Aktion National Airport

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Aktion National Airport

Αεροδρόμιο Ακτίου
Aktion airport logo.svg
Aktion National Airport building.JPG
Summary
Airport typePublic and military
Owner/Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves Preveza / Lefkada, Greece
Location Aktion
Elevation  AMSL 11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 38°55′32″N20°45′55″E / 38.92556°N 20.76528°E / 38.92556; 20.76528
Website pvk-airport.gr
Map
Greece location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
PVK
Location of airport in Greece
Aktion National Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06/242,8719,419 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers773,587
Passenger traffic changeIncrease2.svg 107.9%
Aircraft movements6,610
Aircraft movements changeIncrease2.svg 46.2%

Aktion National Airport( IATA : PVK, ICAO : LGPZ) is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968. [4]

Contents

History

In December 2015, the privatisation of Aktion National 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. [6] "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. [7] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.[ citation needed ]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Aktion National Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
arkia Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv [8]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Avanti Air Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen [9] [ better source needed ]
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Aalborg, [10] Copenhagen, [10] Gothenburg, [10] Helsinki, [10] Norrköping, [10] Skellefteå, [10] Stockholm–Arlanda, [10] Trondheim [10]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow [11]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, [12] Munich, Stuttgart [13]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam [14]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca [15]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt, [16] [17] Munich [16] [17]
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, [18] London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Naples [19]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich [20]
Enter Air Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick [21] [ better source needed ]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 3 May 2025), [22] Stockholm–Arlanda (resumes 17 May 2025), [23] Stuttgart [24]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands (begins 6 May 2026), [25] Edinburgh, [26] London–Stansted, Manchester, [27] Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 27 May 2026) [28]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Warsaw–Radom [29]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich [17]
Marabu Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Marathon Airlines Seasonal charter: Innsbruck [30]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, [31] [ better source needed ] Oslo [31] [ better source needed ]
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein [ citation needed ]
Ryanair Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, [32] Budapest, London–Stansted, [33] Nuremberg, [34] Rome–Fiumicino, [35] Vienna [36] [37]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, [38] Stavanger, [39] Stockholm–Arlanda [38]
Sky Express Corfu, [40] Kefalonia, [40] Sitia, [40] Zakynthos [40]
Smartwings [41] Seasonal: Prague [42]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava, [43] Brno, [42] Budapest, [44] Ostrava [42]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, [45] Helsinki, [46] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda [47]
Sundor Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 29 May 2025) [48]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, [49] Paris–Orly [50]
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca, [51] Tel Aviv [52] [ better source needed ]
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, [53] Naples
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PVK airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic
YearFlightsDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengers% annual
change
19941,64811,650161,229172,879Steady2.svg
19951,89814,786198,300213,058Increase2.svg23.2%
19961,90618,347183,933202,280Decrease2.svg5.1%
19972,04320,177217,774237,951Increase2.svg17.6%
19982,25018,832244,561263,393Increase2.svg10.7%
19991,83714,213227,932242,145Decrease2.svg8.1%
20002,33116,933282,482299,415Increase2.svg23.7%
20012,20815,025286,857301,882Increase2.svg0.8%
20022,33713,257315,791329,048Increase2.svg9.0%
20033,01115,690283,162298,852Decrease2.svg9.2%
20043,15617,613271,362288,975Decrease2.svg3.3%
20053,06116,701284,152300,853Increase2.svg4.1%
20063,01417,654270,901288,555Decrease2.svg4.1%
20073,26019,673302,088321,761Increase2.svg11.5%
20083,25617,715310,404328,119Increase2.svg2.0%
20093,03415,690295,233310,923Decrease2.svg5.2%
20102,7586,343286,105292,448Decrease2.svg5.9%
20112,7284,891289,265294,156Increase2.svg0.6%
20122,8584,629284,206288,835Decrease2.svg1.8%
20133,1667,758308,607316,365Increase2.svg9.5%
20143,5905,861352,384358,245Increase2.svg13.2%
20153,9408,284380,011388,295Increase2.svg8.4%
20164,51018,570454,300472,870Increase2.svg21.8%
20175,29512,771532,879569,082Increase2.svg20.3%
20185,3948,152541,283583,666Increase2.svg2.6%
20195,59216,763609,027625,790Increase2.svg7.2%
20202,3425,561155,847161,408Decrease2.svg74.2%
20214,52011,433360,663372,096Increase2.svg130.5%
20226,61012,973760,614773,587Increase2.svg107,9%
20236,68412,642804,564817,206Increase2.svg5,9%
20246,71214,357810,537824,894Increase2.svg0,9%

[1] [54]

The record (highest) figure to date is highlighted in bold

Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Aktion National Airport – 2024
PlaceCountryTotal pax
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom230.024
2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany114.705
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands92.010
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark73,971
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden61.619
6 Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.446
7 Flag of Norway.svg Norway36.130
8 Flag of Austria.svg Austria28.381
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic28.177
10 Flag of Finland.svg Finland27.547
11 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary20.139
12 Flag of Greece.svg Greece14.357
13 Flag of Israel.svg Israel11.897
14 Flag of Poland.svg Poland9.443
15 Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus8.081

Source: [55]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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