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aia.gr Aerostat Handbook 2016
F or Athens International Airport, Europe, grew by 6%, benefiting from the
2016 was another milestone year successful performance of the home-
with passenger traffic exceeding based carriers. The Eastern part of the
the 20 million mark. Both continent enjoyed a dynamic rise of 33%
domestic and international passengers while the Middle East market, as well as
achieved record levels and the same holds the continents of America and Africa
for international arrivals of foreign residents also witnessed a substantial rise of more
that for the first time exceeded 4.5 million. than 10%. Rest of Asia suffered a sharp
downturn, mainly attributed to Singapore
With 20.02 million passengers in 2016, the Airlines’ withdrawal from the Athens market
airport recorded an all-time high passenger in view of next year’s beginning of direct
traffic performance exceeding the previous operations to Athens by their subsidiary,
year’s record traffic by 1.9 million (+10.7%). Scoot.
Both domestic and international passengers
reached record levels amounting to 7.1 With respect to the air freight market, in
million and 12.9 million respectively and 2016, local market recovery continued for
demonstrated a quite similar strong growth a third consecutive year. Cargo volumes
of 11.2% and 10.4% respectively. experienced a healthy 9.9% increase over
last year reaching a total of 88,477 tonnes.
The aforementioned results are attributed For a second consecutive year, growth
to the dynamic expansion of the of the local market exceeded both the
international route network of the airport’s European (+7.1%) and the global average
home based carriers and the successful (+3.8%) as per the IATA statistics. In
performance of Greek and foreign visiting addition, and in line with the global trend, a
carriers, combined with strong passenger strong second half of the year indicated a
demand dynamics. More specifically, positive outlook on next year’s traffic.
despite the generally volatile market
environment and the initial indications for During year 2016, three new airlines and
meagre flows of incoming tourism, traffic ten new routes were added to the airport’s
dynamics of the second half of the year network, while 18 LCCs offered services
were strong for both international and to 59 cities worldwide. Overall, for 2016,
domestic tourism, in line with the global number of flights at the airport amounted
industry trends. Overall, foreign residents to 189.1 thousand rising by 7.4% compared
increased by 8% during 2016 while Greek to prior year levels. Both domestic and
residents increased by an even more international flights demonstrated growth
impressive 15%, largely supported by at the level of 6.4% and 8.1%, respectively.
competitive air ticket prices. Lastly, in 2016 Athens was directly
connected with scheduled services with
Looking into the international passenger 125 destinations (92 international) in
traffic evolution per region, AIA’s largest 48 countries, operated by a total of 60
international regional market, i.e. Western carriers.
2016 HIGHLIGHTS GROWTH VS. 2015
10.7%
2016 TRAFFIC LEVELS 7.4%
20.0 MILLION PASSENGERS 9.9%
189.1 THOUSAND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
88.5 THOUSAND TONNES OF CARGO
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F or Athens International Airport, Europe, grew by 6%, benefiting from the
2016 was another milestone year successful performance of the home-
with passenger traffic exceeding based carriers. The Eastern part of the
the 20 million mark. Both continent enjoyed a dynamic rise of 33%
domestic and international passengers while the Middle East market, as well as
achieved record levels and the same holds the continents of America and Africa
for international arrivals of foreign residents also witnessed a substantial rise of more
that for the first time exceeded 4.5 million. than 10%. Rest of Asia suffered a sharp
downturn, mainly attributed to Singapore
With 20.02 million passengers in 2016, the Airlines’ withdrawal from the Athens market
airport recorded an all-time high passenger in view of next year’s beginning of direct
traffic performance exceeding the previous operations to Athens by their subsidiary,
year’s record traffic by 1.9 million (+10.7%). Scoot.
Both domestic and international passengers
reached record levels amounting to 7.1 With respect to the air freight market, in
million and 12.9 million respectively and 2016, local market recovery continued for
demonstrated a quite similar strong growth a third consecutive year. Cargo volumes
of 11.2% and 10.4% respectively. experienced a healthy 9.9% increase over
last year reaching a total of 88,477 tonnes.
The aforementioned results are attributed For a second consecutive year, growth
to the dynamic expansion of the of the local market exceeded both the
international route network of the airport’s European (+7.1%) and the global average
home based carriers and the successful (+3.8%) as per the IATA statistics. In
performance of Greek and foreign visiting addition, and in line with the global trend, a
carriers, combined with strong passenger strong second half of the year indicated a
demand dynamics. More specifically, positive outlook on next year’s traffic.
despite the generally volatile market
environment and the initial indications for During year 2016, three new airlines and
meagre flows of incoming tourism, traffic ten new routes were added to the airport’s
dynamics of the second half of the year network, while 18 LCCs offered services
were strong for both international and to 59 cities worldwide. Overall, for 2016,
domestic tourism, in line with the global number of flights at the airport amounted
industry trends. Overall, foreign residents to 189.1 thousand rising by 7.4% compared
increased by 8% during 2016 while Greek to prior year levels. Both domestic and
residents increased by an even more international flights demonstrated growth
impressive 15%, largely supported by at the level of 6.4% and 8.1%, respectively.
competitive air ticket prices. Lastly, in 2016 Athens was directly
connected with scheduled services with
Looking into the international passenger 125 destinations (92 international) in
traffic evolution per region, AIA’s largest 48 countries, operated by a total of 60
international regional market, i.e. Western carriers.
2016 HIGHLIGHTS GROWTH VS. 2015
10.7%
2016 TRAFFIC LEVELS 7.4%
20.0 MILLION PASSENGERS 9.9%
189.1 THOUSAND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
88.5 THOUSAND TONNES OF CARGO
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