2026: The Year of our 25th Anniversary and A Year of further Development & Growth Athens network is growing further in 2026 with a total of 17 + 2 Route Developments (so far)

Athens International Airport is reaching new heights  and achieving new records, year after year, as one of the fastest growing airports in Europe.

In 2025, Athens achieved a record in Passenger traffic with 34 mio passengers, with the airport network benefiting by a total of 39 Route Developments. In 2025, Athens added 17 New Destinations, 17 Additional services on existing Routes and welcomed 5 New Airlines.

In 2026, one of the most significant milestones for Athens is the opening of a new Strategic market, India. For the first time ever, Athens is directly connected to Delhi and Mumbai with IndiGo deploying the very first A321 XLR to Athens. This is a strong VOTE of confidence for Athens, as IndiGo decided, following extensive market analysis, to choose Athens as its very first route for its brand-new aircraft type. This decision is supported by Athens extensive and strong Incentives scheme and tailor-made Marketing support. The opening of the Indian market is not only important for the direct connection to one of the world’s largest markets, but also a very important strategic decision enhancing Athens’ connectivity with multiple Asian destinations beyond  Delhi and Mumbai.

Equal to the significance of the India market, American Airlines is connecting Athens to Dallas for the very first time. This new destination and direct service by American Airlines, is connecting Athens to one of AA’s strongest global HUBs. This latest development, makes American Airline the strongest US airline in terms of network coverage, as AA will offer 5 direct connections from Athens with 35 weekly departures in Summer 2026 (or 5 daily flights).

2026 Route developments for Athens International Airport (so far)

New Destinations

• Mumbai, inaugurated on the 23rd of January by IndiGo, the airline is a New airline for Athens and the sole operator on the route
• Delhi, inaugurated on the 24th of January by IndiGo, the airline is a New airline for Athens and the sole operator on the route
• Cluj, starting on the 5th of April by AnimaWings, the airline is a New airline for Athens and the sole operator on the route
• Timisoara, starting on the 5th of April by AnimaWings, the airline is a New airline for Athens and the sole operator on the route
• Tallinn, to start on the 29th of April by airBaltic, the airline will be the sole operator on the route and Tallinn will be the 2nd route for airBaltic from Athens
• Gdansk, to start on the 1st of May by WizzAir, the airline will be the sole operator on the route. Gdansk will increase the Athens direct network to Poland to 6, supplementing direct connections to Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Modlin & Wroclaw
• Dallas, to start on the 21st of May by America Airline, the airline will be the sole operator on the route. With the addition of Dallas, Athens will be directly connected to 9 airport destinations to the US, with a spectacular 103 weekly departures in the peak Summer
• Varna, to start on the 15th of June by WizzAir, the airline will be the sole operator on the route
• Verona, to start on the 2nd of August by Volotea, the airline will be the sole operator on the route
• Rotterdam, to start on the 24th of October by Aegean, the airline will be the sole operator on the route
• Casablanca, to start on the 25ht of October by Aerean, the airline will be the sole operator on the route. Casablanca will be Athens second direct route to Morocco

Additional New Services

• Bari with Aegean, to start on the 25th of June, with the airline supplementing Ryanair and Volotea services
• Paphos with Aegean, to start on the 2nd of July, with the airline supplementing Ryanair services
• Lisbon with TAP Air Portugal, to start on the 2nd of July, with the airline supplementing Aegean and Sky Express services. This new route marks a return to Athens for the airline, which previously served the destination until 2012

Above Route Developments in 2026, will be joined by the 6 Additional New Services that Sky Express inaugurated in Q4 2025, operating now year-round in 2026.

Furthermore, in 2026 Athens will see the return of Korean Air operating Charter services to Seoul. The route was last operated directly as Charter in Summer 2024, by Asiana and Korean Air.

All in all, spectacular Route Developments are underway at Athens also in 2026 with more to…fly in the following months !!!