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Update (29 October 2026): Ertürk has opened the timetable to 30 September 2027, with daily sailings from 30 April. Details: 2027 ferry sailings now listed. Update (30 October 2026): Ertürk has added its car ferry Apostolos S. on every Friday to Sunday in January 2027 (and at weekends in December), so the gap from 11 January to 11 February below now applies only to the fast boat; car sailings are listed up to 31 January 2027 (our report).
Ertürk Lines has opened its Çeşme-Chios fast-boat timetable through to 30 April 2027. When we checked on 24 October, the timetable ended on 3 January 2027, with only a single sailing showing on 8 April. The new timetable has a gap: Ertürk does not sail between 11 January and 11 February 2027, so, going by the published timetables, only Turyol’s catamaran serves the route for those four weeks. Chios airport will also be closed from 15 November to 15 March, so anyone planning a winter trip to or from the island should pick their dates with this in mind.
What happened?
On 28 October 2026 we queried the booking system behind Ertürk’s timetable page for 20 December 2026 to 30 April 2027, using two different search windows (14 and 30 days); both returned the same sailings. All of them are on the Erturk High Speed Craft, which does not take cars, leaving Çeşme at 09:00:
- January 2027: on 1 January only the 16:30 return from Chios is listed; 2-3 January and the newly added 8-10 January (Friday to Sunday) run in both directions.
- 11 January-11 February: no sailings in Ertürk’s timetable.
- February: Fridays to Sundays from 12 February (12-14, 19-21, 26-28 February). Return from Chios at 16:30.
- March: daily from 5 to 14 March; then Fridays to Sundays on 19-21 and 26-28 March, plus Wednesday 31 March. From 28 March the return from Chios is at 18:00.
- April: Wednesdays and Fridays to Sundays, plus Thursday 8 April; the last listed sailing is on 30 April. Return at 18:00.
The timetable shows no fares and no car sailings for 2027. It does not say which country’s time the departures are given in; in winter Greece is one hour behind Turkey (our report on the clock change).
For November the same query also showed that, in addition to its Friday-to-Sunday sailings, the car-carrying Apostolos S. runs on 3-4 and 10-11 November (Tuesday and Wednesday), leaving Chios at 08:00 and Çeşme at 18:00.
Turyol during the gap: on 28 October we also re-checked Turyol’s timetable for 11 January-14 February. The Catamaran Imbros (no cars) sails on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Çeşme 09:00, Chios 16:30; there are no sailings on Mondays or Wednesdays. We covered Turyol’s 2027 timetable in our report of 24 October.
What does it mean for travellers?
- Mid-January to mid-February: of the published timetables, only Turyol sails from Çeşme in this period, five days a week. Tilos Travel (Sea Star Makri) had winter sailings on this route in its 2026 timetable but had not published one for early 2027 when we last checked; when we asked, it said by email on 27 October only that its winter sailings continue and are listed on its site. If you want to travel with Ertürk, choose a weekend before 10 January or after 12 February.
- Day trips: with Ertürk you can leave Çeşme at 09:00 and return from Chios at 16:30 (18:00 after 28 March). Route details, check-in times and fares are in our Çeşme to Chios ferry guide; from the island side see our Chios to Çeşme ferry guide.
- Visa on arrival (Turkish passport holders only): applications are made for a specific sailing, and Ertürk asks for the documents at its Çeşme office at least 8 days in advance. The scheme currently runs until the end of April 2027; nothing has been announced for after that. Details in our visa on arrival guide.
- Continuing to Athens: Chios airport is closed from 15 November to 15 March (our report). The agenda of Greece’s Coastal Shipping Council (ΣΑΣ) for 27 October included suspending sailings of two ships on the Piraeus-Chios-Mytilene line: Nisos Rodos from 31 December to 13 February and Nisos Samos from 15 February to 31 March. As of the morning of 28 October we could not find an announced decision. Check your Piraeus ticket early if you are travelling in winter.
- Weather: cancellations because of wind are more frequent in winter. In weeks with few sailings, do not leave your return to the last day.
For other routes that stay open in winter see our Greek islands in winter page, and for the island itself our Chios travel guide. Even though the timetable is published on the operator’s own site, it can change; check again before you book.
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Sources
- Ertürk Lines - Çeşme-Chios timetable (checked on 28 October 2026 for 20.12.2026-30.04.2027)
- Turyol - Ferry timetable, Çeşme-Chios (checked on 28 October 2026 for 11.01-14.02.2027)
- Politis Chios - Fewer ships planned for Chios’s four-month isolation (26 October 2026, in Greek)
- ΣΑΣ - Agenda no. 11 of 27 October 2026, PDF (via Politis Chios, in Greek)
- Coast to Island - Çeşme-Chios: Turyol opens its timetable to September 2027 (24 October 2026)
- Coast to Island - Chios airport closed from 15 November to 15 March (20 October 2026)
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