New flights to the Greek capital Athens from Birmingham airport have been confirmed by Hellenic Imperial Airways.

Well, I’ll still maintain my concerns about the long term viability of this route, but it is at least official that these flights will be operating. The first departure date will be 27th May – just 9 days away, an astonishingly quick turn around from putting seats on sale to route launch. It all smacks of a rushed-job, but let’s see.

And if Birmingham can now get flights to Athens launched, how about all those other European capitals still missing off the route map. Madrid? Rome? Berlin?