Kos International Airport

Kos International Airport (also known as Hippocrates) (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Κω "Ιπποκράτης") (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO) is an international airport on the island of Kos in Greece. It is located near Andimachia Village, and is operated by Fraport AG, all operations within the airport are handled by Swissport.

"Kos Airport" redirects here. For the airport in Cambodia with IATA code KOS, see Sihanouk International Airport.

Kos International Airport

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω "Ιπποκράτης"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesKos Island
LocationAndimachia, Greece
Focus city forAegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL409 ft / 126 m
Coordinates36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E
Websitekgs-airport.gr
Map
KGS
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,874 2,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2,676,644
Passenger traffic change 0.4%
Aircraft movements19,797
Aircraft movements change 2.6%
Statistics[1]

The airport mainly serves charter airlines, who bring customers on holiday to the island. Kos Airport hits its peak in summer, with flights from German and British airlines primarily.

History

1964

The airport was opened on 4 April 1964. In 1974 the runway was extended to 2,400 metres. Due to increased traffic at the airport, a new terminal was built in 1980. In 1997, the terminal building was renovated and expanded.

2015

In December 2015 the privatisation of Kos Island International 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.[2] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[3] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kos Island International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

2017

On 22 March 2017, Fraport AG and its Greek subsidiary Fraport Greece presented its plans for 14 regional airports that they had been handed control of by the Greek Government.[4] The immediate actions by Fraport were to improve lighting, improve the marking of airside areas, upgrade sanitary facilities, enhance WiFi services and implementing better fire safety throughout the airport.

The long term plans by the operator, which are due to continue until 2021, are to build a new terminal and a new fire station, refurbish the waste water treatment plant, and add more security check lanes and check in counters.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[5] Athens
Seasonal: Larnaca
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Blue Panorama Airlines Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino[6]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick
Buzz[7] Seasonal charter: Katowice, Poznań
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Berlin,[8] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich (begins 7 May 2021)[9]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse (begins 2 May 2021),[10][11] Cologne/Bonn, Hannover,[12] Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, Maastricht/Aachen
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester (begins 30 March 2021),[13] Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Enter Air[14] Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[7] Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin
EurowingsSeasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Salzburg
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle[15]
Helvetic Airways Seasonal charter: Zürich
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 20 May 2021),[16] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow (resumes 4 May 2022),[17] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Katowice,[18] Warsaw–Chopin,[19] Wrocław[18]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 2 May 2021),[20] Munich,
Neos Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona[21]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo
Olympic Air Athens, Thessaloniki
Rossiya Airlines[22]Seasonal charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg
RyanairSeasonal: Berlin, Treviso (begins 31 March 2021),[23] Vienna[24]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stavanger,[25] Stockholm-Arlanda
Sky ExpressAstypalaia, Athens, Heraklion, Kalymnos, Leros, Rhodes
SkyUp[26] Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil (begins 29 May 2021)
SundairSeasonal: Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig/Halle
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva, Zürich
TransaviaSeasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague[27]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin[28]
TUI fly Belgium[29]Seasonal: Brussels, Lille (begins 24 April 2021),[29] Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly DeutschlandSeasonal: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Vienna
TUI fly NetherlandsSeasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, Venice[30]

Statistics

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[31] until 2016 and from 2017 onwards from the official website of the airport.[32]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 125,215 1,130,052 1,255,267
1995 141,283 1,015,148 1,156,431
1996 150,271 892,154 1,042,425
1997 153,151 1,006,424 1,159,575
1998 145,312 1,044,604 1,189,916
1999 169,650 1,274,656 1,444,306
2000 217,876 1,360,280 1,578,156
2001 200,614 1,440,986 1,641,600
2002 177,003 1,321,099 1,498,102
2003 183,821 1,278,862 1,462,683
2004 247,758 1,256,941 1,504,699
2005 255,077 1,207,698 1,462,775
2006 251,610 1,321,507 1,573,117
2007 272,271 1,369,410 1,641,681
2008 264,276 1,351,177 1,615,453
2009 260,347 1,257,599 1,517,946
2010 231,057 1,396,183 1,627,240
2011 220,921 1,705,302 1,926,223
2012 192,043 1,605,458 1,797,501
2013 175,422 1,853,196 2,028,618
2014 189,750 2,024,714 2,214,464
2015 201,000 1,942,860 2,143,860
2016 205,695 1,695,800 1,901,495
2017 234,023 2,086,567 2,320,590
2018 271,725 2,394,582 2,666,307
2019 284,948 2.391,696 2.676,644
2020 134.392 666.263 800.655

