Athens International Airport - Traffic increased by 10% in 2007

Athens International Airport - Traffic increased by 10% in 2007

With a total of 16.5 million passengers, over 200,000 flights hand, 2007 was another record-breaking year for Athens International Airport, posting an impressive 10% increase on a year-to-year basis (15.1 million passengers in 2006). The number of flights also enjoyed an 8% rise, for the first time surpassing the 200,000 flights threshold (205,294 flights against 190,872 in 2006).

10 new destinations / 15 new airlines
By adding 10 new destinations (Philadelphia, Beijing, Timisoara, Kaliningrad, Jeddah, Riyadh, Riga, Goteborg, Lviv and Mariupol), Athens International Airport in 2007 offered direct scheduled services to 116 destinations in 50 countries, by 70 airlines.

Last year, Athens International Airport welcomed 15 new airlines (Aer Lingus, Air Baltic, Air China, Carpatair, Centralwings, Clickair, Continental Airlines, Finnair, Ilyich-Avia, KDavia, Kras Air, MyΑir, Saudi Arabian Airlines, US Airways and Vueling Airlines). This robust development, bringing Athens International Airport among the fastest growing European airports, relates to the airport’s strategic developmental goals for 2007:

a) development / increase of long haul services to the U.S.A. and the Far East markets (US Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta, Olympic Airlines, and Air China)

b) dynamic growth of 19 low cost airlines which last year connected Athens with 31 European destinations (among them, 7 "newcomers": Aer Lingus, Air Baltic, Centralwings, Clickair, KDavia, MyΑir and Vueling Airlines)

c) strong regional development of the Eastern European markets, mainly Russia