Maybe at 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece, passenger traffic in July recovered by 11.1% compared to the same month in 2019, however, not all airports show positive growth in arrivals. As can be seen from her data Fraport GreeceOf the 5.9 million passengers handled last month, about 5.2 million passed through airports in Rhodes, Corfu, Thessaloniki, Chania, Kos, Santorini, Zakynthos and Mykonos. Of these eight airports, which represent the lion’s share of passengers in absolute terms, Santorini (+36.2%), Chania and Corfu with about 21% each, Mykonos (+16.6%) show the largest percentage increase compared to July 2019. ), Rhodes (+10.4%), Zakynthos (+8.8%) and Kos (+7.2%).

In contrast, Thessaloniki has so far failed to close the gap on 2019, with Macedonia Airport passenger traffic down 9.6% compared to July 2019. The performance of this airport – Greece’s second largest – remains below pre-crisis levels, is why Fraport Greece circles are moderately optimistic despite a wider improvement in size. The “club” of airports with a gap compared to 2019 includes the airports of Samos (-6.8%), Kavala (-12.8%) and Mytilini (-13.3%), with a total passenger traffic in July of 194.6 thousand visitors.

In addition, the airports in Kefalonia, Aktio and Skiathos, which recorded a double-digit increase in arrivals compared to July 2019, show a combined movement of about half a million passengers, which corresponds to 1/10 of the total number of people served by the 14 regional airports. Parent company Fraport Greece (Fraport AG) estimates that for the whole of 2022, passenger traffic at its airports around the world will reach 90% of 2019 levels.

Following the increase in passenger traffic in July, flight activity increased at the largest airports in the region. Last month, the total number of domestic and international flights amounted to 45.6 thousand flights, an increase of about 10% compared to the corresponding month of 2019. On a pan-European level, in July, Greece, along with just four other countries (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania), show a 7.6% increase in flights compared to the same month in 2019, according to the European Aviation Safety Organization (Eurocontrol) .

The 42 countries covered by Eurocontrol had 951,100 flights in July, down 13% from the same month in 2019.