Zakynthos International Airport

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Zakynthos International Airport
"Dionysios Solomos"

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ζακύνθου
«Διονύσιος Σολωμός»
Zakynthos airport logo.svg
Letalisce D. Solomos.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Location Zakynthos
Elevation  AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 37°45′03″N20°53′03″E / 37.75083°N 20.88417°E / 37.75083; 20.88417
Website zth-airport.gr
Map
Greece location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
ZTH
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/347,3102,228 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers1.903,404
Passenger traffic changeIncrease2.svg 87,9%
Aircraft movements13.400
Aircraft movements changeIncrease2.svg 42,2%
Runway [2] Statistics [3]

Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos"( IATA : ZTH, ICAO : LGZA) is an airport in Zakynthos, Greece.

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History

In December 2015, the privatization of Zakynthos International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalized with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund. [4] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. [5] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Zakynthos International Airport) for 40 years from 11 April 2017. [6]

The airport is close to the town and beach of Kalamaki. Kalamaki beach is part of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos. The endangered loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta ) lay their eggs at the beaches of the marine park at night during the summer months. This has resulted in aircraft movement restrictions. Flights are not permitted to take off or land between 10:00PM to 5:00AM. It is at the jurisdiction of the Greek authorities to allow aircraft movements at night under extenuating circumstances. The airport opened in 1972. [7] An expansion of the airport's apron area to 35,100 m2 was completed in 2003, and a new 22,150 m2 terminal building was completed in 2008. The airport is 4.3 km from Zakynthos town and other seaside tourist destinations such as Laganas, Tsilivi and Kalamaki. The main approach into the airport is Runway 34. Aircraft usually have to fly over Laganas bay and make a 180-degree turn, before their final approach over sunbathing tourists on the busy Kalamaki beach.

Fraport Greece's investment plan

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports, including the Zakynthos International Airport. [8]

Immediate actions that were implemented at airports operated by Fraport Greece, before the launch of the 2017 summer season, included:

Specifically for Zakynthos International Airport, the following changes were implemented under Fraport Greece's investment plan:

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Seasonal: Bergamo [9]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Animawings [10] Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow [11]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels [12]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal: Sofia (begins 1 June 2024) [13]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt, [14] Munich
easyJet Seasonal: Bristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples (begins 1 June 2024) [15]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich [16]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin, [17] Düsseldorf, Hamburg (begins 5 May 2024), [18] Prague, [19] Salzburg, [20] Stuttgart [21]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth (begins 1 May 2025), [22] Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins 1 May 2024), [23] London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich [24] [25]
Marabu Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Olympic Air Athens
Ryanair Seasonal: Bari, [26] Bergamo, [27] Budapest, [28] Dublin, [29] London–Stansted, [30] Naples, [31] Rome–Fiumicino, [32] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin [33]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 27 June 2024) [34]
Sky Express Athens, Kefalonia, [35] Preveza/Lefkada
Seasonal: Heraklion [36]
Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Weeze [37]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava, [38] Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Seasonal charter: Košice (begins 6 June 2024) [39]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, [40] Eindhoven, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, [41] Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, [42] East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam/The Hague
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, Nantes, [43] Naples, Palermo, Venice, Verona
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni, [44] Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, [45] Milan–Malpensa, [46] Rome–Fiumicino, [47] Timișoara, [48] Vienna, [49] Warsaw–Chopin [50]

Traffic figures

A Jet2.com 737-800 on short final at ZTH in 2019, viewed from Kalamaki beach Plane descending towards Zakinthos int'l airport.jpg
A Jet2.com 737-800 on short final at ZTH in 2019, viewed from Kalamaki beach
737 on final approach from south 737 on final approach from south.jpg
737 on final approach from south
Annual passenger traffic at ZTH airport. See Wikidata query.

The following data are from the official website of the airport: [51]

YearPassengers
DomesticInternationalTotal
201783,3341,576,3071,659,641
2018Increase2.svg90,938Increase2.svg1,709,519Increase2.svg1,800,457
2019Increase2.svg94,297Increase2.svg1,716,130Increase2.svg1,810,427
2020Decrease2.svg27,906Decrease2.svg402,349Decrease2.svg430,255
2021Increase2.svg57,570Increase2.svg955,220Increase2.svg1,012,913
2022Increase2.svg92,725Increase2.svg1,810,679Increase2.svg1,903,404
2023Increase2.svg94,949Increase2.svg1,986,982Increase2.svg2,081,931
2024(Mar)Increase2.svg11.120Increase2.svg323Increase2.svg11.443

Traffic statistics by country (2023)

Traffic by country at Zakynthos International Airport – 2023
PlaceCountryTotal pax
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom694.237
2 Flag of Poland.svg Poland245.150
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands217.997
4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy193.218
5 Flag of Germany.svg Germany106.435
6 Flag of Greece.svg Greece94.949
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic85.193
8 Flag of Romania.svg Romania71.293
9 Flag of Austria.svg Austria56.617
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark54.512
11 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary47.790
12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium38.822
13 Flag of France.svg France32.808
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden32.717
15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland32.717

[52]

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