Fraport sees double-digit increase in passengers

Fraport Greece expects a double-digit percentage rise in passenger traffic through 14 Greek airports this year, its chief executive said on Monday.

Fraport Greece, a consortium of Germany's Fraport and Greek group Copelouzos, has operated 14 Greek airports including at popular tourist destinations Santorini and Rhodes since April last year.

All 14 airports handled 27.6 million passengers last year, a 10.3 percent annual increase.

Traffic rose by 11 percent to 6.25 million in the January-to-May period.

Chief executive officer Alexander Zinell said this year's rise was expected to be similar to last year's.

"We expect something, if we're lucky, of two-digit [percentage rise]," he told reporters.

Several carriers, including British Airways and Germania, launched new routes to the airports operated by Fraport ahead of the summer...