The urge for a fundamental improvement of the service in general and for the best possible service for the passengers was the spiritual basis of a new law. So a regular bus service in different forms became established, until 1952 when the regular bus service of the prefecture KTEL was founded. Since 1973 the company exists in its legal form as it is today.

We perform our social duty in providing special low prices for families with many children and for students on their way from and to their schools. We cover even the remotest villages of our prefectures in Summer and Winter.
Moreover we have extended our service to Northern Greece with two long distance destinations: Thessaloniki and Ioannina, where our locals go to study and work. On the way there, we have established stations in all bigger cities.

The organizations KTEL were legally based on the Law 102/73. The are Legal Persons of Civil Law. There are shareholders who own the busses. "KTEL" means freely translated "Common accountancy of bus entrepreneurs". The KTEL is controlled by the prefecture, generally by the Ministry of Transport for the state of Greece.

In September 2003 KTEL Hania - Rethymnon changed its legal form based on Law 2963/2001 into a Coprporation called KTEL Hanion - Rethymnis S.A. maintaining all rights that it had with the older legislation. The seat of company remains in Chania.
The fleet of the company has been renewed almost 100% with new modern technology buses built in 2004.