Mistral Air Routes - Summer 2014

A well known so far charter carrier connecting Italy to RHO tries for the first time if not mistaken to sell seats directly and that's good as they open two underserved markets, Bari and Naples. Hope they do well and multiply flights next season.

BARI (BRI) - RHODES (valid 24/7 - 4/9)*

Outward Flight: BRI-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
7M1003	12:40	15:35	*	Th
Return Flight: RHO-BRI
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
7M1002	11:00	11:55	*	Th

NAPLES (NAP) - RHODES (valid 24/7 - 4/9)*

Outward Flight: NAP-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
7M1001	07:00	10:10	*	Th
Return Flight: RHO-NAP
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
7M1004	16:20	17:30	*	Th

* Mistral Air flies B733s and a single 734, usually 733s were used so far to RHO.

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Mistral's website.

* Based on Mistral Air official website on 7 June 2014.

Astra Airlines Routes - Summer 2014

Thes/ki based Astra Airlines returns after 3 years with scheduled service to RHO,  all this time we saw them execute few international charters only. Thes/ki-RHO route will be twice weekly and just for the high season, prices seem attracting so we hope the route will work out for them.

THESSALONIKI (SKG) - RHODES (valid 4/7 – 31/8)*

Outward Flight: SKG-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
A23440	16:30	17:45	BAe143	Fr
A23440	16:25	17:40	BAe143	Su
Return Flight: RHO-SKG
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	A/C	Frequency	Remarks
A23450	18:15	19:30	BAe143	Fr-Su

Astra's 112-seater BAe 146-300 which will serve RHO. Pic taken from Astra's website.

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Astra's website.

* Based on Astra official website on 5 June 2014.

May 2014 Traffic

May stats were released by airport authority, some comments:
- Impressive comeback for Germany, Finland
- Numbers keep increasing for Sweden, Israel as well for most of the rest countries
- Oustanding performance for 1st flight from Ireland included in May arrivals, gave a stunning 96% load factor.
- Russia and Ukraine decreases were pretty much expected, fortunately loses were covered from other markets.

Arrivals Summary

	2014	2013	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	27.438	30.190	-9
International Arrivals	237.873	213.564	+11
Total	265.311	243.754	+9

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2014	2013	+/-%
UK	45.716	41.132	+11.1
Germany	41.872	31.285	+33.8
Russia	30.603	34.045	-10.1
Sweden	21.045	17.799	+18.2
France	13.306	12.676	+5
Israel	12.292	7.859	+56.4
Norway	11.189	10.413	+7.4
Netherlands	9.626	8.823	+9.1
Finland	9.491	7.090	+33.9
Belgium	8.400	8.144	+3.1
Denmark	7.169	6.664	+7.6
Poland	5.661	4.778	+18.5
Switzerland	4.071	3.098	+31.4
Italy	3.652	4.723	-22.7
Austria	3.476	3.543	-1.9
Ukraine	2.699	5.348	-49.5
Czech Rep.	2.310	2.141	+7.9
Lithuania	1.511	1.261	+18.5
Luxembourg	1.490	1.356	+9.9
Estonia	1.178	0	+
Romania	467	746	-37.4
Belarus	292	293	-0.3
Ireland	181	0	+
Egypt	80	0	+
Slovenia	57	0	+
Georgia	39	0	+