Aktion National Airport

Aktion National Airport (IATA: PVK, ICAO: LGPZ) 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.[4]

Aktion National Airport

Αεροδρόμιο Ακτίου
Summary
Airport typePublic and military
Owner/OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesPreveza / Lefkada, Greece
LocationAktion
Elevation AMSL11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates38°55′32″N 20°45′55″E
Websitepvk-airport.gr
Map
PVK
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25R 2,871 9,419 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers625,790
Passenger traffic change 7.2%
Aircraft movements5,592
Aircraft movements change 3.7%

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.[6] "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[7] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) 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.[8]

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:

  • 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

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:

  • Terminal expansion by 2,381 m2 and refurbishment
  • HBS inline screening
  • Reorganizing airport apron area
  • Refurbishing airside pavement
  • 75 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 14)
  • 60 percent increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 8)
  • Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 4)

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade[9]
Blue Panorama Airlines Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg,[10] Munich, Stuttgart
DAT Seasonal charter: Copenhagen[11]
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol (begins 2 May 2021), London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa[12]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[13]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 9 May 2021), Bristol (begins 9 May 2021),[14] Edinburgh (begins 29 May 2022),[15] London–Stansted (begins 2 May 2021), Manchester[16]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 2 May 2021)[17]
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo,[18] Stockholm–Arlanda[19]
Olympic Air Seasonal: Athens
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair Seasonal: Vienna[20]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Aarhus,[21] Bergen,[18] Gothenburg,[19] Stavanger,[18] Oslo
Sky Express Corfu, Sitia, Zakynthos
Smartwings[22] Seasonal: Brno, Prague
Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[23]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[24] Helsinki,[25] Stockholm–Arlanda[26]
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Volotea Seasonal: Bari,[27] Naples,[28] Venice, Verona (begins 7 July 2021)[29]
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Traffic statistics
Annual passenger traffic
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%
20202.3425.561155.847161.40874,2%

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Accidents and incidents
  • On 14 July 1996, a NATO-operated E-3 Sentry (serial number LX-N90457) overran the runway and crashed into a sea wall when the pilot attempted to abort takeoff after thinking the aircraft had ingested birds. There were only minor injuries and no fatalities, however, the fuselage broke, causing total loss of the aircraft. During the investigation of the incident, no indications of bird ingestion were found. The aircraft was subsequently written off.[30][31]

See also

References
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  3. Airport information for PVK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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  27. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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