"Diagoras" 2012 Traffic

Here are the complete stats for 2012.

Arrivals Summary

	2012	2011	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	294.354	330.577	- 10.9%
International Arrivals	1.606.933	1.735.164	- 7.39%
Total	1.901.287	2.065.741	- 7.96%

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2012	2011	+/-%
England	297.680	289.719	+2.75
Germany	197.114	248.317	-20.62
Russia	166.230	121.023	+37.35
Sweden	121.353	116.253	+4.39
Italy	99.459	167.292	-40.55
Israel	90.178	94.573	-4.65
Norway	82.040	58.023	+41.39
France	78.019	80.127	-2.63
Finland	62.347	65.533	-4.86
Denmark	61.666	69.097	-10.75
Netherlands	58.483	63.621	-8.08
Czech Rep.	51.596	53.899	-4.27
Poland	48.536	79.747	-39.14
Belgium	45.057	56.546	-20.32
Austria	36.348	41.175	-11.72
Switzerland	25.557	31.477	-18.81
Cyprus	13.552	15.578	-13.01
Slovakia	12.907	18.003	-28.31
Lithuania	10.520	11.075	-5.01
Ukraine	9.858	9.102	+8.31
Hungary	8.116	10.358	-21.65
Luxembourg	7.440	8.601	-13.5
Romania	6.414	7.860	-18.40
Slovenia	4.071	4.210	-3.30
Serbia	3.661	3.416	+7.17
Albania	3.509	4.169	-15.83
Belarus	3.004	1.818	+65.24
Lebanon	1.989	2.612	-23.85
Estonia	161	512	-68.55
Jordan	66	0	+
Egypt	2	254	-99.21

Total Passenger Traffic (Arrivals+Departures)

	2012	2011	+/- %
Domestic	599.721	673.216	- 10.9%
International	3.214.551	3.473.300	- 7.45%
Total	3.814.272	4.146.516	- 8%

Aircraft Movements

	2012	2011	+/- %
Domestic	9.940	11.268	- 11.8%
International	20.826	23.236	- 10.4%
Total	30.766	34.504	- 10.8%

Busiest days

	Passengers	Aircraft Mov.
Sunday 5 August	44.265	282
Sunday 29 July	43.967	268
Sunday 2 September	43.674	270
Sunday 19 August	43.465	272
Sunday 22 July	43.385	266

December 2012 Traffic

December as well as whole year (which will be posted shortly) stats were released by airport autorities. Domestic traffic was a bit lower than 2011 December while international figure was partly saved by Aegean's Israel charters. Most of the lost international traffic are Cyprus arrivals. Its also worth mentioning that Aegean performed 2 inbound flights giving an almost 100% load factor and the continuous low load factors that Belle Air has on their Tirana route which makes us wonder why they keep 2 weekly flights.

Arrivals Summary

	2012	2011	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	19.699	20.968	- 6%
International Arrivals	560	1.427	- 60.76%
Total	20.259	22.395	- 9.54%

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2012	2011	+/-%
Israel	313	0	+
Albania	247	271	-8.8

Happy New Year!!!

2012==>2013 Lasts & Firsts

Some interesting -we hope- data for Rhodes airport operations; Cyprus Airways will be the last airline landing in 2012 and the first taking-off in 2013*:

Last 2012 flights
arrivals
- 22:20 Cyprus CY641 from Athens
- 19:30 Olympic OA714 from Athens
departures
- 19:55 Olympic OA715 to Athens
- 17:15 Cyprus CY632 to Athens

First 2013 flights
arrivals
- 09:00 Sky Exress SEH100 from Heraklion
- 12:35 Cyprus CY631 from Athens
departures
- 06:35 Cyprus CY642 to Athens
- 07:30 Olympic OA036 to Kos-Kalymnos-Leros-Astypalaia

* Please note that the above data refer to scheduled flights. Rhodes airport is open 24/7 so it may accept other flight(s) due to a flight diversion, an ambulance service or even a business jet.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

What's wrong with Ryanair deal? (updated)

Update 21/12:

- Ryanair have so far uploaded flights to Rhodes from 11 destinations totaling 16 weekly flights as per deal required.
- No reference at all of Rhodes in their "New Routes" section
- Rome flights which are available for booking are not shown on their front page book engine
- Dusseldorf and Brussels have vanished from the front page book engine but still appear in the inner one
- So far published schedule shows less flights and at higher prices.


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Original post:
Two and a half weeks after the deal announcement and it looks like that there's something going on between the airline and the local authorities.

Why we believe so? Here are some facts:
- Ryanair have so far uploaded flights to Rhodes from 5 destinations of which 4 were made available today.
- No reference at all of Rhodes in their "New Routes" section
- Rome flights which are available for booking are not shown on their front page book engine
- Dusseldorf and Brussels have vanished from the front page book engine but still appear in the inner one
- So far published schedule shows less flights and at higher prices

On the other hand, the airline continuously announces new routes to other greek destinations, thus supporting their business which make us wonder what might be wrong with Rhodes (and Kos) deal.

Since there are no official statements from either the airline or local authorities we can only speculate that there must be some issues going on; Kos press actually stated some days ago that the Irish were not happy with the disclosure of the agreement terms in public while other media reported that there also political interventions.

Anyway, the most important is that time flies and Rhodes will -if already not- lose valuable visitors. We hope to a fast resolution and will keep you updated.

November 2012 Traffic

November stats were released, showing signs of stability for domestic traffic after a long time while the international arrivals mirror the lack of any service beyond the Tirana connection and some charters to Israel by Aegean.

Arrivals Summary

	2012	2011	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	18.048	18.552	- 2.7%
International Arrivals	461	944	- 51.1%
Total	18.509	19.496	- 5%

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2012	2011	+/-%
Albania	247	222	+10
Israel	149	0	+
Germany	31	41	-24.4
Russia	19	0	+
England	15	76	-80.3

Ryanair deal announced

Later today the chamber of commerce will hold a press conference in order to confirm the successful completion of negotiations with Ryanair, presumably for both Rhodes and Kos. We keep you updated...

Update
First brief info regarding the deal:
- it includes 16 weekly flight to Rhodes as well as Kos (we re sure there gonna be more)
- flights will operate between 1 April 2013 and 31 October 2013, same for 2014
- there is a provision for adding flights in 2014 as well as extending service period by 2 months
- cost of the deal is 500.000 euros, 125.000 yearly for Rhodes and Kos respectively