Kithira Island National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis" is an airport in
Kithira
Kythira (, ; el, Κύθηρα, , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands ...
,
Greece
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. The airport was renovated in 1998 and the terminal and control tower were rebuilt.
Olympic Air
Olympic Air S.A. ( el, Ολυμπιακή) is a regional airline, a subsidiary of the Greek carrier Aegean Airlines. It was formed as part of the privatization of the former Greek national carrier Olympic Airlines, a company that carried the na ...
operates scheduled flights to
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
several times a week, while charter flights are common in the summer.
Sky Express
CJSC Sky Express (russian: ЗАО «Небесный Экспресс»), simply known as Sky Express and in Russian as ''Скай Экспресс'', was a Russian low-cost airline. Its main base was Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russi ...
, a domestic Greek Airline offers three flights per week to Corfu, via Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Preveza.
Travel to Kythira by airplane is considered the most reliable method of transportation to the island since it is less affected by the strong winds that prevent ferry boat transit. The airport opened in 1972.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kithira Island Airport:
Statistics
See also
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Transport in Greece
Transport in Greece has undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country's infrastructure and transportation. Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nat ...
References
Kithira National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis"
External links
Airports in Greece
Kythira
Transport infrastructure in Attica
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