Levels of passenger traffic at airports throughout Greece have literally "soared" in the first 11 months of 2024, setting a new record before the end of the year, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Civil Aviation Authority.
These showed a 9.3% increase in passenger traffic relative to January-November 2023, or 76,249,626 passengers in 2024, up from 69,774,369 in 2023. These also indicate a new annual record, as the number of passengers for the entire year in 2023 had already been surpassed at the end of October.
In terms of flight arrivals and departures, there was a 7.5% increase at the 39 airports in the country in the first 11 months of 2024 relative to the previous year, with 577,118 flights operated, up from 536,679 flights in 2023.
For the 24 airports managed by CAA, passenger traffic increased 8.1% compared with 2023, while the biggest jump in passenger traffic in regional airports was recorded at the 'Nikos Kazantzakis' airport in Heraklion, Crete.