I had heard of this when I skyped my friend in Crete this week. Out of season she has to fly to Athens and was pleased to hear aegean are doing more flights to Crete -Heraklion from Athens. Easy Jet too if I remember rightly. (someone might be able to put me right) she lives in chania though so its 1.5 hrs. transfer so instead of getting a taxi she hires a car for £30 part day instead of a £50 taxi fare which is a thought if anyone is considering travelling there. Its great when you can get more flights now out of season.