Corfu Magazine - Vol. 3, No. 3; March 2008
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AirSea Lines

  Splash Landing!
AirSea Lines Gouvia Marina Corfu

In September of 2004 for the first time in nearly 70 years AirSea Lines
Limited (“ASLI”), through its Greek subsidiaries ASL GR and Pegasus
established ownership of the first commercial seaplane operation in
Greece.

AirSea Lines came to fill in the inadequacies of the current transportation
system by offering seaplanes as an alternative mode of transport. Under
its commercial brand Pegasus Aviation and partly owned by Harbour Air
in Canada, AirSea Lines started flying tourists and residents from Corfu to
Paxos with two aircraft (Twin Otters), giving an end to the uncomfortable and long slow ferry journeys that take the gloss off island-hopping holidays in Greece, while offering a quick, affordable, safe and exciting alternative.

After a year of successful operations with a proven quality service and happy passengers, the company expanded with scheduled flights from Corfu to Paxos, Lefkada, Patra, and Ithaki. In addition, the first ever direct seaplane route from Corfu to Brindisi giving residents and tourists of both Greece and Italy a wider choice of places to explore and an easy solution to hopping around this stunning region. AirSea Lines is a Greek owned company, which is supported with the knowledge and expertise that has been developed with Harbour Air of Canada, the largest seaplane operator in the world. 
Sea Plane Corfu Greece
Courtesy The Times, 19/3/2005

A new seaplane service in Greece could change the style and pace of Greek island hopping for ever. Twin-prop seaplanes are due to start flying a twice-a-day scheduled service between Corfo and Paxos in April. The journey takes ten minutes - as opposed to one hour by boat - and costs 23 pounds one-way and 42 pounds return.The introduction of the EU's only scheduled seaplane service has been dogged by delays. The planes recently helped a United Nations relief programme in tsunami - stricken regions in Indonesia.But by early summer, Canadian-owned AirSea Lines hopes to expand the service to connect Corfu with other Ionian Islands - Kefalonia, Lefkas, Ithaka and Zakynthos. There are also plans to fly to Brindisi in Italy and to two cities on the Greek mainland - Patras inthe Pelopon-
ese and Ioannina in Epiros. Prices will be up to 75 pounds each way.With a cheap package flight to Corfu or a Ryanair flight to Brindisi, this will make the kind of island-hopping that used to take a whole summer possible in a couple of weeks. Until the full service is available, it could also make a few days break from your holiday in Corfu even more gramorous - combining travelling with great views as you skim over the Ionian Sea.
~James Wallman
IONIAN SCHEDULE 03JAN2008 - 29MAR2008


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AirSea Lines Purchases 3rd Aircraft

The picture above is of DHC-6 Twin Otter Serial Number 768 which is being purchased by AirSea Lines for deployment in Greece.  The aircraft is pictured prior to installation of the avionics upgrades and the special amphibious landing floats which are in progress. Delivery to Greece is estimated to be end of February 2008 and the in service date is expected to be mid March 2008.