During May Athens International Airport’s traffic reached 1.8 million passengers, considerably exceeding the respective 2015 levels by 8.9%.
Both domestic and international passengers demonstrated a substantial rise of 11.7% and 7.4% respectively. Both Greek and foreign visitors continued growing, with Greeks enjoying an increase of 13% and foreign visitors by a more modest 5%.
Overall, during the first five months of the year airport’s traffic reached 6.73 million passengers, an increase of 10.4%, with domestic passengers growing by 15.8% and international travellers by 7.3%. Both Greek and foreign travellers enjoyed an increase at the level of 12% and 8% respectively.
During May number of flights at the Athens International Airport amounted to 17.1 thousands presenting a robust rise of 7.8%. Domestic flights grew by 9.1%, while international services also demonstrated an increase of 6.8%.
