Kos Island International Airport

Kos Island International Airport, Hippocrates Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω, Ιπποκράτης
IATA: KGS – ICAO: LGKO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek state
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Kos Island
Location	Andimachia, Greece
Focus city for	Aegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL	409 ft / 126 m
Coordinates	36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E / 36.7933361°N 27.09167°ECoordinates: 36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E / 36.7933361°N 27.09167°E
Map
KGS Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,874 2,400 asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2,143,860 Passenger traffic change 3.2% Aircraft movements 17,018 Aircraft movements change 2.9%
Info,[1] Statistics[2]

Kos Island International Airport, "Hippocrates" (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO), or Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω, Ιπποκράτης in Greek, is an airport serving the island of Kos, Greece. The airport is located near to Andimachia village. It is also the second closest airport to Bodrum after Milas-Bodrum Airport.

History

The airport was opened on 4 April 1964. In 1974 the runway was extended to 2,400m. With the increased traffic at the airport in 1980 was built new terminal building. In 1997, the terminal building was renovated and expanded.

Privatisation

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

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Adria Airways	Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Helsinki, Maribor, Moscow–Domodedovo, Östersund, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich
Air Bucharest	Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Innsbruck,[5] Linz, Vienna Seasonal charter: Graz
Astra Airlines	Thessaloniki
Aviolet operated by Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade
BlueBird Airways	Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow[6]
Condor	Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Manchester, Stuttgart
Condor operated by AirBaltic	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet	Summer seasonal: Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Germania[7]	Summer seasonal: Bremen, Dresden, Friedrichshafen, Münster/Osnabrück
Germanwings	Summer seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Helvetic Airways	Seasonal charter: Bern
Germania Flug	Seasonal: Zürich[8]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Jetairfly[9]	Summer seasonal: Brussels, Liège, Ostend/Bruges
Meridiana	Seasonal: Turin
Neos	Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Olympic Air	Astypalaia (PSO), Athens, Kalymnos (PSO), Leros (PSO), Rhodes (PSO)
Olympic Air operated by Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens, Thessaloniki (begins 30 May 2016)[10]
Ryanair	Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Kaunas, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino[11]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Trondheim
Sky Express	Heraklion
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Budapest, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Vilnius
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines	Summer seasonal: Brno, Budapest,[12] Ostrava, Prague
TAROM	Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[13] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines operated by SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal: London-Gatwick (begins 15 May 2016)[14]
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Seasonal charter: Brussels, Liège
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki
Thomson Airways[15]	Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin,[16] East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[17] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven,[18] Groningen, Rotterdam
Travel Service Airlines	Seasonal charter: Brno, Budapest, Ostrava, Prague
TUI Airlines Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Vienna
Tus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca[19]
VIM Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[20]
Volotea	Seasonal: Venice[21]
Vueling	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Accidents and incidents

• In 2013, an Air Explore Boeing 737 made an emergency landing due to the left engine overheating. Once taxied to the gate, the engine caught Fire. The pilot ordered an evacuation using the emergency slides either side of the aircraft. No one was injured during the incident.

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. http://www.alxd.gr/AirportGuide/kos/kosE.html
2. "KOS AIRPORT "IPPOKRATIS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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://airlineroute.net/2014/10/24/os-innkgs-s15/
6. http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/food--travel/article/british-airways-to-add-routes-to-corfu-and-kos
7. "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
8. https://www.germania.ch/en/
9. "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
10. https://www.olympicair.com/en/Travel/Reservations/Tickets
11. http://www.ryanair.com/
12. http://airlineroute.net/2015/03/23/qs-hungary-s15/
13. "Book Cheap Flights to 60+ destinations from £39.99". flythomascook. 1 October 2012.
14. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
15. "First Choice | Flights | Book flights online with First Choice | Timetable". Flights.firstchoice.co.uk.
16. http://info.flightmapper.net/route/YY_KGS_DUB
17. TUI UK. "Thomson Flights – all the assurances and service you've come to expect from Thomson – Flight timetable". Flights.thomson.co.uk.
18. http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/11/hv-ein-s16/
19. http://tusairways.aerocrs.net/
20. http://www.mouzenidis.gr/avia-table/?CurPage=1&DepartureCityId=860&ArrivalCityId=1&DaysFlow=0&DateFrom=26-04-2015
21. http://www.volotea.com/en/destinations/

External links

• Kos Airport stats