Greece, and Athens in particular, hit a new record this summer according to data released by the Athens International Airport (AIA), the only international airport of the Greek capital.
July was a record-breaking month for passenger throughput that had an increase of 22 percent compared to July 2013, totaling an impressive 1.77 million passengers. AIA also said July was its best month for 2014, so far.
The increase in passenger traffic came from domestic (+21.9 percent) and international (+23.0 percent) passengers, alike. July’s domestic passenger traffic rose to 586,947 passengers, with international traffic increased to 1,185,556 passengers.
AIA saw a significant increase of 18.1 percent in total passenger throughput in the first seven months of 2014, to reach 8.24 million passengers at the end of July, 1.26 million passengers more compared to the corresponding period in 2013. International passenger throughput increased by 19.3 percent, while domestic passenger throughput rose by 15.9 percent.
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