Greece in Top 5 Summer 2023 Departure Destinations from Copenhagen Airport

A tourist on Crete.

Greece was among the top five countries that travelers departing from Copenhagen Airport in Denmark most frequently chose for their holiday this summer.

According to an announcement by the airport’s management, Spain ranked top by some margin among the five most popular countries of destination in southern Europe, followed by France, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

In addition, Crete topped the charter flights category with 90,000 passengers, ahead of Rhodes and Cyprus. Charter flights this summer made up just over five percent of the total air traffic in to and out of Copenhagen Airport.

“Summer is always the busiest time of year, but it was very obvious this summer that many people were determined to enjoy the charms of a sunny getaway in southern Europe for their holidays,” said Peter Krogsgaard, Chief Commercial Officer at Copenhagen Airport.

Overall, the airport had the busiest summer season since 2019 with almost eight million passengers passing through, an increase of 14 percent when compared to the same 2022 period. during the busiest July days the airport served more than 100,000 passengers daily.

While Spain saw almost 700,000 passengers from the Copenhagen airport visiting popular destinations like Màlaga, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona, it was France who ranked top in terms of the increase in passenger numbers this summer, marking a year-on-year increase of 44 percent.

Copenhagen airport.

Preliminary data, show that the Danish capital’s airport will continue to deal with busy days going into autumn since many choose September and October to get a last dose of summer sunshine or go to one of Europe’s major cities for a long weekend.

“Already now, we can see that we will have several very busy days this autumn with up to 95,000 passengers per day, typically on Fridays or Sundays,” added Krogsgaard.

Earlier this year, Copenhagen Airport upgraded its guidance for the full year and expects to serve 26 million passengers in 2023.