Corfu International Airport

Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας"
IATA: CFU – ICAO: LGKR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek Government
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group
Serves	Corfu
Location	Garitsa, Corfu
Focus city for	Aegean Airlines Ellinair Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	39°36′07″N 19°54′42″E / 39.60194°N 19.91167°ECoordinates: 39°36′07″N 19°54′42″E / 39.60194°N 19.91167°E
Map
CFU Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 7,785 2,373 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2,438,016 Passenger traffic change 2.3% Aircraft movements 18,712 Aircraft movements change 1.6%
Source: Greek AIP at HCAA[1] Statistics: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας, "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας") or Ioannis Kapodistrias (Capodistrias) International Airport (IATA: CFU, ICAO: LGKR) is a government-owned airport on the Greek island of Corfu at Kerkyra, serving both scheduled and charter flights from European cities. Air traffic peaks during the summer season, between April and October.

The Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, named after Ioannis Kapodistrias distinguished Corfiot European diplomat and first Governor of Greece,^[3] is located around 2 kilometres south of Corfu Town, half a kilometre north of Pontikonisi. The approach and landing, in a northeasterly direction, offer the flying passengers a spectacular aerial view of Pontikonisi and Vlaherna Monastery as well as the hills of Kanoni as the runway used for landing is actually a few hundred metres away from these landmarks.

History

Travel Service Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Corfu International Airport

The airport was founded in 1937. During Second World War it was used by German and Italian forces as a base for transport and fighter aircraft. During the war the runway length was 600m. By the end of April 1949 the length had reached 800m. The next and last extension of the runway began in 1957 and was completed in 1959, with a length of 2,373m. The first commercial flight took place on 19 April 1949 from Athens operated by TAE Greek National Airlines. On 2 September 1950 HELLAS also started flights to Corfu. In 1962 a small passenger terminal was built, which today accommodates the Corfu Aeroclub. In April 1965 the airport became International and the first flight was operated by Olympic Airlines. The construction of the new passenger terminal began in 1968 and was completed in 1972.^[4]

Privatisation

In December 2015 the privatisation of Corfu International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement (as a joint venture) between Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group and state privatisation fund Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund.^[5] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.^[6] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Corfu International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016,

Airlines and destinations

The airport offers all-year-long domestic flights operated by Aegean Airlines and Sky Express but the vast majority of traffic in the summer season is charter flights for holidaymakers. The majority of the charter traffic arrives on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays mainly to coincide with the change-over days for holiday apartment rentals.

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Munich Seasonal charter: Belfast–International, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,[7] Groningen, Košice, Maribor, Marseille, Poznań, Warsaw-Chopin, Wrocław
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
Aeroflot	Seasonal charter: Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich
Air Bucharest	Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Air France	Seasonal: Toulouse
Alitalia	Seasonal: Milan-Linate[8]
Astra Airlines	Thessaloniki (PSO)[9]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Graz, Vienna
Aviolet operated by Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Blue Air	Seasonal charter: Larnaca[10]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow[11]
Condor	Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle,[12] Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[13] Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne ,[14] Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair	Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil, Moscow-Sheremetyevo (begins 30 May 2016) Seasonal charter: Krasnodar (begins 30 May 2016), Riga, Rostov-on-Don (resumes 24 May 2016), Saint Petersburg
Finnair	Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Germania	Seasonal: Bremen, Erfurt/Weimar Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick,[15] Norwich
Germanwings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Israir	Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Jet Time	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Jet2.com	Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly	Seasonal: Brussels
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Munich (begins 15 May 2016)[16]
Luxair	Seasonal charter: Luxembourg
Mistral Air	Seasonal: Bari, Naples
Niki	Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
NordStar	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Helsinki,[17] Trondheim
Novair	Seasonal: Gothenburg–Landvetter, Stockholm–Arlanda
Olympic Air	Athens[18]
Olympic Air operated by Aegean Airlines	Athens[18]
Ryanair[19]	Athens Seasonal: Bergamo, Birmingham, Bratislava, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Glasgow–Prestwick, Katowice, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Poznań, Pisa (begins 3 June 2016), Rome–Fiumicino, Rzeszów, Treviso, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Sky Express	Cephalonia (PSO),[9] Kythira (PSO),[9] Preveza (PSO),[9] Zakynthos (PSO)[9]
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick,[15] Manchester
Small Planet Airlines (Poland)	Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick[15]
Smartlynx Airlines Estonia	Seasonal charter: Tallinn
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines[20]	Seasonal: Budapest,[21] Brno,[22] Ostrava, Prague
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Slovakia[23]	Seasonal: Bratislava
Sun D'Or operated by El Al	Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Geneva
TAROM	Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton (begins 6 May 2017), London–Stansted,[24] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines operated by SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal: London-Gatwick (begins 25 May 2016)[25]
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels, Liege
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast-International,[26] Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly
Travel Service Hungary	Seasonal: Budapest, Debrecen[27]
Travel Service Slovakia	Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Košice
TUI Airlines Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
TUIfly Nordic	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda
Ural Airlines	Seasonal charter: Yekaterinburg
Volotea	Seasonal: Bordeaux, Nantes, Turin (begins 27 June 2016),[28] Venice
Vueling	Seasonal: Barcelona, Rome-Fiumicino[29]
XL Airways France	Seasonal: Lille
Wizz Air	Seasonal: Budapest, Warsaw-Chopin

Ground transportation

There is a taxi rank outside the terminal and a bus stop connecting^[30] the airport with Corfu Town.

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. "Greek AIP at HCAA website". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
2. "KERKYRA AIRPORT "IOANNIS KAPODISTRIAS"". Retrieved 4 May 2016.
3. William Philip Chapman (1993). Karystos: city-state and country town. Uptown Press. p. 163. Retrieved 3 August 2012. Actually, Russia's distinguished diplomat and Foreign Minister, and later Greece's first president (1827-3 1)...
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5. 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
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8. http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/19/az-lin-aug15/
9. "ΠΑΡΟΧΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ (ΑΓΟΝΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΕΣ)". ypa.gr. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
10. http://agent.taxidiamprosta.com/default.aspx?Pref=422
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12. http://airlineroute.net/2013/09/12/de-europe-s14/
13. "easyJet adds 20 new routes for summer 2015". EasyJet. 10 December 2014.
14. "New routes for summer 2015". easyJet.
15. "Flight timetables". gatwickairport.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
16. http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/homepage?l=DE
17. http://airlineroute.net/2013/10/17/dy-lgw787-s14/
18. "Aegean Airlines". aegeanair.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
19. "New Corfu Base (No. 75) To Open As Ryanair Doubles Traffic". corporate.ryanair.com. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
20. "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
21. http://airlineroute.net/2015/03/23/qs-hungary-s15/
22. http://airlineroute.net/2014/11/19/qs-s15update1/
23. "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
24. Choose Flights. Thomas Cook Airlines (1 October 2012). Retrieved on 20 August 2013.
25. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
26. http://www.thomson.co.uk/thomson/page/byo/search/departureAirPortFlights.page?departureAirPort=BFS
27. http://airlineroute.net/2015/04/30/7o-s15/
28. http://www.volotea.com/en
29. Vueling open 24 new routes from Rome
30. "CorfuTime newspaper blog: "New Corfu Town-Airport bus route" (in Greek)". Retrieved 7 August 2012.

External links

Media related to Corfu International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Corfu Airport web site: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority - Our Airports - Kerkyra Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" Greek/English
• Greek Airports: Corfu International Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
• Greek Airport Guide: Kerkira Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
• Unofficial Corfu Airport web site: "Corfu Airport"
• Airport information for LGKR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.