• Full Year 2025: Fraport Greece handled more than 37 million passengers (37,116,000) in 2025, marking a 3% increase compared with 2024. Moreover, compared with 2016—the year right before the 14 regional airports were taken over—when passenger numbers totalled 25 million, traffic has risen by 48%.
• 2017–2025: In total, approximately 250 million passengers (249,6 million) travelled through the 14 regional airports during this period.
• December 2025: The 14 regional airports welcomed more than 881,000 passengers, recording a 9.4% increase compared with December 2024.

Fraport Greece releases the passenger traffic figures for December 2025 and for the full year, confirming the consistently upward trajectory of the 14 regional airports and their long-standing contribution to strengthening Greek tourism and the national economy.

The increased passenger traffic throughout the year further reinforces Greece’s position as an attractive and competitive tourism destination, significantly supporting local communities and tourism activity across the country.

In December 2025, the 14 regional airports operated by Fraport Greece welcomed more than 881,000 passengers, recording a 9.4% increase compared with the same month in 2024. This performance confirms the continued growth in passenger traffic, even during the winter season.

The positive results for December reflect the overall trend of 2025, a year in which Fraport Greece handled more than 37 million passengers—an increase of 3% compared with 2024.

More specifically, in 2025, the number of domestic flights increased by 1.1% (86,971), while international flights rose by 3.2% (196,382). Overall flight activity (domestic and international) increased by 2.5%, highlighting steady demand for air travel to and from Greek destinations.

Several individual airports also demonstrated strong annual performance in 2025. Thessaloniki Airport “Makedonia” continued its stable, dynamic upward trend, recording a 10.7% increase in passenger traffic in December—equivalent to 56,000 additional passengers—bringing the total traffic for the month to 580,267 passengers. On an annual basis, passenger traffic in Thessaloniki increased by 8.2% in 2025, reaching 7,982,798 passengers, underlining its growing importance within the domestic and international aviation network.

Among the 14 regional airports, Rhodes Airport “Diagoras” also stood out, surpassing 7 million passengers in 2025 and achieving total annual growth of 2.5% compared with 2024. December showed particularly positive results as well, with passenger traffic increasing by 8.4% (72,624 travellers), confirming Rhodes’ long-standing strength as a leading international tourism destination.

From 2017 to 2025, a total of 249,6 million passengers travelled through Fraport Greece’s 14 regional airports, highlighting their pivotal role in connecting Greece with international tourism markets.

In this context, Mr Alexander Zinell, CEO of Fraport Greece, stated: “The results for 2025 confirm the strong performance of Fraport Greece and sustained demand for Greek destinations, despite a challenging operating environment shaped by geopolitical uncertainty and extraordinary events such as the seismic activity in Santorini. Our teams successfully managed increased traffic volumes, ensuring uninterrupted operations, the highest safety standards, and consistently high service levels. To sustain momentum and ensure the long-term resilience of Greek tourism, further targeted investments in critical infrastructure and service capacity are required, through close cooperation between public and private stakeholders.”