Fraport Greece has announced that international arrivals at 14 regional airports in May have taken off.
In particular, according to traffic figures published by the company, the largest increase among in the 14 airports, is recorded at Mykonos airport (+ 42.8%), followed by Kos (36.2%), Kefalonia (35.2% ), Santorini (31%), Corfu (24.7%), Rhodes (24%), Zakynthos (23.4%), Thessaloniki (22.1%) and Chania (18.6%).
This summer season Fraport Greece welcomes at its 14 airports many new flights, a result of its cooperation with airlines and the high level collaboration with the Hellenic Slot Coordinator. The ongoing construction works aimed at revamping the 14 airports have been planned in such a way not affecting the Summer 18 schedule which reflects an optimized slot allocation process enabling airlines to fly at their requested times.
In total the 14 airports that Fraport Greece manages and operate are attracting even more airlines both from intra and extra schengen, adding both new as well as an increasing the number of existing routes. At the same time Aegean, easyJet, Eurowings, Fly Dubai, Lauda Motion, Lufthansa, Primera Air, Qatar Airways, Ryanair, SAS, Small Planet, Thomas Cook/ Condor, Transavia, Travel Service, TUI Group, Volotea, Wizz Air are some of the airlines extending their operations to the shoulder months leading to the increase of the tourist season.
With the opportunity of the new routes and inaugural flights, Mr. George Vilos, Executive Director of Commercial & Business Development stated: «We are pleased to welcome on a daily basis new routes at our airports – a clear demonstration of the existing potential both for the airlines and destinations. The opportunities ahead of us are huge, and we at Fraport Greece, view each new partnership as a unique developmental opportunity. The new routes and connections as well as the high increase in traffic seen already at the 14 airports with international passengers pave the way for a very positive outcome this high season».
According to a relevant press statement, the current season’s first inaugural flight was made by Qatar Airways in March with a new Doha-Thessaloniki connection. In May, Jet2.com, British Airways and Germania also inaugurated new routes to begin the summer season.
On May 5, 2018 Fraport Greece welcomed three new routes by Jet2.com linking:
- – Thessaloniki – London (Stansted)
- – Kefalonia – London (Stansted)
- – Zakyhtnos – Birmingham
Jet2.com this summer will also introduce the following new destinations:
- – Thessaloniki – Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle
- – Rhodes – Belfast
- – Kos – Edinburgh & Birmingham
- – Kefalonia – Glasgow
British Airways inaugurated its flight from London (Heathrow) to Kefalonia on May 15
Corfu island airport welcomed the Germania inaugural flight from Zurich on May 22, with the airline investing not just at this route but to even more connections from Germany and Switzerland. This summer the following destinations will also be served by Germania:
- – Corfu: from Berlin, Nurnberg
- – Kos: from Berlin, D?sseldorf, N?rnberg and Zurich
- – Rhodes: from Berlin, D?sseldorf and Zurich
- – Samos: from Hamburg, Berlin and Zurich
- – Thessaloniki: from Dresden, Erfourt, Munster and N?rnburg
- – Zakynthos: from Dusseldorf and Zurich
- – Mytiline: from Dusseldorf
At the end of May, Mykonos island welcomed Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight, which connects for the first time Doha with the cosmopolitan island of the Aegean.
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