Traffic in 10M 2023 exceeded 12M 2022 by 5%
A significant increase is recorded in passenger traffic in total airports of the country both for this year’s October and for the ten months of 2023, in relation to the corresponding period of 2022 and 2019.
According to the statistics of the Civil Aviation Service for all airports (Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” Airport, 24 airports managed by CAA, 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece), it appears that this year’s October recorded an increase in passenger traffic by 12.2% in compared to 2022 and by 22.9% compared to 2019, as 6,943,073 were handled in 2023, 6,189,945 were handled in 2022 and 5,650,541 passengers were handled in 2019.
For the 10th month of the year 2023 in Greece (January/October 2023) the total number of passengers in the airports (arrivals and departures of foreign and domestic passengers) reached 66,844,615, compared to 58,860,315 in the corresponding period of 2022 and 59,069. 514 passengers in 2019. From the above statistics, there is a 13.6% increase in passenger traffic compared to 2022 and a 13.2% increase compared to 2019.
Also, from the analysis and comparison of all the data, it appears that the passenger traffic of 10 months 2023 exceeded by 5% the 12 months of 2022, as in this year’s 10 months 66,844,615 passengers were handled at the airports, while last year the whole of 2022 (12 months ́22) had handled 63,672 .121 passengers.
Flights
In terms of flight statistics (domestic and international aircraft arrivals and departures) October 2023 there were 52,329 flights, compared to 51,795 in 2022 and 45,552 flights in 2019, with air traffic showing an increase of 1%, compared to 2022 and an increase of 14, 9% compared to 2019.
Flight statistics for the 10th month of 2023 (Jan/Oct 2023) show that there were 512,278 flights in 2023, compared to 505,074 in 2022 and 478,872 flights in 2019, with 10m 2023 air traffic up 1.4% compared to by 2022 and a 7% increase compared to 2019.
