Passenger Traffic in Summer 2022 up 4% Compared to 2019 at 24 of Greece’s Airports
Passenger Traffic in Summer 2022 up 4% Compared to 2019 at 24 of Greece’s Airports January 25, 2023 FILE – Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Spata, near Athens. (Photo by Eurokinissi/Yiannis Panagopoulos) ATHENS – The number of flights in Greek airports in 2022 slightly exceeded 2019’s record figures, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reported on Tuesday. […]
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Passenger traffic in summer 2022 rises 4% from 2019 at 24 Greek airports
Passenger traffic in summer 2022 rises 4% from 2019 at 24 Greek airports The number of flights in Greek airports in 2022 slightly exceeded 2019’s record figures, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reported on Tuesday, ANA reports. A total of 529,235 flights were carried out in Greece last year compared to 526,155 in 2019, with […]
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Record 31 million passengers for Greek regional airports
Record 31 million passengers for Greek regional airports “The regional airports have set a record with 31 million passengers, which shows that our strategy for better tourism throughout Greece has succeeded,” said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview with the Open TV station, adding that for Athens tourism was this year the main source […]
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Hermes Airports head: Qatar Airways to transport 80,000 passengers to Cyprus in 2023
Hermes Airports head: Qatar Airways to transport 80,000 passengers to Cyprus in 2023 The presence of Qatar Airways in Cyprus is “very important”, as it connects the island with countries in Asia and the East, while in 2023 it is expected to transport to and from Cypriot airports around 80,000 passengers, Eleni Kaloyirou, Chief Executive […]
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Greece’s 14 regional airports set record arrivals in 2022
Greece’s 14 regional airports set record arrivals in 2022 Greece’s 14 regional airports set record arrivals in 2022 as those went up 3.4% compared to 2019, while international arrivals were up 7.2% compared to the pre-pandemic period, it was reported after a meeting of Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias with Fraport Greece CEO Alexander Zinell on […]
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Fraport-run regional airports see record arrivals in 2022
Fraport-run regional airports see record arrivals in 2022 The 14 regional airports run by Fraport saw record arrivals figures in 2022, with domestic arrivals up 3.4% and international arrivals up 7.2% compared to the pre-pandemic period (2019). The figures emerged after a meeting Tuesday between Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Fraport Greece CEO Alexander Zinell. […]
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Greece’s 14 regional airports reach record arrivals in 2022
Greece’s 14 regional airports reach record arrivals in 2022 Greece’s 14 regional airports set record arrivals in 2022 as those went up 3.4% compared to 2019, while international arrivals were up 7.2% compared to the pre-pandemic period, it was reported after a meeting of Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias with Fraport Greece CEO Alexander Zinell on […]
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Big seaplane plans for Crete
Big seaplane plans for Crete Greek Water Airports announced on Wednesday it has applied for the creation of a water aerodrome at Agia Galini in the prefecture of Rethymno in southern Crete. It also said that the Port Fund of Hania has submitted an application for the creation of a water aerodrome at the port […]
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Regional airports’ record year
Regional airports’ record year Greece’s 14 largest regional airports, managed by Fraport Greece, reported a million more passengers last year than in 2019. In total, passenger traffic reached 31 million passengers, or 3.4% from the record year of 2019, sources have told Kathimerini, though uncertainty is clouding the new year. The overall 2022 performance, which […]
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Record passenger figures at 14 regional airports
Record passenger figures at 14 regional airports Passenger traffic at the 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece posted an all-time high in the January-November period. A total of 30.5 million passengers used the 14 airports in those 11 months, up 3.6% from the same period in record year 2019, Fraport data showed. The airports […]
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Greek regional airports set to break passenger records
Greek regional airports set to break passenger records Greek regional airports are just a hair’s length away from the record performances of 2019 . In the first ten months of the year, the 14 airports managed by Fraport Greece handled 29.8 million passengers, just 320,145 less than the first twelve months of 2019. October continued […]
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Environmental Assessment Certification to Airports and GSPs to be expanded
Environmental Assessment Certification to Airports and GSPs to be expanded The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the IATA Environmental Assessment for Airports and Ground Service Providers (IEnvA for Airports and GSPs). Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is the first participant in the expanded IEnvA and will play a leadership role as the value chain […]
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One of the best Octobers ever for tourism and airports
One of the best Octobers ever for tourism and airports The extremely good weather and the dynamic ranking of Greek destinations among the top positions of European travelers’ preferences resulted in one of the best, if not the best, October for Greek tourism of all time. According to Kathimerini sources, last month’s international traffic at […]
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Arrivals at regional airports up 7.2%
Arrivals at regional airports up 7.2% September air arrivals at Greece’s 14 Fraport-managed regional airports increased by 7.2% compared to the corresponding month of 2019, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated last week. The average increase at the airports of Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes and Kos from three years earlier reached 14%, at Hania it was 15% […]
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Passenger traffic at regional airports remains robust
Passenger traffic at regional airports remains robust In August passenger traffic from abroad remained strong at Greece’s 14 regional airports that Fraport Greece manages, following a remarkably robust July. Traffic increased by approximately 10% compared to 2019 – the last year before the pandemic and a record year for Greek tourism – according to market […]
