International passenger traffic at Athens International Airport, continues to soar at the start of 2025, showing strong growth. In January, the airport reported an 18.7% increase in international passenger traffic, reaching 1.32 million passengers, up from 1.12 million during the same month in 2024.
Domestic passenger traffic also rose by 5.1% this January, totaling 510,753 passengers compared to 486,187 in January last year, despite a slight decrease in the number of flights.
Overall passenger traffic at the airport amounted to 1.83 million, reflecting a 14.5% increase from 1.6 million in January 2024.
The total number of flights at Athens International Airport reached 16,546 in January, marking a 10.1% increase from the 15,031 flights of the same month in 2024.
Domestic flights saw a slight decline of 2.5%, totaling 6,107 flights compared to 6,263 last year, while international flights surged by 19.1%, reaching 10,439 flights, up from 8,768 in January 2024.
In 2024, the airport handled a total of 31.85 million passengers, a 13.1% increase from the previous year. Both domestic and international traffic saw increases, with domestic traffic up by 7.3% and international traffic rising by 15.7% compared to 2023.
The total number of flights at Athens International Airport in 2024 was 268,301, an 11% increase from 2023. Both domestic and international flights rose by 5.1% and 15.5%, respectively.
Notably, in 2024, Athens’ main airport entered the top 10 European airports for the first time in its history, according to Eurostat.
It ranked eighth among the largest airports in the European Union by flight numbers, surpassing Vienna’s Schwechat Airport which ranked ninth and just below Rome’s Fiumicino Airport standing in the seventh place.
Source: tovima.com
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