Kefalonia International Airport

Kefalonia Airport "Anna Pollatou" (IATA: EFL, ICAO: LGKF) is an airport on the island of Kefalonia, in Greece.

Kefalonia Airport "Anna Pollatou"

Αερολιμένας Κεφαλονιάς "Άννα Πολλάτου"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesKefalonia, Greece
LocationArgostoli
Elevation AMSL59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates38°07′12″N 020°30′01″E
Websiteefl-airport.gr
Map
EFL
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,436 7,992 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers9.120
Passenger traffic change 97%
Aircraft movements3.184
Aircraft movements change 56,7%
Sources:Fraport Greece,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

History

The airport opened in 1971 to serve the former municipality Leivathos with improved transportation links; Kefalonia is now a single municipality. A new runway and the current terminal building were constructed in the 1980s.[4]

In December 2015, the privatization of Kefalonia Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalized with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[5] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[6] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kefallinia International Airport) for 40 years as of April 2017.

The new operator completed a major upgrade of the airport's facilities, including the construction of a new terminal building which replaced the outdated existing one. Upgrades included new check-in desks and security lanes, larger airside space with more shops, new carousels for arrivals and extra car-hire companies. Work has also been completed on the car park and pick up/drop off points outside the terminal building.[7] Due to the coronavirus, many flights to the airport have been suspended for 2020, although flights from Europe are gradually restarting.[8][9]


Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[10]
AirConnect Seasonal charter: Bucharest (begins 11 June 2022), Timisoara (begins 11 June 2022)[11]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest (begins 25 June 2022)[12]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (begins 27 May 2022),[13] Munich, Stuttgart (begins 20 May 2022)[14]
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 29 June 2022),[15] Berlin (begins 27 June 2022),[16] Bristol, Edinburgh (begins 30 June 2022),[17] London–Gatwick, London–Luton (begins 30 June 2022),[18] Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples (begins 29 June 2022)[19] Venice (begins 27 June 2022)
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius
ITA Airways Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino (begins 1 August 2022)
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Poznań
Seasonal charter: Katowice
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo
Olympic Air Athens
Seasonal: Thessaloniki (begins 3 June 2022)
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein[20]
Ryanair Seasonal: Bergamo, London–Stansted, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino[21] Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda[22]
Sky Express Athens, Zakynthos
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Tallinn[23]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague
Seasonal charter: Budapest
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Innsbruck (begins 21 May 2022),[24] Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam[25] Paris–Orly[26]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth,[27] Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands,[27] London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca (begins 13 July 2022)[28]
Volotea Seasonal: Naples, Venice
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino (begins 4 June 2022)[29]

Traffic figures
Annual passenger traffic at EFL airport. See source Wikidata query.

The data is taken from the official website of the airport.[30]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
2009 69,130 287,759 356,889
2010 56,144 299,824 355,968
2011 48,309 298,088 346,397
2012 40,984 337,543 378,527
2013 33,699 396,663 430,362
2014 58,443 420,989 479,432
2015 55,915 436,587 492,502
2016 69,956 468,243 538,199
2017 82,058 547,613 629,671
2018 97,622 664,025 761,647
2019 100.958 673.212 774.170
2020 33.762 158.715 192.477
2021 62,874 240,464 303,338
2022(Mar) 7,891 490 8,381

Ground transport

KTEL runs a limited bus service between the airport and Argostoli.[31]

See also

References
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  2. "Airport information for LGKF". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
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  5. "Tornos News | Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport". Tornosnews.gr. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  6. Reuters Editorial (2015-12-14). "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's Fraport | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
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  24. https://www.innsbruck-airport.com/fileadmin/userdaten/HP_Sommerflugplan_2022.pdf
  25. https://www.transavia.com/en-EU/book-a-flight/flights/search/
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