Good Afternoon Bosuncat,
I appreciate that Chania is the better option with less transfer time.
However the hotel was secured for the 06th of September & Norwegian Air into Chania was not an option as they do not fly this route on Wednesdays.
BA flight Heathrow Chania was not available from group seats. This was the same with Easyjet into Chania.
This is a high demand route and we negotiate very early to secure the best flight options for our customers. The airlines never guarantee group reservations yoy,
Therefore flying into Heraklion was the only viable option to enable this date to operate. There is no other flight option for the inbound.
2018 has been based on the flights directly into Chania, this is the preferred choice but it is a high demand route, it may be that we have to change some peak dates into Heraklion, this will be dictated by the Airlines as the dates come into range 9- 10 months ahead.
Kind Regards,
Mildred