Continental Airlines has started a daily non-stop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Athens, Greece.

The new service will offer connections to the carrier's network of more than 230 cities throughout North, Central and South America, the Caribbean and beyond, a company statement said.



Greece is the 16th country in Continental's transatlantic flight network and "Athens is the latest addition to Continental's 29-city transatlantic route network," said Jim Compton, the airline's executive vice president for marketing.



The US carrier's New York Liberty to Athens flights use Boeing 767-200ER aircraft. Flight CO104 departs New York Liberty daily at 1730 hours, arriving in Athens at 1020 hrs the next day. The return flight, CO105, departs Athens daily at 1220 hrs, arriving at New York Liberty at 1630 hrs the same day. Flying times are approximately nine hours 50 minutes eastbound and 11 hours 10 minutes westbound.



During the low season, the frequency of service will be reduced to five flights weekly in November and December, four flights weekly in January and February 2008, and five flights per week in March 2008. Daily frequencies of service are expected to resume from April 2008.