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Santorini International Airport

Coordinates: 36°23′57.01″N 25°28′45.60″E / 36.3991694°N 25.4793333°E / 36.3991694; 25.4793333
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Santorini International Airport

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek State
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesSantorini
LocationKamari
Elevation AMSL127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates36°23′57.01″N 25°28′45.60″E / 36.3991694°N 25.4793333°E / 36.3991694; 25.4793333
Websitejtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR is located in Greece
JTR
JTR
Location of airport in Greece
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 6,972 2,125 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,300,408
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 2.0%
Aircraft movements21,319
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 4.7%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Santorini (Thira) International Airport is an airport in Santorini/Thira, Greece (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR), located north of the village of Kamari. The airport serves both as a military and a civil airport. With its relatively small apron, as of 2018 the airport is only able to serve up to six civilian planes at the same time. Santorini is one of the few Cyclades Islands with a major airport.

The airport is located about 6 km southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (16L-34R) is 6972 feet/2125m in length. The parallel taxiway was built to runway specification and is labeled 16R-34L. The airfield can accommodate medium sized jets like the Boeing 757, Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 series as well as smaller aircraft such as the Avro RJ, Fokker 70, and ATR 72. Scheduled airlines include Ryanair, Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, with seasonal scheduled and charter flights from other airlines during the higher seasons in spring, summer and autumn. Transportation to and from the air terminal is through buses, taxis, hotel car-pickups and hired cars.

History

Kamari town and Santorini International Airport

The airport first operated in 1972.[3]

In December 2015 the privatisation of Santorini (Thira) International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[4] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Santorini (Thira) International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Future of the airport

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including the Santorini International Airport.[5][6]

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will be implemented for Santorini International Airport under Fraport Greece's investment plan by 2020:[7]

  • Expanding and remodelling the current terminal
  • 236% increase in total terminal space at 15,640 m2, by replacing part of the current terminal and constructing a new terminal
  • 113% increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 17)
  • Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 1 to 2)
  • 20% increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 6)
  • 250% increase in the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 7)
  • Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
  • Upgrading sanitary facilities
  • Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
  • Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports
  • New fire station
  • Reorganizing the airport apron area

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[8] Athens
Seasonal: Larnaca, Thessaloniki
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[9]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade[10]
Blue Panorama AirlinesSeasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways Seasonal: London–City, London–Heathrow
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,[11] Munich
easyJet Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Venice
easyJet Switzerland Seasonal: Geneva
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Thessaloniki
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[12] Stuttgart,[13] Vienna
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 4 May 2021),[14] Leeds/Bradford (begins 6 May 2021),[15] London–Stansted (begins 4 May 2021),[14] Manchester (begins 1 May 2021)[14]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Kraków,[16] Warsaw–Chopin,[17] Wrocław[18]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[19] Munich
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[20] Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen[21]
Olympic AirAthens
Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Qatar Airways Seasonal: Doha[22][23]
Ryanair Seasonal: Athens,[24] Bergamo, Dublin (begins 17 August 2020),[25] Vienna[26]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen,[21] Gothenburg,[27] Stavanger,[21] Stockholm–Arlanda,[27] Trondheim[21]
Sky Express Seasonal: Athens
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
Transavia France Seasonal: Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[28]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
Volotea Athens
Seasonal: Bari, Bordeaux,[29] Genoa, Lyon (begins 7 July 2021),[30] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Florence, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest,[31] Budapest, Dortmund,[32] London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa,[33] Vienna[34]

