In April this year, an impressive increase in passenger traffic was recorded at the Athens El.Venizelos Airport: the number of passengers served increased by 26.8% compared to 2022 and reached 2,136,956 people per month.
According to airport statistics, “passenger traffic at El. Venizelos” last month reached 2.14 million, an increase of 26.8% compared to 2022 levels, 1,685,862 passengers were transported (the period during which the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to aviation continued), but also increased by 7.6% compared to pre-pandemic 2019.
Both domestic and international passenger traffic exceeded 2022 levels by 20.5% and 29.8%, respectively.
Compared to 2019, the passenger traffic of both domestic and international flights increased by 15.3% and 4.4%, respectively.
Only first four months of 2023 the passenger traffic of the airport was 6.6 million, an increase of 47.5% compared to 2022 (4,484,066 passengers served), as well as by 4% compared to 2019. International passenger traffic exceeded the level of 2022 by 33.8% and 54.7%, respectively, while they showed an increase compared to 2019 by 5.2% and 3.4%.
The figures for flights at Athens International Airport are also impressive. In particular, the number of flights in the first four months of 2023 was 59,357, an increase of 19.3% compared to 2022 and 2.9% compared to 2019 levels. The number of both domestic and international flights increased by 11.6% and 25.8%, respectively, compared to 2022, while an increase compared to 2019 by 6.5% and 0.3%.
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