Athens International Airport - Athens International Airport - 2006 Spring Timetable
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31 MARCH 2006
Athens International Airport - 2006 Spring Timetable

Athens International Airport’s Spring 2006 Timetable (26.03.06-17.06.06) offers 836 weekly scheduled flights - 47 more compared to the respective period in 2005 (+6% growth on a year-to-year basis) - operated by 56 airlines, connecting AIA to 68 international destinations in 47 countries.

New airport “arrivals”:

  • In addition to the carriers already operating scheduled services, Athens International Airport welcomes two new airlines: Blue1 / a SAS Scandinavian Airlines subsidiary (Helsinki) and Pakistan International Airlines (which relaunches flights from Athens to Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore). Also, Air Transat (charter operator until last year) as of May will operate scheduled flights to Canada (Montreal - Toronto).
  • Moreover, the following airlines have included new destinations in their Spring scheduled services: Aegean Airlines (Sofia), easyJet (Milan), Malev (Dublin & Helsinki), SAS Scandinavian Airlines (Oslo) and Sterling European Airlines (Stockholm).
  • Furthermore, Aegean Airlines (Munich), Air France (Paris), CSA-Czech Airlines (Prague), KLM (Amsterdam), and Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich), have added one daily scheduled flight per destination, compared to the respective period last year. British Airways (London), Olympic Airlines (Paris, Moscow, Belgrade), Armavia (Yerevan / Armenia), and Virgin Express (Brussels) have also added additional frequencies.

The top destinations served out of Athens International Airport

In the Spring 2006 Timetable, AIA’s top international routes are Larnaca and London with 73 and 65 scheduled weekly frequencies respectively, followed by Paris, Rome, Milan, and Munich, with 51, 49, 49, and 45 weekly flights each. The top domestic routes are Thessaloniki with 139 and Heraklion with 91 weekly frequencies, followed by Rhodes, Chania, and Santorini, with 70, 57, and 54 weekly frequencies, respectively.