Air passenger data fly high

Greek airports are enjoying another year of growth in passenger traffic, which came to an impressive 10.3 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to official data. Athens airport has also recorded a notable rise, helped by the increase in flights.

Over the January-June period the country's airports saw passenger traffic reach 21.947 million and the number of flights come to 192,396, up 0.6 percent on the 191,204 flights that used Greece's airports in the first half of 2016. At the same time, the country's main airport posted an 8.3 percent annual increase in passengers, coming to 9.4 million.

In June alone Athens welcomed 2.168 million passengers, followed by Iraklio in Crete (1.08 million), Rhodes (784,500), Thessaloniki (650,000) and Corfu (471,500). The international network saw a 15.8 percent annual rise in passengers last month, while the domestic...