Posted today 03 July 2026 on the EU website ΕΕ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C_202603576 information notice C_202603576 regarding invitation to electronic tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations for a period from 01-02- 2027 to 31-01-2031, in the routes:
Alexandroulopis – Mytilini – Siteia, Aktio – Siteia, Athens – Astypalaia, Athens – lkaria, Athens – Kalymnos, Athens – Kithira, Athens – Leros, Athens – Siteia, Athens – Skyros, Athens -Syros, Thessaloniki – Samos, Thessaloniki – Chios, Thessaloniki – Limnos – Ikaria, Thessaloniki – Skyros
The electronic tender will be held exclusively through the Internet portal www.promitheus.gov.gr. Deadline for submission of tenders: 61 days after the day of publication of this notice, and specifically by Friday 04-09-2026.
It is pointed out that, in accordance with the terms of the Call for Tenders, within thirty (30) days from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the call for tenders, and specifically by Monday 03-08-2026, the EU air carriers express their intention in writing (submitting to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority the relevant flight schedule) for the operation from February 1, 2027 of scheduled air routes on some of the above lines, without exclusivity and financial compensation (“open” PSO), and on the condition that the obligations of minimum flight frequencies, minimum weekly seats offered, as well as maximum fare price are observed, either in full (in the case of a single air carrier) or proportionally (in case of more than one air carrier).
The Technical Requirements of the Tender (in Greek language) are available here.
The address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to the public tender and the modified public service obligations can be obtained is:
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
General Directorate for Economic Oversight & Administrative Support
Athens International Airport, Building 45,
P.O. 190 19, Spata, Greece
Emails: [email protected] , [email protected], [email protected]
Internet: https://hcaa.gov.gr/
All correspondence, requests for information, documentation and tenders relating to this tender competition to be submitted to the e-procurement Portal Website at www.promitheus.gov.gr
