Discounts on ferry and airline tickets will have Primary and Secondary Education teachers who are recruited as temporary alternates for the teaching year of 2024-2025 and will be served in the coming days in order to go to their placement and withdrawal area. In particular:

Ferry tickets

With a joint initiative of the Ministries of Education, Religions and Sports and Shipping and Island Policy, discounts up to 50% of the ferry tickets to alternate teachers are announced.

  • Fast Ferries: 30% discount for passengers and 20% for their vehicles from 11-02-2025 to 18-02-2025
  • Golden Star Ferries: 30% discount for passengers and 20% for their vehicles from 11-02-2025 to 18-02-2025
  • Goutos Lines: 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles from 11-02-2025 to 18-02-2025
  • Minoan Lines: 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles from 11-02-2025 to 18-02-2025
  • Saronic Ferries: 30% discount for passengers up to 02-07-2025
  • Skyros Shipping Co: 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles from 11-02-2025 to 18-02-2025.

In the coming days, other companies may be added to the table above, so newer updates will be issued.

The discount will be about covering the movements of teachers from their places of permanent residence to the final island, where they undertake service. Necessary supporting documents will be the decision to hire them, and their police identity.

Airline tickets from Sky Express

Sky Express, in response to the request of the Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports and, in order to facilitate the movements of the primary and secondary education teachers, provides a 30% discount for the issuance of ten (10) airline tickets per stakeholder.

The procedure for receiving that discount is as follows:

Beneficiaries will receive SMS with a unique code. On https://www.skyExpress.gr/en/newsletter/anaplirotes-ekpaideutikoi-2024 After completing the necessary information (name, surname, mail, phone and code they received), they will receive their e-mail the relevant discount code to enter it during the booking/purchase process of the ticket.

The Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis would like to thank the Minister of Maritime and Island Policy Christos Stylianidis as well as the ferry companies and the EXPRESS airline for their immediate response to the request of the abovementioned.

The initiative is part of the constant concern and the substantial recognition of the work of our teachers who essentially support the educational process.