290 overseas flights on the four -day M. Thursday – Easter Sunday
Day by day, increasing in the summer, the movement in Heraklion Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”which records a dynamic principle of another tourist season. Since March 27, when the tourist season has been opened, flights to and abroad have been steadily increasing, as from the 23rd of April 23 arrivals on the last weekend of March, on the first weekend of April, flights from overseas were 89 and on the weekend 12
“From Good Thursday to Easter Sunday, flights to the airport are estimated to reach 290,” Heraklion Airport Jacob Heaven told RES-EIA, stating that most aircraft are full of passengers.
“The first months of each tourist season are linked to the date that is the Catholic Easter. In 2024, Easter was on 31/3, so we can explain why overseas passengers were more in March 2024 than this March. This year the Catholic Easter coincides with the Orthodox on 20/4, so we are waiting in April in April » Mr. Uranus explained, adding that “to date, since the beginning of the year we have a passenger traffic which has increased by 8.4%”.
The resulting evidence shows that this season too, “Nikos Kazantzakis” will work, especially during the summer months, on its “boundaries”. “Every year his infrastructure and employees of all actors and specialties are tested. And this year, as they all show, and unexpectedly, as tourism as you know is influenced by many factors, will be a good year at the same high levels as last year, perhaps with a slight increase, “said Jacob Heaven, who said that the months of July-August.
“Of course, every year we say, but after 2022, statistics show that the next July and August has a low percentage increase each year compared to the previous one, but in absolute numbers it is not at all disadvantaged. In 2024 we saw Kazantzakis from May to October exceeding 1 million passengers per month with a peak of July and August that exceeded 1.6 million/month and June and September from 1.4 million/month. “
However, this year, countries that traditionally hold the first places at Heraklion Airport are expected to be the same: Germany, United. Kingdom and France, although, as he emphasized by Heraklion Airport, in recent years it has been observed that Poland is also rising dynamically, as does the Netherlands, which closes the top five.
“From then on we see countries that have surpassed 100,000 arrivals of passengers such as Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Belgium, Austria and the Czech Republic. It will also be interesting from countries such as Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Azerbaijan (Baku), Armenia (Ervan) and Turkey (Istanbul), “Mr. Uranus added.
Regarding numerical data, however, the Heraklion Airport explained that the passenger traffic at Heraklion Airport is over 8 million after 2022, with a peak in 2024 where they reached 9.34 million.
“The scope for an increase in the summer months are small to minimal, unless the movement spreads throughout the week and 24 hours a week. Also, we have room for the winter and spring months with a feasible goal for me to win a month, starting March 15 and ending at the end of November. This, of course, means further stress of infrastructure and staff and requires interventions to improve the services provided to the passenger public. One more now that the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure has said that it would need a small extension to complete the new international airport in Kasteli, “said heaven.
