Kavala International Airport

Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας, "Μέγας Αλέξανδρος"
IATA: KVA – ICAO: LGKV KVA Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek government
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Kavala
Location	Chrysoupoli
Elevation AMSL	18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	40°54′48″N 024°37′09″E / 40.91333°N 24.61917°E
Website	^1
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05R/23L 3,000 9,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Domestic arrivals 36,423 Domestic departures 36,917 International arrivals 75,370 International departures 74,255
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority website [1][2]

Kavala International Airport "Alexander the Great" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας «Μέγας Αλέξανδρος»,^[3] Kratikós Aeroliménas Kaválas "Mégas Aléxandros") (IATA: KVA, ICAO: LGKV) is an airport located in the municipality of Nestos, in Greece.

History

The terminal

The airport's interior

The airport was originally located closer to Kavala, in the installations of the Greek Air Force, near the village of Amygdaleonas, where it began its operations in 1952 as Kavala National Airport. On 12 October 1981, it was moved near the town of Chrysoupoli, where it operates today. The relocation greatly improved the service to the nearby island of Thasos and the city of Xanthi, in addition to the continued service to the cities of Kavala and Drama.

The airport was initially used only for domestic flights, as the original name implies. In December 1987, by a joint decision of the Minister of Presidency and the Minister for Transport and Communications it was renamed to Kavala International Airport to be again renamed in January 1992 to Kavala International Airport "Megas Alexandros", by a decision of the Minister for Transport and Communications.

At the beginning of its operation at its new location, the building infrastructure of the airport included only a terminal building. The control Tower, the fire station and the other installations were built later. A small extension to the terminal building was added in 1992. The runway had been built, with the same dimensions that it has today. In 1998 extensive works began for new building infrastructure and today the airport of Kavala is functioning as a single upgraded total (old and new installations together), including all modern facilities for service both to airlines and passengers, contributing to the growth of East Macedonia and Thrace.

In December 2015 the privatisation of Kavala 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.^[4] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.^[5] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kavala International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Adria Airways	Seasonal charter: Graz (begins 4 June 2016), Ljubljana (begins 21 June 2016)
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Blue Air	Seasonal charter: Larnaca[6]
Condor[7] operated by airBaltic	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Eurowings	Seasonal: Düsseldorf[8]
Germanwings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart
Jet Time	Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Malmö Aviation	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen (begins 11 June 2016)[9]
Niki	Seasonal: Vienna
Norwegian Air	Seasonal charter:London Gatwick (begins 25 May 2016)
Olympic Air	Athens
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen,[10] Stockholm-Arlanda
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines[11]	Seasonal charter: Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: Bristol, East Midlands, Manchester ,[12] Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines operated by SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal: London-Gatwick [13]
Thomas Cook Airlines operated by Avion Express	Seasonal: Manchester [14]
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Transavia	Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
Travel Service Polska	Seasonal charter: Katowice,[15] Warsaw-Chopin
Travel Service Slovakia	Seasonal charter: Bratislava[16]

Access

"KTEL KAVALAS AE" is responsible for serving daily routes to the airport. The taxi fare from the airport to Kavala is approx. 38 euros.

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. http://www.ypa.gr/userfiles/fa3cb89c-ac1a-4d4b-99ab-a34f011804e1/KAVALA.xlsx]
2. http://www.hcaa.gr/en/our-airports/kratikos-aerolimenas-kabalas-m-alejandros-kakba
3. "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας `Μ. Αλέξανδρος` (ΚΑΚΒΑ)". Hellenic Civilian Aviation Authority. www.hcaa.gr. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
4. 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
5. http://uk.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-privatisation-idUKL8N1431P720151214
6. http://agent.taxidiamprosta.com/default.aspx?Pref=422
7. https://www.condor.com/eu/index.jsp
8. https://www.germanwings.com/de.html
9. http://www.spies.dk/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. http://avinor.no/en/airport/oslo-airport/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
12. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
13. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
14. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
15. http://www.katowice-airport.com/en/passenger/charters/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
16. http://www.bts.aero/en/about-us/news/latest-news/29-scheduled-routes-in-14-countries-from-bts-in-summer/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority: Our Airports: Kavala Airport, "Megas Alexandros"
• Greek Airport Guide: Kavala Airport, "Megas Alexandros"
• Airport information for LGKV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.