Easter travelers will pay dearly for their exodus from urban centers, as the price of gasoline has broken the two-euro per liter barrier for days now. More specifically, a price rally is being observed in fuels, with unleaded gasoline reaching 2.20 euros on the islands ahead of the four-day Easter period, where the exodus to villages will peak.
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In the Cyclades, the average price stands at 2.197 euros/liter, in the Dodecanese slightly lower at 2.143 euros/liter, while in Crete and the Ionian Islands the average price is already above 2.10 euros/liter. The average price on Easter Monday was 2.072 euros/liter, just 3 cents lower than the price when pump subsidies began (2.10 euros/liter, Monday April 1st). Indicative of the enormous difference in transportation costs this Easter is that last year the average price of unleaded was 1.79 euros/liter. Premium unleaded gasoline (100 octane) approaches 2.30 euros/liter. Specifically, the average price at fuel stations stands at 2.28 euros/liter.
What the president of the Greek Gas Station Owners Federation said about fuel prices ahead of Easter
Regarding what’s happening with gasoline prices, and whether and how much they might increase given that we’re in the Easter period, Michalis Kiousis, President of the Greek Gas Station Owners Federation, spoke on ERTnews Radio 105.8.
Mr. Kiousis initially stated, “The horizontal reduction was indeed very good. It was indeed 20 cents. I can say it’s significant. Someone could have called it a tax reduction of 200 euros per 1,000 liters or 20 cents per liter to make it more understandable. Indeed the reduction was large, but it was meant to halt the upward rally (…). This ‘but’, the upward rally I mentioned, if this upward rally continues, not even 20 and another 20 cents from the government will be enough for people to see lower prices.”
And he emphasized “(…) Whoever is going to travel will travel and this fuel pass at 50 euros that applies to most of mainland Greece will help. It provides some liquidity for someone to fill their tank. Our only hope is for the upward rally to stop. At least to stop. We can’t prevent fuel from being expensive. But at least this upward rally should stop, so that the 20 cents show or so that the 50-euro fuel pass the government will give isn’t almost nothing (…).”
