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The 30 largest airports and airlines in Greece

Further information is provided on the 30 biggest airports in Greece. At Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport alone, 52 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 104 destinations.

Out of the five airlines of the country we have listed biggest 5. Aegean Airlines is leading here with a total of 144 flight destinations.

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The 30 biggest airports in Greece

IATANameCityAirlinesDestinations
ATHEleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens52104
HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportHeraklion2959
SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportThessaloniki2554
RHODiagoras AirportRodes Island2547
CFUIoannis Kapodistrias International AirportKerkyra Island1637
KGSKos AirportKos Island1328
JTRSantorini AirportSantorini Island1310
CHQChania International AirportSouda1237
ZTHZakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos"Zakynthos Island1212
JMKMikonos AirportMykonos Island109
KLXKalamata AirportKalamata87
EFLKefallinia AirportKefallinia Island65
PVKAktion National AirportPreveza/Lefkada69
SMISamos AirportSamos Island67
JKHChios Island National AirportChios Island54
MJTMytilene International AirportMytilene58
KVAAlexander the Great International AirportKavala45
JSHSitia AirportCrete Island44
AXDDimokritos AirportAlexandroupolis32
IOAIoannina AirportIoannina21
AOKKarpathos AirportKarpathos Island23
GPAAraxos AirportPatras23
JSISkiathos Island National AirportSkiathos21
KZIFilippos AirportKozanin/an/a
KITKithira AirportKithira Island43
JIKIkaria AirportIkaria Island32
LXSLimnos AirportLimnos Island34
SKUSkiros AirportSkiros Island32
KZSKastelorizo AirportKastelorizo Island21
KSJKasos AirportKasos Island22


Freight volume

In 2020, a total of 10.10 million ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in Greece.

The biggest airlines based in Greece

The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is Aegean Airlines. In 2021, it carried 7.19 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 52 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in Greece are:

IATANameCallsignFleet sizeDestinations
A3Aegean AirlinesAegean52144
JZSky ExpressSky Express1743
OAOlympic AirOlympic1426
BZBluebird AirwaysBluebird511
A2Astra AirlinesAstra437

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