Cheap flights from Leeds to Greece from £49

Direct flights from Leeds to Greece are possible, however, they only arrive at one airport: Chania Souda International Airport (CHQ). Ryanair and Jet2 offer multiple flights daily to this location from Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) with flight times of just over four hours. The best days for cheap flights from Leeds to Greece are usually midweek. Flights to other Greek airports are available but involve stopovers along the way. For example, Ryanair provides flights to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport (ATH) with connections at Chania Souda and a flight duration of about seven hours and fifteen minutes. KLM flights to Athens make a stop at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) with an overall journey times of about eight hours and fifteen minutes. Leeds to Greece flights arriving at other cities such as Heraklion and Thessaloniki require trips involving multiple stopovers resulting in extended flight times.

Getting to Leeds Bradford is made easy due to the Flyer A1 Express bus service from Leeds city centre to the airport terminals. These buses run every 20 minutes, seven days a week including bank holidays. Uber and metered taxicabs can provide transport from the downtown area to the terminal and the airport provides parking facilities for those who prefer to drive, park and fly. From Chania Souda, your best option to reach downtown is the local KTEL bus which runs approximately every 30 minutes to Chania Bus Station. Taxicabs are available 24-hrs a day, seven days a week and the ride is approximately 30 minutes to the city centre. Unfortunately, there are no train or rideshare services available for transport to the city centre but some hotels may provide airport shuttle transfers.

Since Chania is the only Greek city accessible by direct flight from Leeds, opportunities for local flights to other Greek destinations like Athens, Thessaloniki and Lefkada are possible. From its position in the Southern Aegean Sea, island chains like the Cyclades (Naxos, Mykonos, Santorini) and Dodecanese (Rhodes, Kos, Tilos) are within reach by plane or ferry. In the absence of a train system, KTEL the national bus company, operates an extensive network of routes across most of Crete, so you can explore the largest of the Greek islands via public transport. The city of Chania lies in the north-western region and is connected to the other northern cities by highway. The E75 (Route 90) east takes you first to Rethymno and then farther along to the eastern part of the island where the capital city Heraklion is located. Malia and Agios Nikolaos are two towns in the eastern region along Route 90 that are also popular among visiting tourists.