Santorini (Thira) International Airport

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.

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
Websitejtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 6,972 2,125 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,300,408
Passenger traffic change 2.0%
Aircraft movements21,319
Aircraft movements change 4.7%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

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 AirlinesAthens
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade[8]
Blue Panorama AirlinesSeasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways Seasonal: London–City, London–Heathrow
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,[9] 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,[10] Stuttgart,[11] Vienna
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 4 May 2021),[12] Leeds/Bradford (begins 6 May 2021),[13] London–Stansted (begins 4 May 2021),[12] Manchester (begins 1 May 2021)[12]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Kraków (begins 6 July 2020), [14] Wrocław (begins 7 July 2020) [15]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[16] Munich
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[17] Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen[18]
Olympic AirAthens
Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Qatar Airways Seasonal: Doha (begins 1 July 2020)[19][20]
Ryanair Seasonal: Athens,[21] Bergamo, Vienna[22][23]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen,[18] Gothenburg,[24] Stavanger,[18] Stockholm–Arlanda,[24] Trondheim[18]
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 (begins 2 July 2020)[25]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
Volotea Athens
Seasonal: Bari, Bordeaux,[26] Genoa, Lyon (begins 7 July 2021),[27] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo, Thessaloniki (begins 5 July 2020), Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Florence, Rome–Fiumicino
Wings of Lebanon Seasonal charter: Beirut[28]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest (begins 9 August 2020),[29] Budapest (begins 15 July 2020),[30] Dortmund (begins 7 August 2020),[31] Milan–Malpensa (begins 31 July 2020),[32] Vienna (begins 18 July 2020)[33]

Traffic figures

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[34] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[35]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 175,152 225,896 401,048
1995 188,461 257,978 446,439
1996 188,778 246,680 435.458
1997 208,195 263,735 471,930
1998 209,505 286,809 496,314
1999 225,160 353,193 578,353
2000 302,072 373,428 675,500
2001 288,084 387,659 675,743
2002 221,040 357,797 578,837
2003 207,695 326,232 533,927
2004 245,577 302,564 548,141
2005 269,371 341,913 611,284
2006 316,973 361,262 678,235
2007 359,950 386,724 746,674
2008 360,670 371,484 732,154
2009 356,040 343,068 699,108
2010 354,872 367,283 722,155
2011 377,473 408,074 785,547
2012 358,468 405,071 763,539
2013 403,687 494,466 898,153
2014 548,274 631,534 1,179,808
2015 771,193 724,697 1,495,890
2016 897,231 788,464 1,685,695
2017 1,022,117 908,894 1,928,295
2018 1,186,904 1,068,022 2,254,926
2019 1,228,840 1,071,568 2,300,408
2020 (May) 79,536 314 79,850

See also

References
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  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. "Charter schedule" (PDF). aviolet.rs.
  9. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Condor Adds New Greek Routes in S17". Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. Liu, Jim. "Eurowings S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 18OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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  13. https://www.jet2.com/timetable
  14. Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  15. Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. Lufthansa begin new seasonal service to Santorini in 2018
  17. "Flight Times". neosair.it/en.
  18. "Flight". apollo.no.
  19. https://ftnnews.com/aviation/38473-qatar-airways-to-fly-dubrovnik-santorini-osaka-kigali-kilimanjaro-in-2020
  20. Liu, Jim. "Qatar Airways NS20 Network changes as of 19MAR20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  21. "Ryanair W19 Network changes summary as of 04OCT19". routesonline.com.
  22. "Laudamotion outlines summer 2018 operations". routesonline.com. 16 March 2018.
  23. Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  24. "Flight". apollo.se.
  25. "TUI to fly from Newcastle Airport to Santorini, Hurghada and Skiathos in 2020". chroniclelive.co.uk. 22 October 2019.
  26. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 network additions as of 10OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  28. "Welcome to Nakhal Online Booking System". www.nakhalonline.com.
  29. https://airlinestravel.ro/wizz-air-anunta-8-rute-noi-de-la-bucuresti-cagliari-copenhaga-bergen-hamburg-karlsruhe-baden-baden-memmingen-santorini-si-mykonos.html
  30. https://wizzair.com/#/
  31. https://airlinergs.com/wizz-air-announces-a-new-base-in-dortmund/
  32. https://www.wetravel.biz/2020/05/28/wizzair-nuova-base-a-malpensa/
  33. https://www.austrianwings.info/2020/06/wizz-air-erweitert-das-streckennetz-in-wien/
  34. "SANTORINI AIRPORT", ypa.gr
  35. "SANTORINI AIRPORT (JTR) Air Traffic statistics", jtr-airport.gr

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