2024-06-03 15:20:45
The nationalization of the robust dynamics of Greek tourism and its prospects for additional growth is caused by the information gathered by Greek worldwide airports.
The airways are betting large once more this 12 months one after the opposite on a document 12 months and consequently strengthening the connectivity of Greece with the skin world by placing new touches on the aviation canvas of our nation.
The rise within the variety of flights to nations not solely inside the European borders, but additionally to the East and West, in addition to the entry of air carriers for the primary time into the Greek market, each from the Athens Worldwide Airport (IAA) “Eleftherios Venizelos”, and from the nation’s regional airports, affirm the technique for additional penetration into dynamically growing and new promising markets.
On the similar time, after all, Greece’s place as a vacation spot stays unchanged when it comes to the primary sources of Greek tourism vacationers, regardless of the nation’s aggressive drawback that almost all Europeans state at this juncture that they like journeys of shorter distances, period as much as three hours. Due to this fact, with regard to Germany, the UK, France and Spain, Greece is in fifth place for the markets of Germany, France and the UK and in seventh place for the Spanish market, in accordance with with the newest accessible information from the Institute of the Affiliation of Greek Vacationer Enterprises (INSETE).
The guess of Athens
An vital function within the development of Greek tourism is performed by the “new” gamers who enter the sport by including new itineraries that join Greek locations with others in Europe, within the East and within the West. For 2024, “Eleftherios Venizelos” counts 6 new locations (Shanghai, Brest, Ancona, Sarajevo, Forli and Sharjah) inside and out of doors Europe and 6 new airways touchdown in it for the primary time.
Specifically, Air Arabia will fly from AIA to Sharjah within the United Arab Emirates, Asiana will function constitution flights to Seoul, and Juneyao Airways will join “Eleftherios Venizelos” with Shanghai. The Greek capital will likely be Juneyao Air’s third European vacation spot, which is able to stimulate the vacationer circulate from a extremely strategic marketplace for Greek tourism, resembling China.
On the similar time, LOT is making a comeback and can join the Greek capital with Warsaw. In the identical vein, Norse will function flights to New York, considerably rising vacationer site visitors from the opposite facet of the Atlantic, SmartWings to Prague and Common Air to Malta. When it comes to routes, a complete of 17 from 9 airways have been added to present routes. These itineraries concern Palemo, Vilnius, Seoul, Malaga, Bordeaux, Lyon, Good, Palma de Mallorca, Venice, Warsaw, New York, Milan, Bari, Prague, Chicago, Naples and Break up.
Primarily based on accessible information, the nation’s largest airport has developed a community with 102 locations in Europe, 12 within the Center East, 9 within the Americas, 7 in Africa and a couple of in Asia. So far as the home community is anxious, “Eleftherios Venizelos” is linked to 33 locations all through Greece.
The function of the 14 regional airports
All 14 regional airports (Aktio, Chania, Corfu, Kavala, Kefalonia, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos, Kos, Mytilini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos) managed by Fraport Greece have been strengthened this 12 months. No less than 6 airways will debut flying to new locations, whereas at the least 7 airways will function on present connections.
Amongst others, Romanian Air Join will launch routes to Forli, Italy, whereas AlpAvia, the airline based mostly in Slovenia, will fly to Paris and Lille this summer time. Routes to Larnaca will likely be operated by Cyprus Airways, whereas Greece and Romania, particularly Bucharest, will likely be linked by the low-cost airline Hello Sky from Moldova. One other vacation spot in Italy, Fozza, is included within the flying mission of the airways that function from the 14 regional airports, with the Greek Lumiwings being the one that may function the routes to the neighboring nation. Lastly, flights to Bolzano, Italy will likely be carried out this 12 months by the Italian Sky Alps.
On the similar time, different airways are getting into the sport of present routes, strengthening European locations. Specifically, low-cost easyJet will fly to Birmingham and Nantes, Jet2.com and Ryanair will fly to Liverpool, whereas Norwegian will function routes to Riga.
In numbers
On the similar time, the expectations for a brand new document 12 months are confirmed by the figures from the nation’s largest airports. It’s indicative that within the first quarter of 2024, site visitors at “Eleftherios Venizelos”, the nation’s largest airport, reached 7.7 million passengers, marking a rise of 16.5%. Passenger site visitors, each home and worldwide, confirmed a rise of 8.4% and 20.2% respectively, with worldwide site visitors corresponding to five.44 million passengers.
In truth, the dynamics noticed for the nation’s largest airport have raised the bar for whole passenger site visitors in 2024, which, in accordance with estimates to date, will welcome a complete of 29.9 million passengers this 12 months, a quantity that interprets right into a 6.3% improve over final 12 months.
Accordingly, excessive performances have been recorded by all 14 regional airports managed by FraportGreece, with the overall passenger site visitors within the 4 months of January – April reaching 3.7 million, elevated by 7.6% in comparison with final 12 months. In April the overall passenger site visitors was 1.67 million, strengthened by 2.8% in comparison with final 12 months. On a month-to-month foundation, home site visitors elevated by 3.6% to 580 thousand, with worldwide site visitors rising by 2.3% in comparison with 2023 and exceeding 1.09 million passengers.
General, nevertheless, based mostly on the information processed by INSETE, the overall variety of air seats on incoming worldwide flights for the summer time interval of 2024 reaches 26.973 million, recording a change of 9.9% in comparison with 2023. 54% of air seats seats, in truth, considerations the center of the vacationer season, the third quarter.
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by Haris Degrindakis