2024 the most successful year in the Athens International Airport’s history!
+24% in passenger numbers and a + 26%in seats vs 2019
As 2024 is now over, let’s pay a tribute to a year that has been, so far, the most successful in the Athens International Airport’s history!
- For the first time in its history, Athens welcomed more than 30 million passengers and more than 35 million seats - the exact numbers to be revealed on January 7th, 2025 😉
An impressive +24% in passenger numbers and a + 26%in seats vs 2019 and a +13% in passenger numbers and in seats vs 2023!
In terms of Route Development, just a few highlights below:
- April 2024: Shanghai -Athens /Juneyao Airlines Co., Ltd.
- April 2024: Warsaw-Athens /LOT Polish Airlines that has triumphantly come back to Athens
- May 2024: New York JFK - Athens /Norse Atlantic Airways
- May 2024: Prague-Athens / Smartwings
- June 2024: Sharjah - Athens / Air Arabia
- June 2024: Seoul-Athens / Asiana Airlines, complementing the already operating Korean Air
- Summer 2024: United Airlines added Chicago-Athens to their existing Athens network
- Summer 2024: Delta Air Lines & American Airlines increased their offering through the extension of the season
- Summer 2024: Emirates increased frequencies to Dubai- Athens, operating, at the same time, highly successfully, as always, their year-round Athens-New York EWR route
- Summer 2024: easyJet has “rediscovered” Athens, adding an impressive 7 new routes this year
- Summer 2024: Beijing- Athens /Air China added 3 weekly frequencies
Aegean Airlines, grew further at Athens, increasing flights and capacity to a plethora of main routes and adding new services to Palermo, Vilnius and Abu Dhabi.
SKY express continued their very successful expansion in the International market, having added a further 7 new routes this year, increasing its network to 45 destinations (18 International & 27 Domestic).
- Almost all our operating airlines increased frequencies on their existing routes to Athens. Indicatively, but definitely not exhaustively, Gulf Air increased capacity to Athens by 47% vs 2023, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays upgraded their MAN service to year-round, increasing capacity by 18%, Air Transat by 18% and Air Canada by 10%, while Volotea increased capacity by 22%!
We would like to sincerely and wholeheartedly thank all our airlines for their trust in the Athens’ market and the wonderful collaboration during this spectacular 2024!