Page 11 - Aerostat_Handbook_2016
P. 11
aia.gr Aerostat Handbook 2016
O verall, in 2016 the Athens North American destinations of Toronto,
International Airport recorded Philadelphia and Montreal.
an all-time high performance,
with 20.02 million passengers The airport’s two home-based carriers,
surpassing previous year traffic by 1.9 Aegean Airlines/Olympic Air and Ryanair
million (+10.7%) and both domestic and hold the top two places in the airlines’
international passengers achieving double- ranking in terms of passenger traffic.
digit growth levels of 11.2% and 10.4% (7.15 Aegean and Olympic acquired almost 49%
million and 12.87 million respectively). This of the airport’s passenger traffic, followed
growth was driven by both Greek residents’ by Ryanair that in the course of 2016 further
dynamic growth of 15%, as well as foreign enhanced its presence and moved up to
visitors’ robust rise of 8%. acquire 16% of the airport passengers’
market share compared to 14% in the
Looking into the passenger traffic evolution previous year. Lufthansa, EasyJet, Swiss and
throughout the year, in the 1st quarter, British Airways follow while the top ten is
there was a dynamic start with double-digit completed by Turkish Airlines, Air France,
growth in both domestic and international Alitalia and lastly Emirates which managed
sectors, followed by a modest rise in the to enter the top 10 at the expense of Qatar
2nd quarter. During the summer period Airways.
growth rates also peaked, while in the
last quarter of the year the international The presence of low-cost carriers has
market demonstrated an accelerating pace been further strengthened in 2016 and
whereas the domestic sector witnessed a represented 24% of the overall passenger
slowdown and returned to single-digit levels traffic at the airport, with almost equal
of increase reflecting the emerging trends shares in the domestic and international
of the winter season. markets. Successful evolution of the
domestic sector - where the largest
The vast majority of the airport’s passenger increase in the market share is observed
base travels on scheduled services, while - is mainly due to Ryanair’s performance,
passengers on charter flights only account also supported by the increased presence
for a slim 0.5% of the airport’s total of Volotea in the same market. At
passengers (just over 100 thousand). international routes, on top of the successful
performance of Ryanair and Volotea, the
Within Europe, which is the airport’s major positive course of a number of other low-
international region, London steadily holds cost carriers, such as Air Canada Rouge,
the title of the most popular destination, Brussels Airlines, Blue Air, Iberia Express
followed by Larnaca that in 2016 enjoyed and Transavia France, helped increase the
additional services and strong passenger market share.
increase and climbed up from 5th to 2nd
position. Rome that experienced a stagnant For the 17th consecutive year, AIA
development ranked 3rd while Paris and acknowledged the airlines’ contribution
Istanbul follow suit with Paris slightly to the airport’s performance by rewarding
exceeding the 2015 levels and Istanbul, them for the most successful passenger
impacted by the country’s turmoil, suffering traffic development during 2016. The
sharp losses. Finally, Amsterdam’s entry in awards ceremony, the major airline
the top 10 is noticeable. networking event for Greece which
is hosted by AIA, took place in March
Beyond European borders, there has been 2017 during AIA’s 17th Airline Marketing
an overall positive development with most Workshop.
of the major intercontinental destinations
presenting growth. Doha is the busiest non- Traditionally, the airport’s busiest days are
European destination, followed by Tel Aviv within the last weekend of July or the first
that enjoyed strong increase and surpassed of August. For the year under review, the
Dubai which was left in the 3rd position in busiest day in terms of total passenger
2016. New York follows in the 4th place, traffic was Saturday, the 30st of July, with
supported by the entry of United Airlines in 83,167 passengers, a date that coincides
the specific route during summer 2016. The with the peak of arriving passengers. Total
next three places belong to the eastbound international passengers also peaked on
destinations of Cairo, Beirut and Abu Dhabi the specific day, while domestic passengers
while top ten is being completed by the peaked the day before, on the 29th of July.
