AIA: Passenger Traffic to Close with 5% Growth – Expansion Works to Start in Early 2026

AIA: Passenger Traffic to Close with 5% Growth – Expansion Works to Start successful Early 2026

Athens International Airport (AIA) is expected to invited over 33.4 cardinal passengers successful 2025, with absorption projecting a maturation of astir 5% compared to 2024.

AIA has already launched an ambitious €1.2 cardinal concern program, though it anticipates slower maturation rates successful the future, arsenic existent rider numbers are already astatine precise precocious levels.

“Based connected existent information for the wintertime season, we estimation that 2025 volition adjacent with mid-single-digit growthin rider traffic. Right now, we are astatine astir 6.5%,” said CEO Yiannis Paraschis, during a league telephone with analysts connected the first-half results. He besides projected that successful the medium-to-long term, maturation volition stabilize at lower single-digit rates.

These percentages bespeak full rider traffic, though international arrivals are trending higher, based connected disposable data.

Strong First Half for AIA

In the first fractional of the year, AIA handled 15.1 cardinal passengers, a 7.6% increase compared to 2024. Breaking it down:

• Domestic traffic rose by 2.2%
• International traffic surged by 9.8%

This reflects a dependable maturation trajectory.

Between January and August, full rider postulation roseate by 6.8% (22.7 cardinal passengers), with:

• International traffic up 8.8% (14.2 cardinal passengers)
• Domestic traffic up 2.1% (6.46 cardinal passengers)

The crisp emergence successful planetary passengers, Mr. Paraschis explained, “reflects the attractiveness of the destination and AIA’s palmy way and rider postulation improvement strategy.”

Thanks to its beardown performance, Athens Airport ranked first among European airports in the archetypal fractional of the year, with a 7.6% summation compared to 2024 and a 33.9% increase over pre-pandemic levels.

EBITDA and Profitability Outlook

Despite an anticipated temporary diminution of astir 100 ground points in the adjusted EBITDA margin over the adjacent 1–2 years, AIA remains committed to maintaining a long-term EBITDA borderline supra 60%.

Strong 2024 show has accelerated the depletion of the Carry Forward Amount, which volition somewhat compress margins this year. However, the institution projects that net profits volition stay astir €200 cardinal annually for some 2025 and 2026, supported by strong request and improved yields.

Moreover, 12 caller routes (both home and international) are scheduled to motorboat successful the second fractional of the year, further enhancing AIA’s connectivity.

Expansion Projects to Begin successful Early 2026

The AIA absorption besides addressed the airport enlargement program, with Mr. Paraschis noting that everything is progressing on schedule.

• In early 2026, the contractor for the enlargement works (main and outer terminals) volition beryllium selected.
• Construction volition commence soon thereafter.

Mr. Paraschis added that 50% of the superior expenditure will beryllium invested by end of 2028, and the remaining 50% by the extremity of 2032.

Source: pagenews.gr

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