What are the necessary supporting documents?
Discounts on ferry and plane tickets will be available to teachers of Primary and Secondary Education who were hired on December 28, 2023, as temporary substitutes for the academic year 2023-2024, in order for them to move to the placement and service area. Particularly:
Ferry tickets
With a joint initiative of the Ministries of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports and Shipping and Island Policy, discounts of up to 50% are announced on the ferry tickets of substitute teachers for the period 7/1/2024 – 10/01/2024.
1. Fast Ferries 30% discount for passengers and 20% for their vehicles,
2. Dodekanissos Sea Ways 50% discount for passengers,
3. Levante Ferries 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles,
4. ANEK Ferries BLUE STAR Ferries, SUPER FAST Ferries 50% discount for passengers, on I.X. their vehicles and engines
5. Golden Star Ferries 50% discount for passengers and 20% on their vehicles subject to availability (the discount applies to the Superferry Andros Queen – Andros – Tinos – Mykonos)
6. MINOAN LINES 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles (the discount applies to the PIRAEUS – HERACLEION line – excluding deluxe cabins, A1/AB1)
7. ATTICA GROUP 50% discount for passengers and their vehicles
(the discount applies to the lines CYCLADES-DODECANISE-NE AEGEAN-SPORADES-SARONIKOS-HERAKLEIOS-CHANIA, excluding deluxe)
It is recalled that with a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education, Religion and Sports and the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, reductions in ferry tickets have been announced for substitute teachers hired during the previous phases. In the coming days, other companies may be added to the above table, in which case a newer update will be issued.
The discount will cover the movement of teachers from their permanent places of residence to the final island, where they took up service. Necessary supporting documents for the provision of the discount will be the relevant decision of the Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports, which mentions their recruitment, as well as their Police ID.
Airline tickets from the Sky Express company:
The SkyExpress company, in response to the request of the Ministry of Education, Religion and Sports, provides a discount of 30% for the issuance of ten (10) air tickets per interested party, for the movement of substitute teachers of Primary and Secondary Education to the place of service.
The procedure for receiving this discount is as follows:
Beneficiaries will receive an SMS with a unique code
The SMS will also contain a link to the SkyExpress page regarding the offer/discount
On the page after filling in the necessary information (name, surname, e-mail, telephone and the code they received), they will receive the relevant discount code in their e-mail, so that they can enter it during the ticket reservation/purchase process .
The Minister of Education, Religion and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis warmly thanks the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Christos Stylianidis as well as the ferry companies and the airline Sky Express for their immediate response to the request of the Ministry of Finance for the provision of the above facilities.
The initiative is part of the ongoing care but also of the essential recognition of the work of our teachers who offer their best in the educational process.
