Ethiopian Airlines is resuming flights Addis Ababa – Athens, starting on June 22, with three weekly flights, which will be operated throughout the year.
After Egypt and Tunisia, Athens Airport is connected to a third African country, although Ethiopia is the first destination in sub-Saharan Africa.
This development is important for El. Venizelos Airport, as Ethiopian has an extensive network in Africa, thus facilitating transfers to the African continent. Addis Ababa is also considered the economic center of Africa.
The evolution of passenger traffic at Athens airport
Regarding the passenger traffic of Athens airport, in May it amounted to 2.05 million, reduced by 10.2% compared to the traffic of 2019.
As we move towards the peak months of the summer season, traffic is gradually recovering from the effects of the pandemic, with domestic passenger traffic declining by 4.3% and international traffic by 12.8%, compared to 2019.
In total, in the first five months of this year, traffic at the AIA amounted to 6.5 million passengers and remained reduced by 24.4% compared to 2019.
Domestic passengers remained below 2019 levels by 16.9% and international passengers by 27.8%.
During the summer, Athens Airport will serve 8 new destinations (Bilbao, Birmingham, Boston, Florence, Eindhoven, Leipzig, Nis and Turin), six new airlines (Jet2, Condor, Flyr, AirAlbania, Euroflyer and TUS 44 new itineraries.
In fact, a large increase in scheduled flights is expected from some key, for Greek tourism, markets compared to 2019. Specifically, from the US the increase will amount to 60%.
In total, at Greek airports and according to data from the CAA, the total number of passengers handled rose, in the first five months, to 14 million, showing an increase of 377.7%, compared to the corresponding period of 2021, where 2 , 9 million passengers, while compared to the corresponding period of 2019, a decrease of 14%.
Fotis Fotinos
Source: Capital
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