ATHENS
Passenger traffic in all Greek airports rose sharply in 2024, Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Friday, recording 9.3 % increase compared to 2023.
Specifically, passenger traffic in all Greek airports where commercial flights are carried out (24 operated by the CAA, 14 by Fraport Greece and Athens International Airport) in January-December 2024 reached 79,403,911 passengers, up from 72,616,584 in 2023.
Regarding the number of flights (domestic and international aircraft arrivals and departures) in 2024 in all of the country’s 39 airports whose air traffic control is mainly exercised by the CAA, there was an increase of 7.6% compared to with the corresponding period of January-December 2023.
For the 24 CAA airports, in particular, a total of 603,931 flights were operated throughout 2024, compared to 561,366 flights in 2023, while there was an 8% increase in passenger traffic.
In particular, the total number of passengers (international and domestic passenger arrivals and departures) over the 12 months of 2024 amounted to 11,975,632 passengers, compared to 11,092,141 passengers in the corresponding period of 2023.