Passenger traffic in Greek airports rose 4.9 pct in the January-August period compared with the same period in 2018, totaling 45,839,842 passengers, Civil Aviation Authority said in a report on Thursday, ANA reports.
The report cited that the total number of flights in Greek airports was 377,720 (of which 147,621 domestic and 230,099 international), up 4.3 pct compared with the same period last year.
The airports of Athens, Heraclion, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, and Corfu recorded the biggest passenger traffic in August. In the eight-month period from January to August, the airport of Ioannina recorded the biggest percentage increase in passenger traffic (29.9 pct), followed by Naxos (21.3 pct) and Lemnos (19 pct).
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