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Year	Flights
	Domestic	International	Total
2016	22,120	26,590	48,710
2017	23,608	31,323	54,931
2018 (Jan-Aug)	14,720	22,853	37,573

Traffic by country (2017)

Traffic by country Thessaloniki Airport - Reporting Period : 11.04.2017 - 31.12.2017

Place	Country	Arriving Pax	Departing Pax	Total Pax	%Pax Share
1	Greece	871,562	875,298	1,746,860	34.7%
2	Germany	543,369	562,520	1,105,889	22.0%
3	Cyprus	163,915	165,217	329,132	6.5%
4	Russia	162,973	163,755	326,728	6.5%
5	United Kingdom	152,720	153,763	306,483	6.1%
6	Italy	80,299	86,257	166,556	3.3%
7	Turkey	54,422	54,537	108,959	2.2%
8	Poland	53,869	53,822	107,691	2.1%
9	Netherlands	43,308	44,213	87,521	1.7%
10	Belgium	40,446	42,154	82,600	1.6%

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Thessaloniki Airport

Rank	Destination	Airport	Monthly one-way capacity 2016	Airline(s)
1	Athens	ATH	65.298	Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Ryanair
2	Munich	MUC	16.678	Aegean Airlines
3	Stuttgart	STR	11.490	Aegean Airlines, Germanwings
4	Berlin	SXF	10.710	easyJet, Ryanair
5	Larnaca	LCA	9.826	Aegean Airlines, Blue Air, Cobalt Air, Ellinair
6	Heraklion	HER	9.798	Astra Airlines, Ellinair, Olympic Air
7	Istanbul	IST	9.060	Turkish Airlines
8	Paphos	PFO	8.883	Ryanair
9	Düsseldorf	DUS	8.859	Aegean Airlines, Eurowings, Astra Airlines
10	Chania	CHQ	8.802	Olympic Air, Ryanair, Aegean Airlines
11	Frankfurt	FRA	8.406	Aegean Airlines, Astra Airlines, Condor, Ellinair
12	London	LGW	8.304	easyJet, British Airways

Top Airlines

Monthly one-way capacity for 2016

Rank	Airline	Passengers	vs 2015
1	Aegean Airlines	105.348	8.8%
2	Ryanair	75.789	9.3%
3	Easyjet	15.888	1.8%
4	Ellinair	15.408	51%
5	Germanwings	11.760	13.5%
6	Air Berlin	10.578	51%
7	Olympic Air (NEW)	10.062	-
8	Turkish Airlines	9.060	4.9%
9	Air Serbia	5.820	2.1%
10	Transavia	5.670	0.7%
11	Astra Airlines	5.284	54.3%
12	Austrian Airlines	5.220	26.3%

Transport

Thessaloniki Bus X2
Legend
Nea Elvetia – Makedonia Airport
Charilaou Bus Terminus Voulgari Nea Elvetia KTEL (Thessaloniki Metro Line 1)   Astynomia Airport Departures Airport Arrivals
Valid from 1 December 2024

Car and car rental

The airport is directly connected with the city's major road arteries in the southeast, the EO16 and the A25, which connects Thessaloniki with Chalkidiki, via the ΕΟ67. The Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road offers access to the A1/E75 and A2/E90 motorways, making transportation to and from Thessaloniki Airport relatively easy. A total of 2,285 parking spaces for cars exist at the front of the terminal building. A car rental service is available at the terminal building.

Metro

There are plans to connect the airport with the Thessaloniki Metro network, which is set to open in phases between 2020 and 2021. Attiko Metro, the company overseeing the project, has published a map of proposed extensions, and it includes an overground extension of Line 2 towards the airport. This extension not an immediate concern for the company, however, since the terminus of Line 2, Template:Thessaloniki Metro stations, will be connected with the airport by a 10-minute shuttle bus.

Public bus

The airport is served on a 24-hour basis by bus 01X/01N of the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH), which provides bus services between the Thessaloniki Bus Station (KTEL) and Makedonia airport arrivals/departures. The journey between KTEL and the airport is 49 minutes. As of September 2018, a single bus fare costs €2, or €1 with a discount.

Taxi

A metered taxi service is available outside the airport terminal building 24-hours. The journey between the Airport and the centre of Thessaloniki is about 30 minutes, depending on traffic. The fare to the city centre is fixed at €20. There is an €8 surcharge for trips ending between midnight and 5 am. Luggage charges are waived.

Accidents and incidents

• On 12 August 1997, Olympic Airways Flight 171, a Boeing 727-230 registered as SX-CBI inbound from Athens Ellinikon Airport, touched down late and was steered off the runway to avoid overrunning into the sea. None of the 35 passengers and crew were killed, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
• On 17 December 1997, Aerosvit Flight 241, a Yakovlev Yak-42, operating the route from Odessa, Ukraine to Thessaloniki, lost contact with the airport's air traffic control and during the second attempt the aircraft crashed in the Pierian Mountains, near Mount Olympus. A total of 70 people, passengers and crew, 41 of which were Greeks, were killed.
• On 4 July 2000, HA-LCR, a chartered Malév Flight 262 Tupolev Tu-154 landed on its belly. The crew had forgotten to lower the undercarriage and the plane skidded 400 m (1,300 ft) on the runway. Thanks to the plane's robust construction and the engines' high position, the plane was able to become airborne again as the pilots applied full throttle. It circled while the crew lowered the undercarriage and landed safely. There were no injuries. It was considered uneconomical to repair the aircraft. The aircraft still remains on site, although airline markings have been obscured and it has been heavily depleted of re-usable spares.
• On 15 June 2013, an AMC Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Astra Airlines Greece, registration SU-BPZ performing flight A2-921 from Novosibirsk (Russia) to Thessaloniki (Greece) with 160 passengers, landed on Thessaloniki's runway 16 at about 07:14L (04:14Z) but overran the end of the runway by about 110 meters/360 feet and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground. No injuries occurred, the aircraft received minor if any damage.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Greece
• Transport in Greece

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External links

Media related to Thessaloniki International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Thessaloniki Airport Official Fraport website
• Official government website
• Greek Airports
• Accident history for SKG at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for LGTS at NOAA/NWS

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