Greek Airports Handle Over 50m Passengers in First 8 Months of 2023

Athens International Airport (AIA), June 2023. Photo source: Discover the World Greece

The upward dynamic of passenger flows through Greece’s airports continued into August reaching over 50 million in the first eight months of the year, according to tentative data released this week by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA).

More specifically, Greek airports including Athens International Airport (AIA), the 24 airports managed by the HCAA and the 14 regional airports run by Fraport Greece, handled 50.15 million passengers (including domestic and international arrivals and departures) in the January-August period, marking a 14.5 percent rise over 2022 and 43.78 million and an 11.7 percent increase compared to 2019 and 44.89 million passengers.

In August, Greek airports welcomed 11.3 million passengers, a 5.7 percent increase over 2022 and 10.7 million and a 10.8 percent rise compared to August in pre-Covid 2019 and 10.2 million.

Zakynthos Airport.

In terms of flight activity through Greece’s airports in the eight-month period under review, 388,804 flights were carried out, up by 1.5 percent compared to 383,137 in 2022 and by 5.5 percent and 368,414 in 2019.

In August, 81,501 flights were carried out, marking a decline of 3.7 percent over 2022 and 84,632 flights but up by 5.1 percent compared to 77,555 flights in 2019.

At these rates and based on figures to date, Greek aviation and airport experts are expecting 2023 to be a record year.