April traffic soars
Pax +13.6% in April, +9.7% since start of the year
During April, the airport’s passengers produced a strong rise of 13.6%, reaching 1.87 million, with both domestic and international travellers achieving growth, at the level of 8.5% and 16.1%, respectively. Contrary to the first three months of the year, the strong rise of the domestic market this month is noteworthy, attributed both to Easter Holiday, as well as to the enhanced domestic operations during the running summer flight schedule.
Overall, during the period January through April 2018, the airport’s passenger traffic reached 5.9 million, achieving an almost double-digit growth (+9.7%), with domestic traffic still being below the respective 2017 volumes (-1.6%) due to the 1st quarter’s decline, whereas international passengers enjoyed a sharp increase of 16%.
In addition, number of flights during the first four months of the year amounted to 53,831, demonstrating a healthy rise of 7.8%. Both domestic and international services presented growth by 2.4% and 11.6% respectively, mainly attributed to the enhanced summer 2018 route network of the airport.