Zakynthos International Airport

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Zakynthos International Airport
"Dionysios Solomos"

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ζακύνθου
«Διονύσιος Σολωμός»
Zakynthos airport logo.svg
Zakynthos Airport, New Terminal, Greece 02.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
LocationZakynthos
Elevation AMSL15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates37°45′03″N 20°53′03″E / 37.75083°N 20.88417°E / 37.75083; 20.88417Coordinates: 37°45′03″N 20°53′03″E / 37.75083°N 20.88417°E / 37.75083; 20.88417
Websitezth-airport.gr
Map
ZTH is located in Greece
ZTH
ZTH
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,310 2,228 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers430.255
Passenger traffic changeDecrease 76,2%
Aircraft movements4.852
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 63,2%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

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

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.[3] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[4] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Zakynthos International Airport) for 40 years from 11 April 2017.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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

  • General clean-up
  • 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

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

  • Refurbishing and remodeling current terminal
  • HBS inline screening
  • Refurbishing air traffic control tower
  • New fire station
  • Relocating power transformers and generators
  • Reorganizing airport apron area
  • Refurbishing airside pavement
  • Reorganizing landside roads & parking
  • New security guardhouse
  • 33 percent increase in check-in counters (from 15 to 20)
  • 150 percent increase in the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 5)

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Seasonal: Forlì[8]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[9]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Airseven Seasonal charter: Aarhus
Animawings[10] Seasonal: Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv[11]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[12]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[13]
Buzz Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Wrocław[14]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich[15]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[16] Manchester,[17] Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[18]
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice,[14] Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Graz[19]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Salzburg,[20] Stuttgart[21]
Eurowings Discover Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 20 June 2023),[22] Munich
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[23]
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[24][25]
Novair Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[26] Oslo,[27] Stockholm–Arlanda[26]
Olympic Air Athens
Ryanair Seasonal: Bari,[28] Budapest,[29] London–Stansted,[30] Milan–Malpensa,[31] Rome–Fiumicino,[32] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin[33]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, Stockholm-Arlanda[34]
Sky Express Athens, Kefalonia,[35] Preveza/Lefkada
Seasonal: Heraklion[36]
Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
SkyUp Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil[37]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava,[38] Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Seasonal charter: Budapest, Katowice,[39] Poznań,[39] Warsaw–Chopin[39]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth,[40] Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin[41]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam/The Hague
Tus AirwaysSeasonal: Tel Aviv[42]
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, Nantes,[43] Naples, Palermo, Thessaloniki,[44] Venice, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest,[45] Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,[46] Milan–Malpensa,[47] Rome–Fiumicino,[48] Vienna,[49] Warsaw–Chopin[50]

Traffic figures

A Jet2.com 737-800 on short final at ZTH in 2019, viewed from Kalamaki beach
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]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
2017 83,334 1,576,307 1,659,641
2018 Increase90,938 Increase1,709,519 Increase1,800,457
2019 Increase94,297 Increase1,716,130 Increase1,810,427
2020 Decrease27.906 Decrease402.349 Decrease430.255
2021 Increase57,570 Increase955,220 Increase1,012,913
2022(Sep) Increase80,024 Increase1,709,563 Increase1,789,587

See also

References

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  50. ^ "Wizz Air's summer sizzler – 120+ new routes to launch in S21 | anna.aero". 19 March 2021.
  51. ^ "Zakynthos Airport (ZTH)".

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