“Nikos Kazantzakis” in Crete recorded an increase of 22% in April compared to last year
An increase of 9.2% is recorded in passenger traffic for the first four months of 2025 in the country’s total airports.
Specifically, according to Civil Aviation Aviation Statistics (CAA), passenger traffic in January-April 2025 reached 13,804,391, compared to 12,645,721 passengers in the corresponding period of 2024.
Flights
Regarding the number of aircraft movements (arrivals and departures of domestic and external aircraft) for the first four months of 2025, in total 39 airports in the country, which are mainly operated by the CAA, a 6.5% increase in 2024. against 109,603 flights in the first four months of 2024.
CAA Management Airports – 14% rise in passenger traffic
Passenger traffic rose 14% to the 24 CAA Management Airports (Heraklion, Kalamata, Alexandroupolis, Lemnos, Astypalaia, Ioannina, Chios, Kozani, Kastoria, Karpathos, Kythira, Milos, Skyros Sitia) The 1st quarter of 2025, compared to the equivalent of 2024.
In particular, according to statistics: The total passengers (arrivals and departures of external and domestic passengers) January-April 2025 amounted to 1,415,331 passengers, compared to 1,241,640 passengers in 2024.
“Nikos Kazantzakis” in Crete recorded an increase of 22% in April compared to last year
Heraklion Crete State Airport served in April 595,306 passengers, ie 22.2% increase compared to last year, whenever 487,303 passengers were served for the same month. At the same time, the most significant percentage of passenger traffic at the CAA Airports in April 2025 compared to 2024 were recorded at Kastelorizou Airport +68.1% and Kastoria Airport +58.9%.
