Air Service One has collected October passenger figures for almost 250 airports across Europe, including the vast majority of major airports. These can be found in our free to download EATS (European Airport Traffic Statistics) file on the Air Service One homepage. We have identified all major airports reporting over one million passengers in October […]
November 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Greece’s Sky Express (IATA code GQ) has added two new international routes from Athens in the week before the start of the W22/23 season. On Wednesday 26 October the carrier began 5-weekly service on the 1,520-kilometre route to Milan MXP. These two airports are already connected this November by three other carriers according to Cirium […]
November 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The Greek air travel market is performing very well this summer. Latest data from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority shows that the country’s airports welcomed 8.4 million passengers in June. That is down just 1% compared with June 2019. The country’s busiest airport, which serves the capital Athens, reported traffic down 7% in June. Domestic […]
Greece’s biggest carrier, Aegean Airlines, is offering non-stop flights from Athens to 78 international destinations this summer, including seven that it was not serving during the summer of 2019. This compares with 82 international destinations served three summers ago. The new routes, all launched this summer are (weekly frequency in August 2022 in brackets): 20 […]
July 13, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Strong Traffic performance During the very challenging second year of the pandemic, 2021, Athens International Airport handled over 12 million passengers exceeding the respective 2020 levels by 52.8%, but lagging behind by 51.7% compared to 2019. Traffic remained at low levels in the 1st half of the year, due to ongoing travel restrictions and COVID-19 […]
June 21, 2022 | Air Service Event News, Airports, Europe
Delta Air Lines now connects Boston and Athens, the first airline to do so in over 20 years. The SkyTeam carrier began service on 27 May with a 3-weekly service on the 7,650-kilometre route. Olympic Airways last flew between these two airports in 1994. Delta’s flights depart the US east coast airport on Wednesdays, Fridays and […]
June 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
German leisure carrier Condor recently resumed service to Athens after an absence of some 20 years. On Monday 18 April the airline began 4-weekly service from Düsseldorf using its A320 fleet. The 2,005-kilometre route is already served by Aegean Airlines (5-weekly increasing to daily in June) and Eurowings (4-weekly). Condor will only operate the service […]
April 28, 2022 | Latest Route News +
UK leisure airline Jet2.com recently launched its first regular services to Athens, when it began 2-weekly service (Thursdays and Sundays) from both Birmingham and Manchester. The airport serving the Greek capital became the airline’s 15th destination in Greece. Jet2.com faces no competition on the route from Birmingham. However, both easyJet (up to 5-weekly) and Aegean […]
April 26, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Athens International Airport (AIA) was awarded the ACI Europe Best Airport Award 2021 in the 25-40 million passenger category, announced at the recent ACI Europe Annual Congress and General Assembly that took place in Geneva. The award recognises excellence and outstanding achievement across the entire portfolio of airport activities with a particular focus this year on […]
November 15, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
The traffic recovery is firmly on track in Athens, proving the resilience and attractiveness of the local market. “We are lucky to have experienced a fast and strong traffic recovery this summer, with 60% of 2019 passenger traffic returning,” explains Leonidas Raftopoulos, Senior Developer, Airline Development at Athens Airport. The airport handled over five million […]
October 9, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Greece’s Sky Express became the latest new carrier to serve London Heathrow Airport when it began 4-weekly service from Athens on Sunday 1 August. Flights are set to operate initially on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Additional flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are currently bookable from the week commencing 16 August. The inaugural service (flight […]
August 3, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Despite (as yet) no significant easing of the US’s entry restrictions regarding European nationals, US carriers have recently increased their services to Europe and even started new routes. One such is United Airlines’s new daily service between Washington IAD and Athens. The first flight (UA 982 operated by a Boeing 787-8, registration N45905) departed the […]
July 5, 2021 | Latest Route News +