Zakynthos International Airport

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

Zakynthos International Airport
"Dionysios Solomos"

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ζακύνθου
«Διονύσιος Σολωμός»
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
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 (2022)
Passengers1.903,404
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 87,9%
Aircraft movements13.400
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 42,2%
Runway[2] Statistics[3]

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.[4] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[5] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Zakynthos International Airport) for 40 years from 11 April 2017.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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: Bergamo[9]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Animawings[10] Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[11]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[12]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[13] Munich
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[14] Manchester,[15] Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[16]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[17] Düsseldorf, Prague,[18] Salzburg,[19] Stuttgart[20]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins 1 May 2024),[21] London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[22][23]
Marabu Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Olympic Air Athens
Ryanair Seasonal: Bari,[24] Bergamo,[25] Budapest,[26] Dublin,[27] London–Stansted,[28] Naples,[29] Rome–Fiumicino,[30] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin[31]
Sky Express Athens, Kefalonia,[32] Preveza/Lefkada
Seasonal: Heraklion[33]
Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Weeze[34]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava,[35] Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[36] Eindhoven, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth,[37] Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin,[38] East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam/The Hague
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, Nantes,[39] Naples, Palermo, Venice, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Belgrade,[40][41] Bucharest–Otopeni,[42] Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,[43] Milan–Malpensa,[44] Rome–Fiumicino,[45] Timișoara,[46] Vienna,[47] Warsaw–Chopin[48]

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:[49]

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 Increase92,725 Increase1,810,679 Increase1,903,404
2023(Sep) Increase79,701 Increase1,865,998 Increase1,945,699

Traffic statistics by country (2022)
Traffic by country at Zakynthos International Airport – 2022
Place Country Total pax
1 United Kingdom United Kingdom 696,423
2 Netherlands Netherlands 222,535
3 Poland Poland 205,977
4 Italy Italy 155,448
5 Greece Greece 92,725
6 Germany Germany 70,840
7 Romania Romania 69,717
8 Czech Republic Czech Republic 68,967
9 Denmark Denmark 54,657
10 Austria Austria 52,365
11 France France 36,932
12 Hungary Hungary 35,942
13 Belgium Belgium 27,532
14 Sweden Sweden 24,627
15 Lithuania Lithuania 18,466

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See also

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