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    This document discusses new flight connections and routes being added for the 2018 summer season at 14 airports managed by Fraport Greece. It details many new routes being introduced by airlines like Jet2.com, British Airways, and Germania connecting cities across Europe to airports in Greece. Passenger traffic in May saw a 21% increase over May 2017, and further growth is expected for the summer season.

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    Press Release

    7 June 2018

    New connections for the 2018 summer season at the 14


    airports
    - 21% increase in passenger traffic compared to May 2017
    - More routes, more options for all
    - New connections from London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Belfast,
    Edinburgh, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Zurich, Hamburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Munster

    This summer season Fraport Greece welcomes at its 14 airports many new flights, a result of its
    cooperation with airlines and the high level collaboration with the Hellenic Slot Coordinator. The
    ongoing construction works aimed at revamping the 14 airports have been planned in such a way not
    affecting the Summer 18 schedule which reflects an optimized slot allocation process enabling
    airlines to fly at their requested times.

    This season’s first inaugural flight was made by Qatar Airways in March with the new Doha-
    Thessaloniki connection, followed by many other inaugurate new routes from EU countries to the 14
    airports. During May, Jet2.com, British Airways and Germania also inaugurated new routes starting
    the summer season dynamically.

    On May 5th Fraport Greece welcomed three new routes by Jet2.com linking:

    - Thessaloniki – London (Stansted)


    - Kefalonia – London (Stansted)
    - Zakyhtnos – Birmingham

    Jet2.com this summer will also introduce the following new destinations:

    - Thessaloniki – Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle


    - Rhodes - Belfast
    - Kos – Edinburgh & Birmingham
    - Kefalonia - Glasgow

    British Airways inaugurated its flight from London (Heathrow) to Kefalonia on May 15. This route
    enables passengers from all over the world and especialy from North America and Canada to reach –
    more effortlessly than ever before through the British Airways network – the beautiful Ionian sea island.

    Corfu airport welcomed the Germania inaugural flight from Zurich on May 22, with the airline investing
    not just at this route but to even more connections from Germany and Switzerland. This summer the
    following destinations will also be served by Germania:

    - Corfu: from Berlin, Nurnberg


    - Kos: from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Nürnberg and Zurich
    - Rhodes: from Berlin, Düsseldorf and Zurich
    - Samos: from Hamburg, Berlin and Zurich
    - Thessaloniki: from Dresden, Erfourt, Munster and Nürnburg
    - Zakynthos: from Dusseldorf and Zurich
    - Mytilinene: from Dusseldorf

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    Press Release
    End of May saw Mykonos welcoming Qatar Airways' inaugural flight, which connects for the first time
    Doha with the cosmopolitan island of the Aegean, marking the close and fruitful collaboration developed
    by Fraport Greece and Qatar Airways.
    In total the 14 airports that Fraport Greece manages and operate are attracting even more airlines both
    from intra and extra schengen, adding both new as well as an increasing the number of existing routes.
    At the same time Aegean, easyJet, Eurowings, Fly Dubai, Lauda Motion, Lufthansa, Primera Air,
    Qatar Airways, Ryanair, SAS, Small Planet, Thomas Cook/ Condor, Transavia, Travel Service,
    TUI Group, Volotea, Wizz Air are some of the airlines extending their operations to the shoulder
    months leading to the increase of the tourist season.

    With the opportunity of the new routes and inaugural flights, Mr. George Vilos, Executive Director of
    Commercial & Business Development stated: «We are pleased to welcome on a daily basis new
    routes at our airports – a clear demonstration of the existing potential both for the airlines and
    destinations. The opportunities ahead of us are huge, and we at Fraport Greece, view each new
    partnership as a unique developmental opportunity. The new routes and connections as well as the
    high increase in traffic seen already at the 14 airports with international passengers pave the way for a
    very positive outcome this high season».

    – ΤΕΛΟΣ –

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