Greek Airports’ 10-month Passenger Traffic Tops Last Year’s Total

Passenger traffic across all airports in Greece during January-October 2023 exceeded the full-year result of 2022 by 5 percent, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said on Monday.

According to data by the HCAA, 66,844,615 passengers were handled at Greece’s airports during the first ten months of this year, topping 2022 full-year results of 63,672,121 passengers.

“From the analysis and comparison of the data, it appears that the passenger traffic of the first ten months of 2023 exceeded the 12-month results of 2022 by 5 percent,” the authority said.

Greece’s airports include Athens International Airport (AIA) (see January-October 2023 results here), 24 regional airports managed by the HCAA and 14 regional airports under the management of Fraport Greece (see January-October 2023 results here).

Moreover, the HCAA’s data revealed that flights and passenger traffic across all Greek airports during October and the first ten months of the year showed a significant increase, compared to the corresponding periods of 2022 and 2019.

Passengers

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Passenger traffic at Greek airports this October recorded an increase of 12.2 percent compared to 2022 and 22.9 percent compared to 2019, as 6,943,073 were handled in 2023 against 6,189,945 last year and 5,650,541 passengers in 2019.

For the 10 first months of the year, the total number of passengers passing through Greek airports (arrivals and departures of foreign and domestic passengers) reached 66,844,615, compared to 58,860,315 in the corresponding period of 2022 and 59,069,514 passengers in 2019.

The data showed a 13.6 percent increase in passenger traffic during January-October 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 and a 13.2 percent increase compared to 2019.

Flights

In terms of October 2023 flight data (domestic and international aircraft arrivals and departures) there were 52,329 flights, compared to 51,795 in 2022 and 45,552 flights in 2019, with air traffic showing an increase of 1 percent, compared to 2022 and an increase of 14.9 percent compared to 2019.

Flight statistics for the ten first months of the year show that there were 512,278 flights in 2023, compared to 505,074 in 2022 and 478,872 flights in 2019. Flights during the first ten months of the year recorded a 1.4 percent rise compared to 2022 and a 7 percent increase compared to 2019.