Passenger Traffic Development - August 2016

Strong growth continues
The airport’s passenger traffic during August amounted to 2.37 million passengers, exceeding the respective 2015 period by 10%. Both domestic and international passengers demonstrated a strong increase of 10.8% and 9.6%, respectively. This favourable development was driven by the robust increase of both Greek residents and foreign visitors by 11% and 10% respectively.
Overall, during the period January through August 2016, the airport’s passenger traffic reached 13.4 million corresponding to an increase of +9.5% vs. the respective 2015 period, with domestic passengers growing by 12.2% and international travellers by 8%. Both Greek and foreign travellers enjoyed an increase at the level of 14% and 7% respectively.