Passenger traffic in Greece’s 39 commercial airports – 24 managed by the state, 14 by Fraport Greece and the Athens International Airport (AIA) – posted an increase of 9.5% in the first seven-month period of the year compared to the corresponding January-July period of 2023, according to the provisional figures released on Tuesday by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Specifically, the number of passengers between January and July 2024 totaled 42,538,219, up from 38,833,074 in the corresponding period 2023.
In terms of domestic and international flight arrivals and departures, an increase of 6.9% was recorded, year-on-year. Specifically, 328,272 flights were recorded over the first seven-month period of this year, compared to 306,982 in the January-July 2023 period.
Meanwhile, passenger traffic in Greece at the Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (AIA) also continued in its upward course in July last month, posting increased passenger numbers by 9.3%, compared to the same month in 2023.
In absolute terms, the 9.3% increase translates into more than 3.61 million passengers passing through Greece’s biggest and busiest airport last month.
Domestic and international passenger traffic for the month was up by 5.9% and 10.8%, respectively, compared to the same month last year.
Over the first seven months of 2024, passenger traffic at AIA reached 17.62 million, up by 14.6% from the same period in 2023.
