Cephalonia International Airport

Cephalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou"
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κεφαλονιάς "Άννα Πολλάτου"

IATA: EFL – ICAO: LGKF

EFL
Location of airport in Greece

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Greek state
Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves Cephalonia, Greece
Location Argostoli
Elevation AMSL 59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates 38°07′12″N 020°30′01″E / 38.12000°N 20.50028°E / 38.12000; 20.50028
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,436 7,992 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Total passengers 479,422 Increase11.4%
International passengers 420,989

Cephalonia International Airport (IATA: EFL, ICAO: LGKF) is an airport on the island of Cephalonia, in Greece. The airport opened in 1971 to serve the former municipality Leivathos with improved transportation links; Cephalonia is now a single municipality. A new runway and the current terminal building were constructed in the 1980s.

History

In December 2015 the privatisation of Cephalonia 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.[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 Cephalonia International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Seasonal charter: Graz (begins 4 June 2016), Klagenfurt (begins 4 June 2016),[5] Ljubljana
Aviolet
operated by Air Serbia		 Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna
Astra Airlines Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines 		Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
easyJetSummer seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester,[6] Milan-Malpensa
Enter AirSeasonal: Birmingham, Manchester
Jet2.com Seasonal: East Midlands, Edinburgh (begins 25 May 2016), Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Jet TimeSeasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter, Copenhagen
NikiSeasonal: Vienna
Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[7]
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen
NovairSeasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen
Olympic Air Athens[8]
RyanairSeasonal: Bergamo, London-Stansted, Pisa
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda
Sky Express Preveza/Lefkada (PSO), Zakynthos(PSO)
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Poznań, Warsaw, Katowice
Thomas Cook AirlinesSeasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 20 May 2016), London-Gatwick, London-Stansted,[9] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson AirwaysSeasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TransaviaSeasonal charter: Amsterdam
Vueling Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Yamal Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow-Domodedovo

Ground transport

KTEL runs a limited bus service between the Airport and Argostoli.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for LGKF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ↑ Airport information for EFL at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/new-investments/13859-greece-signs-privatization-of-14-regional-airports-with-germany-s-fraport-for-e1-2-bln.html
  4. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-privatisation-idUKL8N1431P720151214
  5. ↑ http://www.exyuaviation.com/p/adrtia-to-launch-klagenfurt-charters.html
  6. ↑ "New routes for summer 2015". Easyjet.
  7. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/09/23/hg-inn-s15/
  8. ↑ "Aegean Airlines". aegeanair.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.flythomascook.com/Select.aspx
  10. ↑ http://www.ktelkefalonias.gr/en

External links

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