Thessaloniki Airport
Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία" | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civilian/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Fraport Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mikra, Macedonia, Greece | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 23 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°31′11″N 22°58′15″E / 40.51972°N 22.97083°E / 40.51972; 22.97083Coordinates: 40°31′11″N 22°58′15″E / 40.51972°N 22.97083°E / 40.51972; 22.97083 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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  SKG Location of the airport in Greece | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: Greek AIP at Eurocontrol[1] Statistics: Fraport Greece[2] 1Official airfield data at the Air Traffic Safety Electronic Engineers Association of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority website lists no official website for the airport. | |||||||||||||||
Thessaloniki Airport (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"[3] (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία", translit. Kratikós Aeroliménas Thessaloníkis "Makedonía")[4] and formerly Mikra Airport, is an international airport serving Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is located 13 km (8.1 mi) southeast of the city, in Thermi.[1]
The airport is the third-largest airport in the country after Athens International Airport and Heraklion International Airport. It opened in 1930 and was the second-busiest airport in Greece in terms of flights served and the third-busiest in terms of passengers served in 2016, with over 6 million passengers. It is the main airport of Northern Greece and apart from the city of Thessaloniki it also serves the popular tourist destination of Chalkidiki and the surrounding cities of Central Macedonia. The Athens–Thessaloniki route is the tenth busiest in the EU with 1.8 million passengers.[5] To cope with demand, a second terminal is currently under construction as part of a billion-euro investment by Fraport Greece, the company which operates the airport.[6][7]
Contents
1 History
2 Facilities
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Statistics
4.1 Overview
4.2 Figures
4.3 Traffic by country (2017)
4.4 Busiest routes
4.5 Top Airlines
5 Transport
5.1 Car and car rental
5.2 Metro
5.3 Public bus
5.4 Taxi
6 Accidents and incidents
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History
The airport was first established as an airfield during the First World War, as part of the allied war effort on the Macedonian Front.[8] There were numerous airfields at the time, including Little Mikra, Big Mikra (which became the current international airport), and the major military airfield of Sedes.[8] The first international flight to Thessaloniki landed at the Little Mikra air field, and government efforts at encouraging the growth of civil aviation saw the start of construction of a purpose-built civilian airport at the present location in 1938.[8] Works were temporarily abandoned due to the Second World War and the airport opened to civilian traffic in 1948.[8]
Major works were undertaken after the war. The accession of Greece to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation saw NATO-funded investments such as the expansion of the 10/28 runway to 2,440 metres (8,010 ft) and the inauguration of a new terminal building in 1965.[8] Damage to the tower caused by the 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake meant it needed to be torn down, and a new tower, still in operation, was built.[8] Modernisation works were undertaken in the late 1990s, as part of the celebrations for Thessaloniki being European Capital of Culture in 1997.[8] In 1993 the airport took the name Makedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία, Macedonia).[8]
A modernisation and expansion project for runway 10/28 began in 2005, with an initial completion date of 2011, but has since been delayed and is expected to enter service in January 2019.[9] Modernisation projects on the tarmac and other runway are expected to be completed in 2019.[9]
Years of government mismanagement and lack of investment saw the operational aspect of the airport privatised in 2015. Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund agreed to the privatisation of the airport operations, and 13 other Greek airports, in December 2015.[10] Fraport Greece will operate the airport for 40 years starting on 11 April 2017.[11] It pledged to invest €400 million ($450.96 million) on the various airports, including a refurbishment of the existing terminal at Thessaloniki as well as the construction of a second terminal.[12] Construction on the new terminal began on 19 September 2018.[6] Fraport expects passenger traffic to increase by 48% by 2026 as a result of its investment.[8]
