Even better than in 2019, the figures for passenger traffic and the number of flights in February. Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”. In particular, last month, compared to February 2019, the total number of passengers carried increased by 2.3% and reached 1.36 million people. Year-on-year in February passenger traffic was even higher, at 62.4%.
In total, in the first two months of the year, the airport’s passenger traffic amounted to 2.8 million people and increased by 74.3% and 3.1% compared to the corresponding periods of 2022 and 2019. In certain categories, February domestic and international traffic exceeded 2022 levels. by 37.3% and 78.1%, respectively, however, compared to 2019, the number of domestic passengers decreased slightly by 0.5%, while the number of international passengers increased by 3.6%.
On a bi-monthly basis, domestic and international passenger traffic exceeded 2022 levels by 47.9% and 90.4%, respectively, and showed an increase compared to 2019 by 0.7% and 4.3%, respectively.
Passenger traffic increased by 2.3% to 1.36 million compared to February 2019.
Number of flights in Athens International Airport. In the first two months of 2023, 26,303 flights were registered, up 24.8% and 1.7% compared to 2022 and 2019, respectively. Both domestic and international flights increased by 15.2% and 33.2% respectively compared to 2022 and by 3.3% and 0.6% compared to 2019.
New connections
This data for the country’s largest airport confirms that performance estimates for the tourist season this year are much higher than in 2019. The increase in the number of new flights between Athens and international destinations also contributes to this. For example, flights between Athens and Benghazi, operated by Air Mediterranean and Marathon Airlines, began yesterday.
In the first ten days of March, EasyJet starts connecting a large number of Greek destinations with London, and on the 11th of the month, the first direct flight (Delta Airlines) from Athens to New York will begin. But Aegean has also increased the number of routes to France and Israel, as well as to and from the Middle East.
Source: Kathimerini
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