Aktion National Airport

Aktion National Airport (IATA: PVK, ICAO: LGPZ) is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.[4]

Aktion National Airport Αεροδρόμιο Ακτίου
IATA: PVK ICAO: LGPZ
Summary
Airport type	Public and military
Owner/Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Preveza / Lefkada, Greece
Location	Aktion
Elevation AMSL	11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	38°55′32″N 20°45′55″E
Website	pvk-airport.gr
Map
PVK Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07L/25R 2,871 9,419 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 625,790 Passenger traffic change 7.2% Aircraft movements 5,592 Aircraft movements change 3.7%
Sources:HCAA,[1] DAFIF,[2][3][4] Aktion Airport[5]

History

In December 2015, the privatisation of Aktion National 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.[6] "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[7] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Fraport Greece’s investment plan

On 22 March 2017, Fraport-Greece presented its master plan for the 14 Greek regional airports, including the International Airport of Chania.[8]

Immediate actions that will be implemented at the airports, as soon as Fraport Greece takes over operations, before the launch of the 2017 summer season include:

• General clean-up
• Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
• Upgrading sanitary facilities
• Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
• Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will start in October 2017 and will be implemented for Aktion National Airport under Fraport-Greece's investment plan by 2021:

• Terminal expansion by 2,381 m² and refurbishment
• HBS inline screening
• Reorganizing airport apron area
• Refurbishing airside pavement
• 75 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 14)
• 60 percent increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 8)
• Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 4)

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Aviolet	Seasonal charter: Belgrade[9]
Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg ,[10] Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam [11]
Danish Air Transport	Seasonal charter: Billund,[12] Copenhagen[12]
easyJet	Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Bristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa [13]
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki[14]
flyBAIR	Seasonal: Bern
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 9 May 2021), London–Stansted (begins 2 May 2021), Manchester [15]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Novair	Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen,[16] Stockholm–Arlanda[17]
Olympic Air	Seasonal: Athens
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair	Seasonal: Budapest, Vienna [18]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Aarhus,[19] Bergen,[16] Gothenburg,[17] Stavanger,[16] Oslo–Gardermoen
Sky Express	Corfu, Sitia, Zakynthos
Smartwings[20]	Seasonal: Brno, Prague
Smartwings Poland	Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[21]
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Helsinki[22]
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Volotea	Seasonal: Bari,[23] Naples,[24] Venice, Verona (begins 7 July 2021)[25]
Vueling	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Traffic statistics

Annual passenger traffic

Year	Flights	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	% annual change
1994	1,648	11,650	161,229	172,879
1995	1,898	14,786	198,300	213,058	23.2%
1996	1,906	18,347	183,933	202,280	5.1%
1997	2,043	20,177	217,774	237,951	17.6%
1998	2,250	18,832	244,561	263,393	10.7%
1999	1,837	14,213	227,932	242,145	8.1%
2000	2,331	16,933	282,482	299,415	23.7%
2001	2,208	15,025	286,857	301,882	0.8%
2002	2,337	13,257	315,791	329,048	9.0%
2003	3,011	15,690	283,162	298,852	9.2%
2004	3,156	17,613	271,362	288,975	3.3%
2005	3,061	16,701	284,152	300,853	4.1%
2006	3,014	17,654	270,901	288,555	4.1%
2007	3,260	19,673	302,088	321,761	11.5%
2008	3,256	17,715	310,404	328,119	2.0%
2009	3,034	15,690	295,233	310,923	5.2%
2010	2,758	6,343	286,105	292,448	5.9%
2011	2,728	4,891	289,265	294,156	0.6%
2012	2,858	4,629	284,206	288,835	1.8%
2013	3,166	7,758	308,607	316,365	9.5%
2014	3,590	5,861	352,384	358,245	13.2%
2015	3,940	8,284	380,011	388,295	8.4%
2016	4,510	18,570	454,300	472,870	21.8%
2017	5,295	12,771	532,879	569,082	20.3%
2018	5,394	8,152	541,283	583,666	2.6%
2019	5,592	16,763	609,027	625,790	7.2%
2020 (Jul)	786	2.227	26.291	28.518	91,4%

[1]

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. "AKTIO AIRPORT". YPA.gr. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. Airport information for LGPZ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
3. Airport information for PVK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "AKTIO AIRPORT" (PDF).
6. "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr". TornosNews.gr. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
7. Editorial, Reuters. "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's F". Reuters.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
8. "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
9. "Aviolet charter schedule 2018" (PDF). aviolet.rs. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
10. Liu, Jim. "Condor S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 06JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
11. "Corendon vanaf Schiphol naar Preveza".
12. "Flight". apollorejser.dk.
13. https://www.easyjet.com/it/prenota/le-nostre-nuove-rotte
14. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Finnair Adds New European Routes in S16". AirlineRoute.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
15. Liu, Jim (22 October 2019). "Jet2.com S20 new routes as of 18OCT19". routesonline.com.
16. "Flight". apollo.no.
17. "Flight". apollo.se.
18. Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
19. "Sivota". aarhuscharter.dk.
20. "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
21. "air and charter tickets". itaka.pl. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
22. "Flights". tjareborg.fi.
23. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
24. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 14OCT16". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
25. Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 new routes as of 29NOV19". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

External links

• Current weather for LGPZ at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for PVK at Aviation Safety Network