Data for the first four months of 2018 show increased passenger traffic at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (AIA), continuing a trend from 2017.
For April 2018 alone, passenger traffic rose by 13.6 percent (yoy), exceeding 1.87 million, with passenger traffic on domestic routes up by 8.5 percent and 16.1 percent for international routes.
Specifically, for the Jan-Apr 2018 period, 5.9 million passengers passed through the airport – Greece’s largest and busiest – a rise of 9.7 percent from the corresponding period in 2017.
The number of flights from AIA during the first four months of 2018 were 53,831, an increase of 7.8 percent over the same period in 2017.
Furthermore, according to GBR Consulting, the 27.1 percent rise in the number of Q1 international arrivals at AIA has helped RevPAR at Athens hotels to grow by 14.6% year-on-year, due to increased occupancy levels and room rates.
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