How long to fly from Crete to Moscow?
In Crete, you could see the Palace of Knossos, visit the cave of Zeus, taste wines, see how olive oil is produced and look into a ceramic workshop when visiting the Lassithi valley, go on a jeep safari in the mountains of Crete and on an excursion to the Samaria gorge, admire the inhabitants of the underwater world in aquarium “Aqua world” in Hersonissos, have fun on the water attractions at the water park “Water city” in Anapolis, enjoy water treatments at Elafonisi beach? And now you are going to fly to Moscow?
How long to fly from Crete to Moscow (direct flight)?
From the capital of Crete, the city of Heraklion, travelers will fly to Moscow in 3.5-4 hours (they will cover a distance of 2,400 km). WITH “Transaero” tourists will cover this distance in 4 hours 40 minutes, and with “Aegean Airlines” - in 3 hours 05 minutes.
16,700 rubles - the approximate price of a Heraklion-Moscow air ticket, but if your goal is to save on tickets, then keep in mind that in May and September they can be purchased for 5700 rubles.
Connecting flight Crete-Moscow
From Crete, you can get to Moscow with stops in Athens, Thessaloniki, Prague, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv or other cities, which is why the duration of the flight will stretch for 6-22 hours.
WITH “Aegean Airlines” travelers will fly home through Thessaloniki (until the 2nd flight you will be asked to wait about 9 hours, and you will arrive home in 13 hours), Tel Aviv (you will be taken home after 10 hours, of which 4 hours will be allocated for waiting) or Athens (you will will be 4.5 hours, and wait for the departure of 2 aircraft - 2.5 hours), with “UralAirlines” - via Yekaterinburg (you will spend 7.5 hours on board, and the whole journey will last more than 10 hours), with “Lufthansa” - via Munich (at home you will land in 28 hours, of which 22 hours will be allocated for docking), with “German wings” - via Cologne (before the 2nd departure you will have 4.5 hours, and you will return home in 12 hours).
Choosing a carrier
Airbus A 320, Boeing 737-500, Airbus A 319 and other aircraft owned by the following air carriers will take you to Moscow: “Aegean Airlines”; “Olympic Air”; “Aeroflot”; “Transaero”.
Travelers fly from Crete to Moscow from Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER) - it is located 5 km from Heraklion. This airport is equipped with waiting rooms, currency exchange offices, catering points, a room for spending time with mothers with children, duty-free shops where you can get Cretan wines, spirits, perfumes, jewelry. You can also buy baby products from the respective store here..
What to do on board an aircraft?
During the flight, do not forget to decide who to give souvenirs from Crete in the form of ceramics (vases, antique figurines), figurines of ancient gods and heroes from myths, Cretan cheese, jewelry, pickled Greek olives, soap and cosmetics based on olive oil (“Apivita”, “Ismene olive”, “Bioselect”), vodka with aniseed aroma - ouzo, leather and woolen products, handmade carpets.