11
O verall, in 2016 the Athens North American destinations of Toronto,
International Airport recorded Philadelphia and Montreal.
an all-time high performance,
with 20.02 million passengers The airport’s two home-based carriers,
surpassing previous year traffic by 1.9 Aegean Airlines/Olympic Air and Ryanair
million (+10.7%) and both domestic and hold the top two places in the airlines’
international passengers achieving double- ranking in terms of passenger traffic.
digit growth levels of 11.2% and 10.4% (7.15 Aegean and Olympic acquired almost 49%
million and 12.87 million respectively). This of the airport’s passenger traffic, followed
growth was driven by both Greek residents’ by Ryanair that in the course of 2016 further
dynamic growth of 15%, as well as foreign enhanced its presence and moved up to
visitors’ robust rise of 8%. acquire 16% of the airport passengers’
market share compared to 14% in the
Looking into the passenger traffic evolution previous year. Lufthansa, EasyJet, Swiss and
throughout the year, in the 1st quarter, British Airways follow while the top ten is
there was a dynamic start with double-digit completed by Turkish Airlines, Air France,
growth in both domestic and international Alitalia and lastly Emirates which managed
sectors, followed by a modest rise in the to enter the top 10 at the expense of Qatar
2nd quarter. During the summer period Airways.
growth rates also peaked, while in the
last quarter of the year the international The presence of low-cost carriers has
market demonstrated an accelerating pace been further strengthened in 2016 and
whereas the domestic sector witnessed a represented 24% of the overall passenger
slowdown and returned to single-digit levels traffic at the airport, with almost equal
of increase reflecting the emerging trends shares in the domestic and international
of the winter season. markets. Successful evolution of the
domestic sector - where the largest
The vast majority of the airport’s passenger increase in the market share is observed
base travels on scheduled services, while - is mainly due to Ryanair’s performance,
passengers on charter flights only account also supported by the increased presence
for a slim 0.5% of the airport’s total of Volotea in the same market. At
passengers (just over 100 thousand). international routes, on top of the successful
performance of Ryanair and Volotea, the
Within Europe, which is the airport’s major positive course of a number of other low-
international region, London steadily holds cost carriers, such as Air Canada Rouge,
the title of the most popular destination, Brussels Airlines, Blue Air, Iberia Express
followed by Larnaca that in 2016 enjoyed and Transavia France, helped increase the
additional services and strong passenger market share.
increase and climbed up from 5th to 2nd
position. Rome that experienced a stagnant For the 17th consecutive year, AIA
development ranked 3rd while Paris and acknowledged the airlines’ contribution
Istanbul follow suit with Paris slightly to the airport’s performance by rewarding
exceeding the 2015 levels and Istanbul, them for the most successful passenger
impacted by the country’s turmoil, suffering traffic development during 2016. The
sharp losses. Finally, Amsterdam’s entry in awards ceremony, the major airline
the top 10 is noticeable. networking event for Greece which
is hosted by AIA, took place in March
Beyond European borders, there has been 2017 during AIA’s 17th Airline Marketing
an overall positive development with most Workshop.
of the major intercontinental destinations
presenting growth. Doha is the busiest non- Traditionally, the airport’s busiest days are
European destination, followed by Tel Aviv within the last weekend of July or the first
that enjoyed strong increase and surpassed of August. For the year under review, the
Dubai which was left in the 3rd position in busiest day in terms of total passenger
2016. New York follows in the 4th place, traffic was Saturday, the 30st of July, with
supported by the entry of United Airlines in 83,167 passengers, a date that coincides
the specific route during summer 2016. The with the peak of arriving passengers. Total
next three places belong to the eastbound international passengers also peaked on
destinations of Cairo, Beirut and Abu Dhabi the specific day, while domestic passengers
while top ten is being completed by the peaked the day before, on the 29th of July.
11