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Santorini tops regional Greek airports in traffic gains
Santorini tops regional Greek airports in traffic gains Overall, Greece’s 14 largest regional airports saw their July arrivals rise 11.1% to 5.9 million passengers compared to the same month of 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic started, but gains have not been evenly distributed and, at four of them, arrivals still lag those […]
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International arrivals bloom
International arrivals bloom Arrivals from abroad at the country’s 14 largest regional airports exceeded all expectations in July, boosting hopes that this will be a record-setting tourist season, better even than 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic’s heavy impact on both transport and tourism. The numbers make up for the lag in those […]
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Fraport: Boost in profits from Greek airports
Fraport: Boost in profits from Greek airports Greek regional airports managed by the German Group gave a particular impetus to the strengthening of Fraport‘s revenues, as the recovery in passenger traffic reached and exceeded οn some islands the levels of 2019, which was a record year. Specifically, during the first half of the year Fraport […]
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Air traffic exceeding 2019 levels
Air traffic exceeding 2019 levels Arrivals at Greece’s top 15 airports have exceeded 2019 levels and are expected to get even better during the rest of the summer, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said Tuesday. Arrivals from abroad in June came to 3,481,000, marginally higher than during the pre-Covid pandemic 2019 (3,477,900) and nearly triple the […]
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Arrival figures at main Greek airports in June 2022 exceed same month in pre-pandemic 2019
Arrival figures at main Greek airports in June 2022 exceed same month in pre-pandemic 2019 Greece’s relevant tourism minister this week said arrivals at the Athens International Airport (AIA) and another 14 regional airports around the country managed by the German-Greek Fraport consortium exceeded 3.481 million in June 2022. Speaking to Greek public television, Minister […]
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Passenger arrivals at Greek airports in June 2022 top corresponding month in 2019
Passenger arrivals at Greek airports in June 2022 top corresponding month in 2019 Air passenger arrivals from abroad to Greece in June 2022 have exceeded the figure for the same month of 2019, by far the “banner year” for tourism in the country. Over the first half of the year, the number of arrivals by […]
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Molecular tests against COVID-19 to record possible mutation at five Greek airports
Molecular tests against COVID-19 to record possible mutation at five Greek airports The 6th Health district will collect samples to conduct PCR tests for COVID-19 at the airports of Epirus, Western Greece, the Peloponnese, and the Ionian islands in order to locate possible new mutations as part of a research study, ANA reports.According to an […]
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Sick air traffic controller draws attention to shortages at smaller airports in Greece
Sick air traffic controller draws attention to shortages at smaller airports in Greece The airport at the southeastern Aegean island of Kastelorizo, where Olympic Air operates, remained out of service last weekend because the sole employee working the control tower and providing Airport Flight Information Services (AFIS) was ill, ekathimerini.com reports. Indicatively, in 11 of […]
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Sick air traffic controller draws attention to shortages at smaller airports
Sick air traffic controller draws attention to shortages at smaller airports The airport at the southeastern Aegean island of Kastelorizo, where Olympic Air operates, remained out of service last weekend because the sole employee working the control tower and providing Airport Flight Information Services (AFIS) was ill. Indicatively, in 11 of the 15 border airports […]
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Regional airport traffic in June beats 2019
Regional airport traffic in June beats 2019 Air traffic at the regional airports managed by Fraport Greece surpassed the performance of 2019 in June, according to data published by the company. Compared to the 4.4 million visitors who traveled through the 14 airports in June 2019, before the pandemic, last month saw traffic of 4.6 […]
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Greek airports running smoothly
Greek airports running smoothly Unscheduled and private flights are causing 20% of delays at Greek airports, while the remaining 80% of delays are due to a domino effect from abroad, Transport Ministry data for June have shown. Nevertheless, the picture at Greek airports is much better than in most of Europe, which have been been […]
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Local airports dodge Euro chaos
Local airports dodge Euro chaos Despite the unprecedented chaos observed in the middle of the tourism season at many European airports, Greek airports have avoided getting into a similar situation. The reason for the long delays or even cancellations of flights at major international airports is, according to experts, their inability (including air traffic controllers) […]
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Superfund: Tender for Greece’s 22 small airports to run as a cluster
Superfund: Tender for Greece’s 22 small airports to run as a cluster The exploitation of the country’s 22 small regional airports is in the pipeline. After the Kalamata airport process, the stage is set for the concession of 22 smaller airports within the next two months. As things seem, at this point, the country’s 22 […]
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Greek tourism: High demand for reservations – increase over 2019 in sales at airports
Greek tourism: High demand for reservations – increase over 2019 in sales at airports High booking rates and increased sales at airports at levels better than 2019, according to the Ministry of Tourism, indicating a very good season for 2022. However, the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias is planning legislative initiatives aimed at preserving and […]
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Nearly 885,000 passengers travelled to and from Larnaka and Pafos airports in May
Nearly 885,000 passengers travelled to and from Larnaka and Pafos airports in May Roughly 885,000 passengers traveled to and from Larnaka and Pafos airports in May, 634,000 more than in the corresponding period of 2021, CNA reports. Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in March 2022 amounted to 128,840, with arrivals for the first quarter of the […]
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