Fulls touched and 95%
Full of flights and high completes (from 75% to 95%) for both domestic and external destinations characterize its passenger traffic Aegean and this year’s Easter season.
The fact that Orthodox and Catholic Easter coincide with time encouraged travel for both Greek passengers and foreign visitors.
According to Aegean data, the first wave of Easter excursions was already shown on last weekend’s flights. The beginning was by families with young children, as schools are closed and aliens who use the capabilities of remote working to return home earlier. However, the move will culminate on Thursday, with the first high -air traffic delays expected, as most Greeks depart towards the end of the Holy Week from the Athens and Thessaloniki urban centers, but having scheduled to return to the end of the week 26.
In the preferences and this year of Greek travelers who choose abroad, they are large cities abroad, such as Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Lisbon, but also rising destinations such as Malta, Dubrovnik and Smyrna, while for their domestic destinations, Including Santorini, which gradually recovers, but also Corfu, Kos and Chios, which maintain their popularity equally.
Top internal destinations
From the base of Athens to the top destinations are Corfu, Santorini, Chania, Naxos, Rhodes and Kos, while from the base of Thessaloniki are Heraklion, Kos, Rhodes, Chios, Santorini and Mytilene.
Top overseas destinations
From the base of Athens the top destinations abroad are: Paris, Lisbon, Brussels, Barcelona, Amsterdam and from the base of Thessaloniki: Düsseldorf, Larnaca, Zurich, Frankfurt and Barcelona.
Among the rising destinations this year are increased traffic, according to Aegean data, Marrakech, Porto, Krakow, Malta and Edinburgh. At the same time, demand for less expected destinations such as Chisinau, Ljubljana, Sofia and Dubrovnik further enhance the tendency of Greek passengers to explore new experiences and alternative routes.
Although Orthodox and Catholic Easter coincide with time, which has led to ticket bookings from a very early age, especially for peak days, passenger traffic maintains strong dynamic and finding airline tickets should not be halted for travelers who will decide. Thus, positions available at least a few days before departure are still in destinations such as Rome, Milan, Prague, Budapest, Katiania and Valencia on the foreign network, and internal seats can be found on select routes to island destinations.
For most Aegean routes in the period from April 14 to 27, the average completeness of flights exceeds 75%, increasing compared to the corresponding period of 2024, with some destinations exceeding 85%or 90%.
It is noteworthy that due to the Catholic Easter, the traffic from abroad to Greece is significantly increased, confirming the maintenance of the high preference of foreign visitors in our country, both to the large hubs of Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as to the Greek islands with responses.
