Aktion National Airport


Aktion National Airport is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.

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. "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

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.
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:
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:

Traffic statistics

YearFlightsDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengers% annual
change
19941,64811,650161,229172,879
19951,89814,786198,300213,05823.2%
19961,90618,347183,933202,2805.1%
19972,04320,177217,774237,95117.6%
19982,25018,832244,561263,39310.7%
19991,83714,213227,932242,1458.1%
20002,33116,933282,482299,41523.7%
20012,20815,025286,857301,8820.8%
20022,33713,257315,791329,0489.0%
20033,01115,690283,162298,8529.2%
20043,15617,613271,362288,9753.3%
20053,06116,701284,152300,8534.1%
20063,01417,654270,901288,5554.1%
20073,26019,673302,088321,76111.5%
20083,25617,715310,404328,1192.0%
20093,03415,690295,233310,9235.2%
20102,7586,343286,105292,4485.9%
20112,7284,891289,265294,1560.6%
20122,8584,629284,206288,8351.8%
20133,1667,758308,607316,3659.5%
20143,5905,861352,384358,24513.2%
20153,9408,284380,011388,2958.4%
20164,51018,570454,300472,87021.8%
20175,29512,771532,879569,08220.3%
20185,3948,152541,283583,6662.6%
20195,59216,763609,027625,7907.2%
2020 3771.152451.19799,3%