
| Plakias | 2 hours |
| Rethymnon area | 1hr 15min to 1hr 40 min |
| Loutro | 2hrs 30 mins + 20 mins ferry |
The approximate driving/transfer times from Chania Airport are as follows:
| Stavros, Tersanas, Agios Onoufrios & Chania Town | 20 minutes |
| Kefalas & Pyrgos Psilonerou | 45 minutes |
| Plakias | 1 hour 50 mins |
| Rethymnon area | 1hr 15min to 1hr 30 min |
| Loutro | 2hrs 10 mins + 20 mins ferry |