Facilities
The airport's terminal consists of three floors. The ground floor serves arrivals only and is divided into two sections: international/extra-Schengen arrivals and domestic/intra-Schengen arrivals. The second floor serves departures and also includes a shopping center. On this floor there are 34 check-in counters, waiting areas, bars, stores and various airlines' offices. The third floor houses two restaurants and several bars with views to the runways. There are two passenger lounges. An additional terminal is to be opened in 2021.[9]
The airport has two runways (10/28 and 16/34) and two taxiways. There are 22 stands for narrow-body aircraft and about 20 for light aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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Aegean Airlines | Athens, Chania, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Larnaca, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Mytilene, Rhodes, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Seasonal: Hannover (resumes 4 June 2019),[13]Mykonos, Nuremberg, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Saint Petersburg, Santorini Seasonal charter: Katowice, Yerevan (begins 3 July 2019)[14] |
Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga |
| Air Moldova | Seasonal: Chișinău (begins 23 May 2019)[15] |
Air Serbia | Belgrade |
Alitalia | Seasonal: Milan–Linate |
Arkia | Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion |
Armenia Aircompany | Seasonal charter: Yerevan |
Astra Airlines | Chios, Heraklion, Ikaria, Kos, Lemnos, Mytilene, Samos, Syros Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Kefalonia (begins 7 June 2019), Milos, Munich, Mykonos, Paros, Santorini |
Austrian Airlines | Vienna Seasonal charter: Graz |
Belavia | Seasonal charter: Minsk |
Blue Air | Larnaca |
British Airways | Seasonal: London–Gatwick |
Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt |
| Cyprus Airways | Larnaca |
easyJet | Berlin–Schönefeld, London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: London–Luton, Venice |
easyJet Switzerland | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse |
Ellinair | Athens, Chania, Heraklion, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Vnukovo, Rhodes, Stuttgart Seasonal: Astana, Dnipropetrovsk, Katowice (begins 26 May 2019), Kazan, Kharkiv, Kiev–Boryspil, Krasnodar, Lviv, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mykonos, Nizhny Novgorod, Odessa, Rostov-on-Don-Platov, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Santorini, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Volgograd, Voronezh, Warsaw–Chopin, Yekaterinburg |
Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław |
Eurowings | Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart Seasonal: Hannover |
Israir | Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion |
Jet2.com | Seasonal: Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
Neos | Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona |
Olympic Air | Chios, Kalamata, Samos Seasonal: Kos (begins 18 April 2019), Paros, Skiathos (begins 22 June 2019) |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
Ryanair | Athens (ends 31 March 2019), Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bologna, Bratislava, Budapest (begins 4 May 2019), Charleroi, Chania, Copenhagen, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Hahn, Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków (begins 4 April 2019),[16]London–Stansted, Malta (begins 1 April 2019),[17]Manchester (begins 3 April 2019),[18]Memmingen, Naples, Nuremberg, Paphos, Rome–Ciampino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion (begins 1 April 2019), Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze Seasonal: Bremen, Dublin (begins 3 May 2019),[19]Girona, Gothenburg, Lappeenranta (begins 4 April 2019) |
Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen |
Sky Express | Chios, Corfu, Mytilene, Samos, Skyros |
Smartwings | Seasonal: Prague Seasonal charter: Brno, Ostrava |
Smartwings Poland | Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Warsaw–Chopin |
Smartwings Slovakia | Seasonal charter: Bratislava |
| Sun D'Or | Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion (begins 14 April 2019)[20] |
Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Geneva, Zürich |
TAROM | Bucharest |
Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal: Manchester |
Transavia | Amsterdam |
Transavia France | Seasonal: Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways | Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 6 May 2019),[21]Bristol (begins 2 May 2019),[21]East Midlands, London–Gatwick, London–Luton (begins 2 May 2019),[21]Manchester |
TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul–Atatürk (ends 4 April 2018), Istanbul (begins 5 April 2019) |
Utair | Seasonal: Moscow–Vnukovo |
Wizz Air | Budapest, Kutaisi, Kyiv-Zhuliany (begins 20 May 2019), London–Luton (begins 1 July 2019),[22]Vienna Seasonal: Iași |
Statistics
Overview
Between 1994 and 2010, Thessaloniki Airport saw a rise in passenger traffic equal to 76%, from 2.2 million in 1994 to 3.9 million in 2010.[3] Between 2003 and 2008 the airport saw a passenger traffic increase of 19.1% from 3.5 million to almost 4.2 million passengers, an all-time high. The number of passengers dropped in next years. However, over the last two years the airport experienced passenger traffic increase to just above four million by 2013. Significant traffic increase took place during 2014, with the total number of passengers exceeding the five million mark for the first time.[3]
Figures
The data taken from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) until 2016 and from 2017 onwards from the Fraport Greece website.[23][24]
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| Millions of Passengers 1994–2018[25] |
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| 1994 | 719,846 | 1,507,641 | 2,227,487 |
| 1995 |  795,085 | 1,541,134 | 2,336,219 |
| 1996 | 922,190 | 1,577,702 | 2,499,892 |
| 1997 | 1,108,736 | 1,688,430 | 2,797,166 |
| 1998 |  1,039,149 | 1,627,926 | 2,667,075 |
| 1999 | 1,328,976 | 1,857,745 | 3,186,721 |
| 2000 | 1,533,383 | 2,014,644 | 3,548,027 |
| 2001 | 1,343,366 | 2,087,453 | 3,430,819 |
| 2002 | 1,219,063 | 2,038,373 | 3,257,436 |
| 2003 | 1,446,677 | 2,054,245 | 3,500,922 |
| 2004 | 1,496,411 | 2,124,498 | 3,620,909 |
| 2005 | 1,462,505 | 2,208,076 | 3.670.581 |
| 2006 | 1,486,833 | 2,316,021 | 3,802,854 |
| 2007 | 1,644,950 | 2,523,019 | 4,167,969 |
| 2008 | 1,611,883 | 2,557,676 | 4,169,559 |
| 2009 | 1,713,890 | 2,390,305 | 4,104,195 |
| 2010 | 1,682,071 | 2,228,680 | 3,910,751 |
| 2011 | 1,487,972 | 2,470,503 | 3,958,475 |
| 2012 | 1,449,116 | 2,557,088 | 4,006,204 |
| 2013 | 1,409,608 | 2,629,968 | 4,039,576 |
| 2014 | 1,892,018 | 3,058,708 | 4,950,726 |
| 2015 | 2,314,773 | 3,026,520 | 5,341,293 |
| 2016 | 2,423,095 | 3,312,486 | 5,735,581 |
| 2017 | 2,352,838 | 3,894,676 | 6,247,514 |
| 2018 | 2,333,505 | 4,355,688 | 6,689,193 |
| 2019 (Jan-Feb) | 341,885 | 414,542 | 756,427 |
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| Place | Country | Arriving Pax | Departing Pax | Total Pax | %Pax Share |
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| 1 |  Greece | 871,562 | 875,298 | 1,746,860 | 34.7% |
| 2 |  Germany | 543,369 | 562,520 | 1,105,889 | 22.0% |
| 3 |  Cyprus | 163,915 | 165,217 | 329,132 | 6.5% |
| 4 |  Russia | 162,973 | 163,755 | 326,728 | 6.5% |
| 5 |  United Kingdom | 152,720 | 153,763 | 306,483 | 6.1% |
| 6 |  Italy | 80,299 | 86,257 | 166,556 | 3.3% |
| 7 |  Turkey | 54,422 | 54,537 | 108,959 | 2.2% |
| 8 |  Poland | 53,869 | 53,822 | 107,691 | 2.1% |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 43,308 | 44,213 | 87,521 | 1.7% |
| 10 |  Belgium | 40,446 | 42,154 | 82,600 | 1.6% |
Busiest routes
| Rank | Destination | Airport | Monthly one-way capacity 2016 | Airline(s) |
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| 1 | Athens | ATH | 65,298 | Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Ryanair |
| 2 | Munich | MUC | 16,678 | Aegean Airlines |
| 3 | Stuttgart | STR | 11,490 | Aegean Airlines, Germanwings |
| 4 | Berlin | SXF | 10,710 | easyJet, Ryanair |
| 5 | Larnaca | LCA | 9,826 | Aegean Airlines, Blue Air, Cobalt Air, Ellinair |
| 6 | Heraklion | HER | 9,798 | Astra Airlines, Ellinair, Olympic Air |
| 7 | Istanbul | IST | 9,060 | Turkish Airlines |
| 8 | Paphos | PFO | 8,883 | Ryanair |
| 9 | Düsseldorf | DUS | 8,859 | Aegean Airlines, Eurowings, Astra Airlines |
| 10 | Chania | CHQ | 8,802 | Olympic Air, Ryanair, Aegean Airlines |
| 11 | Frankfurt | FRA | 8,406 | Aegean Airlines, Astra Airlines, Condor, Ellinair |
| 12 | London | LGW | 8,304 | easyJet, British Airways |
Top Airlines
