Passenger traffic at all Greek airports reached record heights in January-November of 2023, compared to the same time in 2022 (by 23.5%) and in 2019 (by 12.7%), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Friday, ANA reports.
Passenger traffic at all airports of Greece – the Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’, the 24 airports managed by CAA, and the 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece – grew by 9.6% the entire year of 2022 (Jan.-Dec.).
That is, passenger traffic in Jan.-Nov. 2023 reached 69,771,387 passengers, while traffic for the entire 2022 totaled 63,672,121, the Authority said. In terms of percentages, passenger traffic rose by 14% compared to 2022 and by 13.1% compared to 2019, CAA noted.
More specifically, passenger traffic reached 69,771,387 in Jan.-Nov. 2023, compared to 61,229,394 in the same time in 2022 and 61,665,799 in 2019.
In November, traffic increased by 23.55% (or 2,925,746 passengers) compared to the same month in 2022 (with 2,369,079 passengers) and by 12.7% (2,596,285 passengers) in 2019.
Flight numbers
In terms of the number of flights – arrivals and departures for both international and domestic flights – a total of 24,842 flights were executed in November 2023 compared to 23, 218 in the same month in 2022 and 23,774 in 2019. The number of all flights rose by 7% in November compared to November 2022, and by 4.5% compared to 2019.
In Jan.-Nov. 2023, a total of 537,172 flights took place, compared to 528,292 in 2022 and 502,646 in 2019, with the flight traffic in the 11 months of the year rising by 1.7% compared to 2022 and 6.9% in 2019.
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