Aktion National Airport

Aktion National Airport
Aktion Airport
Summary
Airport type Public 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″N 20°45′55″E / 38.92556°N 20.76528°E / 38.92556; 20.76528Coordinates: 38°55′32″N 20°45′55″E / 38.92556°N 20.76528°E / 38.92556; 20.76528
Website www.pvk-airport.gr/en
Map
PVK
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25R 2,871 9,419 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 569,249
Passenger traffic change Increase 17.9%
Aircraft movements 5,304
Aircraft movements change Increase 17.6%

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

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.

Future - Fraport Greece’s investment plan

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

Immediate actions that will be implemented at the airports, as soon as Fraport Greece takes over operations, before the launch of the 2017 summer season include:

  • General clean-up
  • Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
  • Upgrading sanitary facilities
  • Enhancing services and offering new free Internet connection (WiFi)
  • Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will start in October 2017 and will be implemented for Aktion National Airport under Fraport-Greece’s investment plan by 2021:

  • Terminal expansion by 2,381 m² and refurbishment
  • HBS inline screening
  • Reorganizing airport apron area
  • Refurbishing airside pavement
  • 75 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 14)
  • 60 percent increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 8)
  • Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 4)

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Avanti Air Seasonal charter: Innsbruck
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade[9]
Braathens Regional Aviation Seasonal charter: Göteborg, Malmö
Blu-express Seasonal: Bergamo,[10] Bologna,[11] Rome-Fiumicino
Blue Air Seasonal charter: Larnaca[12]Bucharest-Otopeni
British Airways Seasonal charter: London-Heathrow[13]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,Hannover (begins 21 May 2019), Munich, Stuttgart
Danish Air Transport Seasonal charter: Aarhus, Billund, Copenhagen
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Enter Air Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne-Bonn
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[14]
Flybe Seasonal charter: Birmingham,[15] Manchester
Germania Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen[16], Stockholm-Arlanda
Olympic Air Seasonal: Athens
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Seasonal charter: Salzburg[17], Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Göteborg, Bergen, Stavanger,[18] Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen
Sky Express Corfu, Kefalonia, Sitia
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: Katowice[19]
SmartWings[20][21] Seasonal: Brno, Prague
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Bristol, London-Gatwick, Manchester[22]
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen[16]
Titan Airways Seasonal charter: London-Stansted[23]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
Travel Service Polska Seasonal charter: Warsaw-Chopin
TUI Airways Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester[22]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Volotea Seasonal: Bari,[24] Naples,[25] Venice
Vueling Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino

Traffic statistics[1]

Annual passenger traffic
YearFlightsPassengers% Annual
change
19941,648172,879Steady
19951,898213,058Increase23.2%
19961,906202,280Decrease5.1%
19972,043237,951Increase17.6%
19982,250263,393Increase10.7%
19991,837242,145Decrease8.1%
20002,331299,415Increase23.7%
20012,208301,882Increase0.8%
20022,337329,048Increase9.0%
20033,011298,852Decrease9.2%
20043,156288,975Decrease3.3%
20053,061300,853Increase4.1%
20063,014288,555Decrease4.1%
20073,260321,761Increase11.5%
20083,256328,119Increase2.0%
20093,034310,923Decrease5.2%
20102,758292,448Decrease5.9%
20112,728294,156Increase0.6%
20122,858288,835Decrease1.8%
20133,166316,365Increase9.5%
20143,590358,245Increase13.2%
20153,940388,295Increase8.4%
20164,510472,870Increase21.8%
20175,304569,249Increase17.9%
2018 (Jan-Sep)4,909545,519Increase3.1%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "AKTIO AIRPORT". YPA.gr. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Airport information for LGPZ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. ↑ Airport information for PVK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "AKTIO AIRPORT" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr". TornosNews.gr. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's F". Reuters.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
  9. ↑ "Aviolet charter schedule 2018" (PDF). aviolet.rs. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Blu Express adds new seasonal routes in S17". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Blu-express open seasonal routes from Bologna to Greece". Blu-express.com.
  12. ↑ "Charter flights". topkinisis.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Weekly BA Charter from Heathrow starting 25th May 2014". Charterflights.co.uk.
  14. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Finnair Adds New European Routes in S16". AirlineRoute.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ↑ https://www.pvk-airport.gr/en/flights--more/flights--destinations/destinations/destinations/dest_id-1595/nd_id-1595
  16. 1 2 "Flight Timetables – Oslo Airport". Osl.no.
  17. ↑ "Peoples fliegt Charterflüge ab Salzburg - Austrian Aviation Net". www.AustrianAviation.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Stavanger Airport". avinor.no. 10 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Flight schedule". smallplanet.aero. 24 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
  21. ↑ "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
  22. 1 2 "Charter Flight Timetables". ManchesterAirport.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Charter Flight Timetables - Stansted Airport". www.stanstedairport.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  24. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  25. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 14OCT16". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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