May 2011 Traffic

Here are the updated stats of "Diagoras" for May 2011 traffic as released on local press.

Arrivals Summary

	2011	2010	+/- %
Domestic Arrivals	28.008	29.422	- 4.81%
International Arrivals	210.273	180.263	+ 16.65%
Total	238.281	209.685	+ 13.64%

International Arrivals by Country

Country	2011	2010	+/-%
Germany	37.722	38.071	-0.92
England	36.575	35.899	+1.88
Sweden	18.860	15.270	+23.51
Russia	15.296	6.947	+120.18
France	15.108	12.509	+20.78
Italy	12.346	7.353	+67.90
Finland	12.288	8.488	+44.77
Holland	9.903	9.689	+2.21
Belgium	8.784	6.982	+25.81
Norway	7.474	8.444	-11.49
Denmark	7.322	7.819	-6.36
Poland	6.422	4.150	+54.75
Israel	5.776	5.548	+4.11
Austria	3.499	5.266	-33.55
Switzerland	3.119	3.314	-5.88
Czech	2.693	1.557	+72.96
Ukraine	2.065	1.163	+77.56
Lithuania	1.465	0	+
Luxemburg	1.179	947	+24.50
Cyprus	1.125	759	+48.22
Albania	310	0	+
Bulgaria	154	0	+
Slovenia	147	84	+
Turkey	47	4	+

Astra Airlines Summer routes

Astra Airlines, a primarely charter airline based in Thessaloniki, announced recently its summer schedule from Thessaloniki to Rhodes (and vice versa).

Below is their published schedule.










THESSALONIKI (SKG) - RHODES (valid 2/7 - 3/9)

Outward Flight: SKG-RHO
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	Frequency	Remarks
A2304	19:30	20:50	Sa

Return Flight: RHO-SKG
Flight Nr	Dep.	Arr.	Frequency	Remarks
A2305	21:30	22:50	Sa

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

* Based on Astra Airlines official website on 10 June 2011.

Air Traffic Control strike announced for Wednesday 15 June 2011

The air traffic controllers announced that they will participate in the 24hrs general strike of 15 June 2011. Their strike is intended to last from Tuesday 14/6 21:01 UTC till Wednesday 15/6 20:59 UTC (the respective local times are from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday midnight).

We will keep you updated in case of any changes as due to high tourist traffic it is possible for the strike to be altered to a few hours work halt or even to be cancelled.

LINKS
Air traffic controllers announcement in english and in greek


UPDATE 1 (13/6/11)
Unofficial but trustworthy sources report that the strike action was cancelled and all operations will be normal on Wednesday.
We hope that there will be official press releases by Tuesday morning.

UPDATE 2 (14/6/11)
Both the Air Traffic Controllers' Association and the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authorities announced the cancellation of their intended strike action for tomorrow.

LINKS
Only in Greek, atc's release, FAHCAA release