Ground transport

By public bus:[33] A transit bus service operates between the airport and Kos town, Mastichari, Kardamena and Kefalos. There is a public bus stop 50m from the terminal building.

By tour operator transfer: Tour operators such as Jet2holidays and TUI UK provide free bus transfers from customers' accommodation to the airport.

By taxi:[34] 24/7 metered taxi service is available outside the Kos Airport Terminal building.

By car:[35] Kos Airport is located 24 km from the Kos town and is accessible from the provincial road Kos-Kefalos.

Accidents and incidents
  • In 2013, an Air Explore Boeing 737 made an emergency landing due to the left engine overheating. Once it taxied to the gate, the engine caught fire. The pilot ordered an evacuation using the emergency slides on either side of the aircraft. No one was injured during the incident.

See also

References
  1. "KOS AIRPORT "IPPOKRATIS"". kgs-airport.gr. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. Editorial, Reuters. "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's Fraport". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
  5. "Flight Schedule". Aegean Airlines.
  6. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Blu Express adds new seasonal routes in S17". Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Timetable". grecos.pl.
  8. Liu, Jim (7 January 2020). "Condor S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 06JAN20". routesonline.com.
  9. "In summer 2021 Condor will fly from Zurich to the most popular vacation destinations". condor-newsroom.condor.com.
  10. https://www.corendonairlines.com/news/basel-flightplan-summer2021
  11. https://www.corendonairlines.com/docs/BSL-FlightPlan-EN.pdf
  12. Liu, Jim. "Corendon Airlines S20 Network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. "easyJet holidays adds four new routes for summer 2021". ttgmedia.com. 18 December 2020.
  14. "Coral Travel". coraltravel.pl.
  15. "Tui sends Freebird Europe to Leipzig / Halle - Airbus A320 is stationed in Schkeuditz". lvz.de. 4 October 2019.
  16. "Jet2's Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats". ukaviation.news. 11 November 2020.
  17. https://www.jet2.com/timetable
  18. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". 24 June 2020.
  19. "LOT uruchomi na wakacje 130 połączeń do kilkudziesięciu europejskich kurortów". Business Insider. 24 June 2020.
  20. Group, Lufthansa. "Lufthansa is consistently pursuing its tourism strategy: 15 new summer destinations from Frankfurt in 2021". Lufthansa Group.
  21. "Flight Times". neosair.it/en.
  22. "Flight schedule". bgoperator.ru.
  23. "Ryanair Announces New Base At Venice Treviso, 2 Based Aircraft, $200m Investment And 18 New Routes | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com.
  24. Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  25. "Only Flight". tui.no.
  26. "Schedule". skyup.aero.
  27. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Transavia Adds New Eindhoven Routes in S16". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. "Flight Timetable". TUI Holidays.ie.
  29. "Flight plan". tui.be.
  30. volotea (25 October 2016). "VOLOTEA - Bookings, vacations, destinations, flights, routes". Volotea. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  31. "KOS AIRPORT IPPOKRATIS", ypa.gr
  32. "Air Traffic statistics", kgs-airport.gr
  33. "By Public Bus | Kos Airport (KGS)". www.kgs-airport.gr. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  34. "By Taxi | Kos Airport (KGS)". www.kgs-airport.gr. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  35. "By Car | Kos Airport (KGS)". www.kgs-airport.gr. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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