Traffic Highlights - March 2015

 During March, the airport’s passenger traffic continued its successful course and reached 1.1 million, corresponding to a significant increase at the level of 24.5% and exceeding the 1 million mark for the first time since 2010 for the specific month. The number of international passengers grew rapidly by 20% while domestic travellers presented an impressive growth of 33.2%. In total, Greek travellers enjoyed a sharp rise of 21%, demonstrating a strong rise at the level of 36% in the domestic sector, while foreign visitors travelling to Athens only, also showed a robust increase of 29%.

  Overall, during the first quarter of the year, the airport’s traffic almost reached 3 million passengers (2.98 million), exceeding prior-year levels by a robust 25.7%, with domestic traffic enjoying extremely high levels of increase (+36.9%), considerably exceeding the international passengers’ growth (+19.7%). Greek travellers enjoyed a sharp rise of 23%, demonstrating an outstanding increase of 39% in the domestic sector, while foreign visitors travelling to Athens only, grew by an impressive 29%, reaffirming the recovery of the Athens’ attractiveness as a destination, even during the winter period.