Zakynthos International Airport

Zakynthos International Airport
"Dionysios Solomos"

IATA: ZTH – ICAO: LGZA

ZTH
Location of airport in Greece

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Greek state
Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Location Zakynthos
Elevation AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 37°45′03″N 20°53′03″E / 37.75083°N 20.88417°E / 37.75083; 20.88417Coordinates: 37°45′03″N 20°53′03″E / 37.75083°N 20.88417°E / 37.75083; 20.88417
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,310 2,228 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,268,497
Passenger traffic change Increase 6.8%
Aircraft movements 9,546
Aircraft movements change Increase 5.9%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos" (IATA: ZTH, ICAO: LGZA) is an airport in Zakynthos, Greece. The airport is located close to the town of Kalamaki. Planes are not permitted to land or depart from 12 AM to 4 AM. This is due to the endangered loggerhead turtles or "caretta caretta" which lay their eggs on the beaches at night. The Greek authorities can and have permitted planes to take off or land at night, but this is very rare. The airport opened in 1972.[3] The airport is 4.3 km from Zante and other seaside tourist destinations such as Lagana, Tsilivi and Kalamaki. The main approach into the airport is Runway 34, meaning aircraft have to fly over Lagana bay and make a 180-degree turn, before flying over sunbathing tourists on the busy Kalamaki beach.

History

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Adria AirwaysSeasonal charter: Ljubljana, Maribor
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,[6] Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion,[7] Timisoara
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya 		Seasonal: Saint Petersburg
Air ValléeSeasonal: Brindisi
Air BerlinSeasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich, Zürich
AirX Seasonal: Manchester[8]
Astra AirlinesSeasonal: Thessaloniki
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Aviolet
operated by Air Serbia		 Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Belavia Seasonal: Minsk-National[9]
BH AirSeasonal charter: Sofia[10]
Blue AirSeasonal: Iași
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines 		Seasonal: Bergamo,[11] Bologna,[12] Rome-Fiumicino
CondorSeasonal: Frankfurt, Manchester
Corendon Dutch AirlinesSeasonal: Amsterdam
easyJetSeasonal: Bristol,[13] London-Gatwick, London-Stansted (begins 28 May 2016), Liverpool,[14] Milan-Malpensa
Ellinair Seasonal charter: Saint Petersburg
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,Wroclaw
FinnairSeasonal: Helsinki (begins 3 June 2016)[15]
Germania Seasonal: Hamburg,[16][17] London-Gatwick
Helvetic AirwaysSeasonal: Bern[18]
Israir Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion[19]
Jet2.comSeasonal: Belfast-International, East Midlands, Edinburgh (begins 31 May 2016),[20] Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
JetairflySeasonal: Brussels
Mistral AirSeasonal: Bari, Naples, Palermo, Rome-Fiumicino, Verona
Monarch AirlinesSeasonal: London-Luton
NikiSeasonal: Vienna
NovairSeasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
NordStar Seasonal charter: Moscow-Domodedovo[21]
Olympic Air Athens (PSO)[22]
Primera Air Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 23 May 2016)[23]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen
Sky Express Cephalonia (PSO),[22] Corfu (PSO),[22] Kythira (PSO),[22] Preveza (PSO)[22]
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines[24][25]		Seasonal: Budapest,[26] Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Sun D'Or
operated by El Al 		Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion[19]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
Thomas Cook AirlinesSeasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal:Brussels
Thomson AirwaysSeasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin
TransaviaSeasonal: Amsterdam
TUI Airlines NetherlandsSeasonal: Amsterdam
VoloteaSeasonal: Bari (begins 28 June 2016),[27] Venice[28]
Vueling Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeppesen aerodrome charts
  2. ↑ "ZAKYNTHOS AIRPORT "D.SOLOMOS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.alxd.gr/AirportGuide/zakinthos/zakinthosE.html
  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. ↑ "CHARTER FLIGHTS". airportcluj.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.iaa.gov.il/en-US/airports/bengurion/Pages/OnlineFlights.aspx#
  8. ↑ http://www.loloflights.com
  9. ↑ "Πρόγραμμα πτήσεων". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.sofia-airport.bg/%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F/%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8
  11. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/21/bv-bgy-jul15/
  12. ↑ Blu-express open seasonal routes from Bologna to Greece
  13. ↑ "New routes for summer 2015". Easyjet.
  14. ↑ http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/zante-added-easyjets-liverpool-john-8538437
  15. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/21/ay-europe-s16/
  16. ↑ "Germania Planned New S15 Routes as of 19NOV14". Airline Route. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
  18. ↑ "FLIGHT PLAN FROM ZAKYNTHOS". Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  19. 1 2 http://www.iaa.gov.il/he-IL/airports/BenGurion/Pages/OnlineFlights.aspx?mode=out#
  20. ↑ http://www.edinburghairport.com/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/jet2-announce-massive-growth-at-edinburgh-airport
  21. ↑ http://www.mouzenidis.gr/avia-table/?CurPage=1&DepartureCityId=1019&ArrivalCityId=1&DaysFlow=0&DateFrom=03-06-2015
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 "ΠΑΡΟΧΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ (ΑΓΟΝΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΕΣ)". ypa.gr. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  23. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/25/pf-s16/
  24. ↑ "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
  25. ↑ "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
  26. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/03/23/qs-hungary-s15/
  27. ↑ http://www.volotea.com/en
  28. ↑ http://www.volotea.com/en/destinations/

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