United Airlines to Launch Newark - Athens route
Nonstop Service in summer 2016
United Airlines announced non-stop trans-Atlantic service between its New York-area hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens.
The daily service will commence on May 25th, 2016 and operate through October 5, 2016. United flight UA124 will depart Newark at 5:40 p.m. daily and land in Athens at 10:40am the following day, local time.
In the other direction, flight UA125 will leave ATH at 12:30 p.m. daily from May 26 through October 6 and reach EWR at 4:30 p.m. local time.
The service will be operated by a B767-300, 214 seater aircraft. The configuration will offer 30 flat-bed seats in United BusinessFirst and 184 seats in United Economy while, 49 of these will be Economy Plus offering additional leg room to the passenger.