The booming in demand for travel to Athens continued in April, achieving a historic high at 2.137mio passengers. April 2023 was the best April ever for Athens, smashing the 2mio mark for the very first time.
Pre pandemic, 2019 was Athens record year, however April 2023 resulted in over 150 thousand additional passengers to April 2019, recording a strong 7.6% growth. This achievement was mainly driven by the Domestic sector, achieving 15.3% growth to Apr19 and the International sector with a 4.4% growth.
The outstanding performance in April, drove YtD traffic even higher at +4.0% to 2019, setting the foundations for 2023 to be the NEW record year for Athens International Airport.
In terms of Passenger traffic on Scheduled, non-stop services only, Domestic traffic grew by 12.7% to April 2019 resulting in 72 thousand additional passengers.