Aegean Airlines’ passenger traffic continues to fly ever higher, according to data for the first couple of months of this year.
In January and February the airline carried about 1.9 million passengers on its domestic and international network, offering more than 2.4 million seats, a number increased by 8% compared to the same period last year.
Although the first two months of the year are traditionally weaker due to the winter season, Aegean saw increases of 13% in foreign traffic and 3% in domestic traffic, which means that its enhanced winter program has borne fruit. It should be noted that the occupancy rates remained at the same level as the corresponding period last year.
Last year Aegean transported 16.3 million passengers, an annual increase of 6% compared to 2023, offering more than 19.7 million seats, up 1.1 million despite operational and geopolitical challenges. At the same time, it posted another historical high in the company’s passenger traffic.
For 2025, continuing the strategy of strengthening its activity, it will offer about 21.5 million seats – i.e. 1.8 million more than in 2024. It will offer about 13 million overseas network seats, an extra 1.4 million seats from 2024, and 8.5 million in the internal network.
It is strengthening its international network, as it has already begun to significantly enhance its activity in the Turkish market, adding new direct flights from Iraklio, Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini to Istanbul. This strategy emphasizes the company’s goal of strengthening its position at critical airline hubs.
At the same time, it is launching new direct services from Athens to Erbil in Iraq and Baku in Azerbaijan, responding to the growing demand for connections to these dynamic markets.
Aegean maintains an enhanced role in the Cypriot market, as it plans for new routes and upgrading of the capacity offered. Following the positive response to the routes to and from Larnaca, it announced that from April 1 it will offer direct flights from Larnaca to Rome, while passenger traffic from its Cyprus hub is expected to increase by 25%. At the same time, activity on the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria), Egypt, Italy (Rome, Bologna) and Switzerland (Zurich) is further strengthened, and the company’s significant investment in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Morocco continues.