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
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,310 2,228 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,810,427
Passenger traffic change 0.5%
Aircraft movements13,196
Aircraft movements change 0.3%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

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

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.[6] 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.

Plane on short final about to land at ZTH in 2019, viewed from 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.[7]

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 be implemented for Zakynthos International Airport, under Fraport Greece's investment plan, by 2021:

  • 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
AirlinesDestinations
Animawings[8] Seasonal: Bucharest, Cluj–Napoca
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Seasonal charter: Linz[9]
BelaviaSeasonal charter: Minsk
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade[10]
Blue Panorama Airlines Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal charter: Cluj–Napoca
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest, Timișoara
Seasonal charter: Cluj–Napoca
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[11]
Brussels AirlinesSeasonal: Brussels (resumes 1 July 2021)[12]
Buzz Seasonal charter: Katowice,[13] Katowice,[13] Warsaw–Chopin,[13] Wrocław[13]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich (begins 17 May 2021)[14]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
DAT Seasonal charter: Aarhus, Billund[15]
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton (begins 7 June 2021),[16] Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[17]
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice,[13] Poznań,[13] Vilnius,[18] Warsaw–Chopin,[13] Wrocław[13][19]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Stuttgart[20]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[21]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol (begins 24 May 2021),[22] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Bydgoszcz,[23] Katowice,[23] Kraków,[23] Poznań,[23] Warsaw-Chopin[23]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[24]
NordStarSeasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo
Novair Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[25] Oslo,[26] Stockholm–Arlanda[25]
Olympic Air Athens
Ryanair Seasonal: Naples (begins 1 July 2021),[27] Vienna[28]
Sky Express Athens, Kefalonia[29]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava, Brno, Budapest, Debrecen, Ostrava, Prague
Seasonal charter: Katowice,[19] Poznań,[19] Warsaw–Chopin[19]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva, Zürich[30]
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth,[31] Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin[32]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Groningen (begins 2 June 2021), Rotterdam/The Hague
Volotea Seasonal: Bari, Naples, Palermo, Venice, Verona
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest-Otopeni (begins 15 June 2021),[33] Budapest, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa ,[34] Vienna[35]

Traffic figures

The data are from the official website of the airport.[36]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
2017 83,334 1,576,307 1,659,641
2018 90,938 1,709,519 1,800,457
2019 94,297 1,716,130 1,810,427
2020 27.906 402.349 430.255

See also

References
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  34. https://www.wetravel.biz/2020/05/28/wizzair-nuova-base-a-malpensa/
  35. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/wizz-air/wizz-air-to-launch-new-routes-from-vienna-to-charleroi-tallinn-rhodes-heraklion-burgas-constanta-zakynthos-and-marrakesh/
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