| Rank | Airline | Passengers | Change |
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| 1 | Aegean Airlines | 105,348 | 8.8% |
| 2 |  Ryanair | 75,789 | 9.3% |
| 3 | Easyjet | 15,888 | 1.8% |
| 4 | Ellinair | 15,408 | 51% |
| 5 | Germanwings | 11,760 | 13.5% |
| 6 | Air Berlin | 10,578 | 51% |
| 7 | Olympic Air (NEW) | 10,062 | N/A |
| 8 | Turkish Airlines | 9,060 | 4.9% |
| 9 |  Air Serbia | 5,820 | 2.1% |
| 10 | Transavia | 5,670 | 0.7% |
| 11 | Astra Airlines | 5,284 | 54.3% |
| 12 |  Austrian Airlines | 5,220 | 26.3% |
Transport
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Car and car rental
The airport is directly connected with the city's major road arteries in the southeast, the EO16 and the A25, which connects Thessaloniki with Chalkidiki, via the ΕΟ67. The Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road offers access to the A1/E75 and A2/E90 motorways, making transportation to and from Thessaloniki Airport relatively easy. A total of 2,285 parking spaces for cars exist at the front of the terminal building. A car rental service is available at the terminal building.[28]
Metro
There are plans to connect the airport with the Thessaloniki Metro network, which is set to open in phases between 2020 and 2021. Attiko Metro, the company overseeing the project, has published a map of proposed extensions, and it includes an overground extension of Line 2 towards the airport.[29] This extension not an immediate concern for the company, however, since the terminus of Line 2, Mikra, will be connected with the airport by a 10-minute shuttle bus.[30]
Public bus
The airport is served on a 24-hour basis by bus 01X/01N of the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH), which provides bus services between the Thessaloniki Bus Station (KTEL) and Makedonia airport arrivals/departures.[31] The journey between KTEL and the airport is 49 minutes.[31] As of February 2019, a single bus fare costs €2, or €1 with a discount.[32]
Taxi
A metered taxi service is available outside the airport terminal building 24-hours. The journey between the Airport and the centre of Thessaloniki is about 30 minutes, depending on traffic. The fare to the city centre is fixed at €20. There is an €8 surcharge for trips ending between midnight and 5 am. Luggage charges are waived.
Accidents and incidents
HA-LCR next to the airport fire station, in April 2018
- On 12 August 1997, Olympic Airways Flight 171, a Boeing 727-230 registered as SX-CBI inbound from Athens Ellinikon Airport, touched down late and was steered off the runway to avoid overrunning into the sea. None of the 35 passengers and crew were killed, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[33]
- On 17 December 1997, Aerosvit Flight 241, a Yakovlev Yak-42, operating the route from Odessa, Ukraine to Thessaloniki, lost contact with the airport's air traffic control and during the second attempt the aircraft crashed in the Pierian Mountains, near Mount Olympus. A total of 70 people, passengers and crew, 41 of which were Greeks, were killed.
- On 4 July 2000, HA-LCR, a chartered Malév Flight 262 Tupolev Tu-154 landed on its belly. The crew had forgotten to lower the undercarriage and the plane skidded 400 m (1,300 ft) on the runway. Thanks to the plane's robust construction and the engines' high position, the plane was able to become airborne again as the pilots applied full throttle. It circled while the crew lowered the undercarriage and landed safely. There were no injuries. It was considered uneconomical to repair the aircraft. The aircraft still remains on site,[34] although airline markings have been obscured and it has been heavily depleted of re-usable spares.
- On 15 June 2013, an AMC Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Astra Airlines Greece, registration SU-BPZ performing flight A2-921 from Novosibirsk (Russia) to Thessaloniki (Greece) with 160 passengers, landed on Thessaloniki's runway 16 at about 07:14L (04:14Z) but overran the end of the runway by about 110 meters/360 feet and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground. No injuries occurred, the aircraft received minor if any damage.[35]
See also
- List of the busiest airports in Greece
- Transport in Greece
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External links
Media related to Thessaloniki International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Thessaloniki Airport Official Fraport website
- Official government website
- Greek Airports
Accident history for SKG at Aviation Safety Network
Current weather for LGTS at NOAA/NWS
