Unstoppable Athens II: what a year, with strong growth in PAX traffic +13% to 2023 and +23% to 2019 and with the addition of 7 New Destinations, 6 New Airlines, 26 Additional new services so far !!

As a very successful summer season for Athens International Airport is near to its end, an even promising Winter season (2024/2025) is just around the corner. Not to mention what Summer 2025 has for Athens !!

It is not only PAX traffic at Athens that is recording spectacular results, it is also the Network of the airport which is enriched with the addition of 7 New Destinations, 6 New Airlines and 26 Additional new services.

The spectacular growth in traffic is driven by all airlines operating at Athens and from all of Athens international markets.

Up to Summer 2024, Athens achieved significant Route Developments by adding 6 new Destinations, welcoming 6 new Airlines and 17 additional new services on the existing network.

In addition to above Route Developments, large increases in frequencies on the existing network and upgrade to larger aircrafts, fueled the growth so far.

Winter ahead is looking even more promising, with the addition of 1 more new Destination and 9 additional new services on the existing network.

 

Network Developments

W24/25 (vs. W23/24)

x1 New Destination

Aegean to Gran Canarian, New Destination, from February 2025 with 2/7

x9 Additional New Services

Aegean to Abu Dhabi, New Additional service from end of October 2024 with 3/7

Sky Express to Yerevan, New Additional service from November 2024 with 3/7

Sky Express to Istanbul, New Additional service from mid-Nov with daily frequencies 7/7

easyJet to London (LTN), New Additional service from November 2024 with 3/7

Sky Express to Prague, New Additional service from December 2024 with 4/7

Sky Express to Tbilisi, New Additional service from November 2024 with 3/7

Sky Express to Tirana, New Additional service from November 2024 with 5/7

Sky Express to Amsterdam, New Additional service from November 2024 with 4/7

Sky Express to Vienna, New Additional service from December 2024 with 4/7

x6 Upgrades to year-round

SN Brussels to Brussels, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with 4/7

Aer Lingus to Dublin, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with an average of 2/7

easyJet to Geneva, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with 4/7

Aegean to Krakow, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with various weekly frequencies

Volotea to Lyon, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with various weekly frequencies

Volotea to Marseille, upgrade of Summer seasonal to year-round with various weekly frequencies

x6 New services added in S’24 continue year-round

easyJet to Bordeaux, New service added in S’24 continues year-round

Ryanair to Milan (MXP), New service added in S’24 continues year-round

Air Arabia to Sharjah, New service added in S’24 continues year-round

Juneyao to Shanghai, New service added in S’24 continues year-round

easyJet to Venice, New service added in S’24 continues year-round

LOT to Warsaw, New service added in S’24 continues year-round

x40 Services receiving significant additional frequencies (capacity) 

Aegean to Malaga, extending Winter season

Royal Jordanian to Amman, increasing weekly frequencies for Dec, Jan and Feb

Etihad to Abu Dhabi, increasing weekly frequencies, from 4/7 to 8/7. Double volume

Aegean to Alexandroupoli, increasing weekly frequencies with an average of +9/7

Aegean to Budapest, adding 2 more weekly frequencies, increase from 3/7 to 5/7

Ryanair to Budapest, adding 2 more weekly frequencies, increase from 5/7 to daily (7/7)

Sky Express to Dusseldorf, adding 1 more weekly frequency, increase from 4/7 to 5/7

Aegean to Yerevan , adding 1 more weekly frequency, increase from 4/7 to 5/7

Sky Express to Frankfurt, increase to daily from 6/7

Lufthansa to Frankfurt, increase with 2 additional weekly frequencies, resulting in 92 average Nov24-Mar25

Aegean to Heraklion, increase with 6/7 additional frequencies

Aegean to Istanbul, increase of weekly frequencies from November to January

Turkish Airlines to Istanbul, increase with 5 more weekly frequencies

Aegean to Jedda, increase of weekly frequencies from November to January

Delta to New York (JFK), increase from 6/7 to daily for November and December

Sky Express to Ikaria, increase with 1 more weekly frequency, from November to February

Sky Express to Santorini, increasing weekly frequencies from 26/7 to 40/7

Aegean to Kos, increasing weekly frequencies from 16/7 to 26/7

Ryanair to Katowice, increase in weekly frequencies by +4/7 on average

Aegean to Larnaca, increasing weekly frequencies from by +6/7. From 45 weekly to 51 weekly

Cyprus Airways to Larnaca, increasing weekly frequencies from 7/7 to 13/7 (double daily).

Aegean to London (LGW), increasing weekly frequencies from 1.5/7 to 4/7

easyJet to London (LGW), increasing weekly frequencies with +1/7

Aegean to London (LHR), increasing weekly frequencies from 21/7 to 25/7

British Airways to London (LHR), increasing weekly frequencies from 22/7 to 27/7

Aegean to Madrid, increasing weekly frequencies by +3/7

Iberia to Madrid, increasing weekly frequencies by +4/7

Ryanair to Malta, increasing weekly frequencies with +2/7, from 3/7 to 5/7

Aegean to Munich, increasing weekly frequencies +1/7

easyJet to Milan (MXP), increasing weekly frequencies +1/7

TAROM to Bucharest, increasing weekly frequencies from 6/7 to daily 7/7

Aegean to Prague, increasing weekly frequencies (Jan to Mar) from 6/7 to daily 7/7

Aegean to Marrakech, increasing weekly frequencies from 2/7 to 3/7

Sky Express to Rhodes, increasing weekly frequencies +2/7

Aegean to Riyadh, increasing weekly frequencies +1/7

Aegean to Thessaloniki, increasing weekly frequencies +3/7

Ryanair to London (STN), increasing weekly frequencies +1/7

Aegean to Tirana, increasing weekly frequencies +2/7

Sky Express to Warsaw, increasing weekly frequencies from 5/7 to daily 7/7

Air France to Paris (CDG), increasing weekly frequencies from daily 7/7 to double daily 14/7

 

and … Athens has already started receiving spectacular Route Developments for Summer 2025.

 

American Airlines, announced the addition of Charlotte to Athens next Summer, making Charlotte a brand-new destination for the airport, increasing the already strong US network to 8 destinations (from 7 this year).

Delta Airlines, announced the addition of 4 more weekly frequencies between Atlanta and Athens, taking the total frequencies on the route to 11/7 for next Summer.

And the above are only the beginning of what seems to be another strong year  for Athens International Airport.!