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Athens International Airport S.A. - Eleftherios Venizelos

  • PAX: 25,574,030
  • IATA: ATH
  • ICAO: LGAV

Athens March traffic: +7.1%

1st quarter 2017: 3.71 mio pax (+7.5%)

During March, the airport’s passenger traffic reached 1.38 million and presented a robust growth of 7.1%, this increase continuing the trend of the previous two months of the year and being attributed to the substantial increase of international passengers (+13.1%) vis-a-vis the small decline (-2%) of domestic travelers.

Overall, during the first quarter of 2017, the airport’s passenger traffic reached 3.71 million, exceeding prior-year levels by a robust 7.5%, with domestic traffic being slightly below the respective 2016 volumes (-2%), whereas international passengers enjoyed a sharp increase of almost 14.1%. 

Flights during the first three months of the year amounted to 35,260 presenting a small rise of 1%.   Domestic flights were reduced by 3% while international services showed an increase of 4.1%.