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Athens : 2021 in numbers – Rebuilding the network with 23 New services and 2 New airlines

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Despite the pandemic, Athens managed to restore 84% of 2019 network

For 2021 Athens was connected to 48 countries, 132 cities and 144 airport Destinations, restoring 84% of 2019 network, with services operated by 62 airlines on scheduled pax services.

Despite the pandemic’s challenges, Athens attractiveness and resilience  resulted in a dynamic reinstatement of services and airlines operating to/from the airport

Key figures

  • Countries : 48 (international)
  • Cities : 132 (100 international + 32 domestic)
  • Destination_airports : 144
  • Airlines : 62 (including 21 LCCs)
  • Cities for LCCs : 64
  • Destination_airports for LCCs : 70

Developments :

3 new cities Atlanta, Bacau, Washington + 2 from 2020, Dortmund & Montpellier

2 new airlines WizzAir Abu Dhabi, TUS Airways + 1 from 2020, LOT

23 new routes/services for 2021 (including above 3 new) +10 from 2020

  • WizzAir Abu Dhabi to Abu Dhabi
  • Delta to Atlanta
  • Blue Air to Bacau
  • Scoot to Berlin
  • Sky Express to Brussels
  • Blue Air to Bucharest
  • Ryanair to Chania (from 2020)
  • Ryanair to Cologne
  • WizzAir to Dortmund (from 2020)
  • Croatian Airlines to Dubrovnik
  • LOT to Katowice
  • Gulf Air to Larnaca
  • Sky Express to Larnaca
  • TUS Airways to Larnaca
  • WizzAir to Larnaca (from 2020)
  • tuiFly Belgium to Lille
  • WizzAir UK to London Gatwick (from 2020)
  • SkyExpress to London Heathrow
  • Volotea to Lyon (from 2020)
  • Volotea to Marseille (from 2020)
  • WizzAir to Milan Malpensa (from 2020)
  • Transavia France to Montpellier (from 2020)
  • American Airlines to New York (JFK)
  • TUS Airways to Paphos
  • SkyExpress to Paris (CDG)
  • Eurowings to Prague
  • SkyExpress to Rhodes
  • Ryanair to Rome (FCO)
  • SkyExpress to Rome (FCO)
  • SkyExpress to Thessaloniki
  • Ryanair to Vienna (from 2020)
  • LOT to Warsaw (from 2020)
  • United Airlines to Washington

 With 2021 developments leading towards a dynamic rebuild of its  network, 2022 Athens announcements are even more promising with exciting  news ahead…! 

                                                (…to be continued…) 

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