Passenger traffic “took off” at the Athens International Airport in May totaling 2,538,086 passengers, up 23.4% from May 2022 and up 11.1% from the same month in 2019, ANA reports.
Both domestic and international traffic surpassed 2022 levels, by 20.6% and 24.8%, respectively, while in comparison with May 2019, domestic passenger traffic was up 15.6% and international traffic up 9.1%.
In the January-May period, passenger traffic totaled 9.15 million passengers, up 39.9% compared with the corresponding period last year and up 5.9% from 2019. Domestic traffic was up 29.9% and international traffic was up 45.1% compared with 2022, and up 7.9% and 4.9%, respectively, compared with 2019.
The number of scheduled flights totaled 80,878 in the five-month period, up 17.4% from 2022 and 4.1% from 2019. Domestic flights were up 10.4% and international flights were up 23.4% from 2022 and up 8.0% and 1.3% from 2019.
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