Greece to suspend flights at Crete airport for 6 days due to maintenance
Heraklion airport is one of 2 serving domestic and foreign flights on Crete, a popular tourist destination in the Mediterranean Sea.
The airport's 2 runways will be off service from 0830 GMT on Feb. 19 to 1300 GMT on Feb. 24 for tarmac maintenance, the Greek civil aviation authority said in a statement.
Only emergency helicopter flights for the transport of patients will be allowed over that period, it added. (REUTERS)