The Greek government said it had evacuated 19,000 people from Rhodes over the last few days in the "largest ever" wildfire evacuation in the country's history.
The popular holiday destination has been ravaged by wildfires following an extreme heatwave in recent weeks.
A number of flights to the island have been cancelled, as well as outgoing flights - leaving many tourists cancelled.
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However, rescue flights to bring tourists home are now underway.
Tourists have been sleeping at the airport, makeshift rescue centres and on the street after the flames threatened holiday resorts.
Many had to abandon their belongings and leave on foot as fires which have already destroyed homes spread from the centre of the island towards resorts on its eastern coast.
Smaller evacuation orders are also in place for parts of Corfu and Evia.
Both EasyJet and Jet2 are planning to send repatriation flights to Rhodes today, and some TUI customers returned on three dedicated flights overnight.
As well as this, a number of flights from the airport are still running. Ryanair says its operations to and from Rhodes are normal and that usual conditions apply.
Rhodes has been battling fires fanned by strong winds since Tuesday and roughly 19,000 people have been evacuated so far in what Greek authorities say is largest operation of its kind they have carried out.
Around 2,500 people have been evacuated on Corfu, some 1,027km (670 miles) miles away, a fire department spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Boats were used to rescue people from beaches but officials have told the BBC the situation is less serious than on Rhodes.
Fires broke out over the weekend in northern Corfu, and people were told to leave the areas of Santa, Megoula, Porta, Palia, Perithia and Sinies.
Emergency services are also tackling fires on Evia, the second largest of the Greek islands, and some areas are being evacuated.
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