Athens Airport had more flights last month than in October 2019
Eurocontrol data show the continued recovery of Greek air transport, as local airports had 7.7% more flights last month than a year earlier, led by Athens Airport, and by Aegean Airlines, which has the lion’s share in the Greek market.
The capital’s Eleftherios Venizelos Airport is one of 40 European airports that last month posted an increase in flight activity compared to the same month in 2019: It hosted 8,484 flights, up by 0.5% from three years earlier, although in the first 10 months of the year it lagged the 2019 figure by 6.2%, serving 184,495 flights in total. In October Athens Airport served 2.29 million passengers, down 0.5% on 2019.
