Base of Aegean airlines became Kalamata’s airport and already have started flights to foreign countries. Twelve flights per week will be made to nine destinations in 5 different countries. The start has been done on Saturday afternoon, with the first flight for this year in our country. It was a flight from Stockholm which brought 60 golf players in Kalamata for the hotel complex Costa Navarino. On Sunday was the flight Munich – Kalamata, while gradually until May, from Kalamata flights will take place in four destinations in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Rostov) in two destinations in Sweden (Stockholm and Gothenburg), in Germany (Munich), in Israel (Tel Aviv) and in Ukraine (Kiev).
Overall the Aegean to the full development of the program will perform 12 flights per week to the above destinations with an Airbus A320/319 with crews based in Kalamata.

Euripides called Messinia “the land of the good fruit” for its beauty and its fertile rich earth. Messinia, the land of the Olive Tree and of the Olive Oil, yields the world famous Kalamata Olives and Kalamata Olive Oil, particularly the Messinia Olive Oil, a 100% pure and natural fruit juice of the highest quality and of unique nutritional value, which has been ranked in the category of Extra Virgin Olive Oil after a series of chemical analyses. The olive tree, a sacred tree, has been cultivated in Messinia since the 12th century BC. Archaeological excavations in the palace of Nestor, the ancient king of Messinia, have brought to light evidence that show the enormous importance of the juice of the olive tree for the society of the time.

All of Messinia is a vast Olive Grove. Propitious climate, sunshine and small holding, which allows each grower to take loving care of each olive tree and to pick the olive fruit when it is mature enough yet not too mature, are responsible for the superior quality of the fruit itself. A large number of modern olive presses run by people who have a deep knowledge of the secrets of the production of olive oil lead to the creation of a superior olive oil.