Traffic figures

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[35] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[36]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 175,152 225,896 401,048
1995 Increase188,461 Increase257,978 Increase446,439
1996 Increase188,778 Decrease246,680 Decrease435.458
1997 Increase208,195 Increase263,735 Increase471,930
1998 Increase209,505 Increase286,809 Increase496,314
1999 Increase225,160 Increase353,193 Increase578,353
2000 Increase302,072 Increase373,428 Increase675,500
2001 Decrease288,084 Increase387,659 Increase675,743
2002 Decrease221,040 Decrease357,797 Decrease578,837
2003 Decrease207,695 Decrease326,232 Increase533,927
2004 Increase245,577 Decrease302,564 Increase548,141
2005 Increase269,371 Increase341,913 Increase611,284
2006 Increase316,973 Increase361,262 Increase678,235
2007 Increase359,950 Increase386,724 Increase746,674
2008 Increase360,670 Increase371,484 Increase732,154
2009 Increase356,040 Decrease343,068 Decrease699,108
2010 Decrease354,872 Increase367,283 Increase722,155
2011 Increase377,473 Increase408,074 Increase785,547
2012 Decrease358,468 Decrease405,071 Decrease763,539
2013 Increase403,687 Increase494,466 Increase898,153
2014 Increase548,274 Increase631,534 Increase1,179,808
2015 Increase771,193 Increase724,697 Increase1,495,890
2016 Increase897,231 Increase788,464 Increase1,685,695
2017 Increase1,022,117 Increase908,894 Increase1,928,295
2018 Increase1,186,904 Increase1,068,022 Increase2,254,926
2019 Increase1,228,840 Increase1,071,568 Increase2,300,408
2020 (Jul) Decrease140.126 Decrease54.041 Decrease194.167

See also

References

  1. ^ Jeppesen aerodrome charts
  2. ^ "SANTORINI AIRPORT". jtr-airport.gr. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Santorini Airport History". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
  6. ^ "Santorini Airport - Fraport".
  7. ^ "Η Fraport αλλάζει ριζικά τα 14 αεροδρόμια".
  8. ^ https://en.aegeanair.com/plan/flight-schedules/
  9. ^ "summer-2020-air-france-extends-its-network-of-5-sunny-destinations-16-new-routes-in-total". aviation24.br. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Charter schedule" (PDF). aviolet.rs.
  11. ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Condor Adds New Greek Routes in S17". Retrieved 4 May 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  12. ^ Liu, Jim. "Eurowings S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 18OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  13. ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Eurowings S17 planned new routes as of 01SEP16". Retrieved 4 May 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  14. ^ a b c https://www.jet2.com/News/Santorini_added_to_our_growing_collection_of_Greek_destinations/
  15. ^ https://www.jet2.com/timetable
  16. ^ Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ routesonline.com. 29 June 2020 https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/292113/lot-polish-airlines-outlines-summer-2020-lotnawakacje-holiday-program/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ^ Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  19. ^ Lufthansa begin new seasonal service to Santorini in 2018
  20. ^ "Flight Times". neosair.it/en.
  21. ^ a b c d "Flight". apollo.no.
  22. ^ https://ftnnews.com/aviation/38473-qatar-airways-to-fly-dubrovnik-santorini-osaka-kigali-kilimanjaro-in-2020
  23. ^ Liu, Jim. "Qatar Airways NS20 Network changes as of 19MAR20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Ryanair W19 Network changes summary as of 04OCT19". routesonline.com.
  25. ^ "Ryanair expands Dublin – Greece network from late-August 2020". routesonline.com. 30 July 2020.
  26. ^ Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  27. ^ a b "Flight". apollo.se.
  28. ^ "TUI to fly from Newcastle Airport to Santorini, Hurghada and Skiathos in 2020". chroniclelive.co.uk. 22 October 2019.
  29. ^ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". Retrieved 4 May 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  30. ^ Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 network additions as of 10OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  31. ^ https://airlinestravel.ro/wizz-air-anunta-8-rute-noi-de-la-bucuresti-cagliari-copenhaga-bergen-hamburg-karlsruhe-baden-baden-memmingen-santorini-si-mykonos.html
  32. ^ https://airlinergs.com/wizz-air-announces-a-new-base-in-dortmund/
  33. ^ https://www.wetravel.biz/2020/05/28/wizzair-nuova-base-a-malpensa/
  34. ^ https://www.austrianwings.info/2020/06/wizz-air-erweitert-das-streckennetz-in-wien/
  35. ^ "SANTORINI AIRPORT", ypa.gr
  36. ^ "SANTORINI AIRPORT (JTR) Air Traffic statistics", jtr-airport.gr

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