Pontikonisi, the Mouse Island, off the coast of Corfu

Access to Corfu

The island of Corfu (or Kerkira, Kerkyra or Korfu) is connected with the port of Igoumenitsa (1 to 1.5 hours by boat), as well as the ports of Bari, Venice, Ancona and Brindisi in Italy and Agioi Saranta in Albania. Especially during the summer months the island is also connected with most European capitals with charter flights. Corfu is a favorable tourist destination as well as a cultural hub of the Mediterranean, attracting visitors from all over the world. Corfu is the queen of the Ionian Islands (Lefkada, Kefalonia and Zakynthos). This beautiful island in the Ionian sea can be reached both by sea and by air.

By plane

  1. Corfu’s International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU), is directly connected with Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH) with frequent flights lasting approximately 45 minutes.
  2. CFU is directly connected with Thessaloniki’s international airport Macedonia (SKG) with four flights a week, lasting 1 hour.
  3. Preveza (PVK) airport is 130 km from Igoumenitsa, which is 1 to 1.5 hours from Corfu by boat. PVK is also directly connected with CFU with five flights a week, lasting 30 minutes.
  4. Kefalonia’s International Airport (EFL) is connected with CFU with five flights a week, lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes.
  5. Zakynthos International Airport “Dionysios Solomos” (ZTH) is connected with CFU with five flights a week, lasting 2 hours.
  6. Sitia Airport (SJH) is connected with CFU with three flights a week, lasting 5 hours.
  7. Ioannina is 78 km from Igoumenitsa, which is 1 to 1.5 hours from Corfu by boat.
Flights to Corfu

Scheduled flights via Athens (ATH)

  • Then a direct flight to Corfu’s International Airport (CFU) via Aegean Airlines (every day of the week), Olympic Air (every day of the week) and Ryanair (three days a week: Wed, Fri, Sun).
  • Or take the bus Athens to Corfu (3 times a day, a 6 hour trip plus 1.5 hours by ship) from Kifisos Intercity bus station (KTEL tel. Corfu bus station: +30 26613 28900).
  • Or rent a car: Car Rentals.
Seasonal flights to Corfu (CFU) airport (April to October)
  • Aegean Airlines (Athens)
  • Aer Lingus (Dublin)
  • Astra Airlines(Thessaloniki)
  • Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
  • Aviolet (Belgrade)
  • Blue Express (Rome-Fiumicino)
  • British Airways (London -Heathrow)
  • Condor (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle,Munich, Stuttgart)
  • Corendon Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
  • Easyjet (Amsterdam,Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne , Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
  • Edelweiss Air(Zürich)
  • Ellinair(Bari, Kiev-Boryspil, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Riga, Rostov-on-Don,Saint Petersburg)
  • Israir(Tel Aviv)
  • Jet Time(Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen)
  • Jet2.com(East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • Jetairfly(Brussels)
  • Lufthansa(Munich)
  • Lubeck Air / Air Alsie - Rhomberg Reisen (Salzburg-Austria), every Thursday
  • Mistral Air(Bari, Naples)
  • NordStar(Moscow–Domodedovo)
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle(London–Gatwick, Helsinki,Trondheim)
  • Novair(Gothenburg–Landvetter, Stockholm–Arlanda)
  • Olympic Air(Athens)
  • Sky Express(Cephalonia,Preveza)
  • SmartWings(Budapest,Brno,Ostrava, Prague,Bratislava)
  • Sun D’Or(Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion)
  • Swiss International Air Lines(Geneva)
  • Transavia(Amsterdam, Paris–Orly)
  • Travel Service Hungary(Budapest, Debrecen)
  • Travel Service Slovakia(Košice)
  • TUI Airlines Netherlands(Amsterdam)
  • TUIfly(Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
  • TUIfly Nordic(Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda)
  • Volotea(Bordeaux, Nantes, Turin,Venice)
  • Vueling(Barcelona, Rome-Fiumicino)
  • Wizz Air(Budapest, Warsaw-Chopin)
  • Ryanair(Bergamo, Birmingham, Bratislava, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Katowice, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Poznań, Pisa, Prestwick, Rome–Fiumicino, Rzeszów, Treviso, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze)

Routes and airlines change each season. Check current schedules before you book.

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Map of Corfu and the Ionian Sea

By car or boat

From the ports of Venice, Ancona, Bari or Brindisi in Italy, take a boat to Igoumenitsa. There are several daily departures all year long.

Book your ferry tickets:

By bus

Many regular interior lines in Greece are run by KTEL.

  • From Athens
  • From Thessaloniki
  • From Igoumenitsa
  • From Patras
  • From Preveza and more

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