Corfu International Airport

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Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias"
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας
"Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας"
Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport in Corfu.jpg
IATA: CFU – ICAO: LGKR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Greece
Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves Corfu
Location Garitsa, Corfu
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
CFU is located in Greece
CFU
CFU
Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7,785 2,373 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,383,378
Passenger traffic change Increase 13.1%
Aircraft movements 19,018
Aircraft movements change Increase 14.2%
Source: Greek AIP at HCAA[1]
Statistics: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας, "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας") or Ioannis Kapodistrias (Capodistrias) International Airport (IATA: CFU, ICAO: LGKR) is a government-owned airport on the Greek island of Corfu at Kerkyra, serving both scheduled and charter flights from European cities. Air traffic peaks during the summer season, between April and October.

The Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, named after Ioannis Kapodistrias distinguished Corfiot European diplomat and first Governor of Greece,[3] is located around 2 kilometres south of Corfu Town, half a kilometre north of Pontikonisi. The approach and landing, in a northeasterly direction, offer the flying passengers a spectacular aerial view of Pontikonisi and Vlaherna Monastery as well as the hills of Kanoni as the runway used for landing is actually a few hundred metres away from these landmarks.

History

Travel Service Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Corfu International Airport

The airport was founded in 1937. During Second World War it was used by German and Italian forces as a base for transport and fighter aircraft. During the war the runway length was 600m. By the end of April 1949 the length had reached 800m. The next and last extension of the runway began in 1957 and was completed in 1959, with a length of 2,373m. The first commercial flight took place on 19 April 1949 from Athens operated by TAE Greek National Airlines. On 2 September 1950 HELLAS also started flights to Corfu. In 1962 a small passenger terminal was built, which today accommodates the Corfu Aeroclub. In April 1965 the airport became International and the first flight was operated by Olympic Airlines. The construction of the new passenger terminal began in 1968 and was completed in 1972.[4]

Privatisation

In December 2015 the privatisation of Corfu International 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.[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 Corfu International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Airlines and destinations

The airport offers all-year-long domestic flights operated by Aegean Airlines and Sky Express but the vast majority of traffic in the summer season is charter flights for holidaymakers. The majority of the charter traffic arrives on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays mainly to coincide with the change-over days for holiday apartment rentals.

Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Athens (ends 25 March 2016)[7]
Seasonal: Munich
Seasonal charter: Belfast–International, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,[8] Groningen, Košice, Maribor, Marseille, Poznań, Warsaw-Chopin, Wrocław
Aegean Airlines
operated by Olympic Air		 Athens (ends 26 March 2016)[7]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Aeroflot Seasonal charter: Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Berlin Seasonal: Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich
Air Bucharest Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Air France Seasonal: Toulouse
Air Méditerranée Seasonal: Lyon, Marseille, Nantes
Alitalia Seasonal: Milan-Linate[9]
Astra Airlines Thessaloniki (PSO)[10]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Graz, Vienna
Aviolet
operated by Air Serbia		 Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines		 Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Blue Air Seasonal charter: Larnaca[11]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[12]
Condor Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle,[13] Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam,[14] Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne ,[15] Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil, Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 24 May 2016)
Seasonal charter: Athens (begins 30 May 2016), Krasnodar (begins 30 May 2016), Riga, Rostov-on-Don (resumes 24 May 2016), Saint Petersburg
Finnair Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Germania Seasonal: Bremen, Erfurt/Weimar
Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick,[16] Norwich
Germanwings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Israir Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Jet2.com Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich (begins 15 May 2016)[17]
Luxair Seasonal charter: Luxembourg
Mistral Air Seasonal: Bari, Naples, Verona
Niki Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
NordStar Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Helsinki,[18] Trondheim
Novair Seasonal: Gothenburg–Landvetter, Stockholm–Arlanda
Olympic Air Athens (begins 28 March 2016)[7]
Olympic Air
operated by Aegean Airlines		 Athens (begins 27 March 2016)[7]
Orenair Seasonal: Perm, Saint Petersburg
Ryanair[19] Athens (begins 30 March 2016)
Seasonal: Bergamo, Birmingham (begins 26 April 2016), Bratislava (begins 29 April 2016), Budapest (begins 28 April 2016), Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn (begins 28 April 2016), East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Glasgow–Prestwick, Katowice (begins 2 May 2016), Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Poznań (begins 29 April 2016), Pisa (begins 3 June 2016), Rome–Fiumicino (begins 29 March 2016), Rzeszów (begins 1 May 2016), Treviso (begins 28 April 2016), Warsaw–Modlin (begins 2 May 2016), Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Sky Express Cephalonia (PSO),[10] Kythira (PSO),[10] Preveza (PSO),[10] Zakynthos (PSO)[10]
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick,[16] Manchester
Small Planet Airlines (Poland) Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick[16]
Smartlynx Airlines Estonia Seasonal charter: Tallinn
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines[20]		 Seasonal: Budapest,[21] Brno,[22] Ostrava, Prague
Sun D'Or
operated by El Al		 Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[23] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Liege
Thomson Airways Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast-International,[24] Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly
Travel Service Hungary Seasonal: Budapest, Debrecen[25]
Travel Service Slovakia Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Košice
TUI Airlines Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg im Breisgau, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart
TUIfly Nordic Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda
Ural Airlines Seasonal charter: Yekaterinburg
Volotea Seasonal: Bordeaux, Nantes (begins 2 April 2016), Turin (begins 27 June 2016),[26] Venice
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Rome-Fiumicino[27]
XL Airways France Seasonal: Lille
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest, Warsaw-Chopin

Ground transportation

There is a taxi rank outside the terminal and a bus stop connecting[28] the airport with Corfu Town.

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Corfu Airport History. http://www.corfu-airport.com. Retrieved on 20 August 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/new-investments/13859-greece-signs-privatization-of-14-regional-airports-with-germany-s-fraport-for-e1-2-bln.html
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  12. ↑ http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/food--travel/article/british-airways-to-add-routes-to-corfu-and-kos
  13. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2013/09/12/de-europe-s14/
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  17. ↑ http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/homepage?l=DE
  18. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2013/10/17/dy-lgw787-s14/
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  22. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/11/19/qs-s15update1/
  23. ↑ Choose Flights. Thomas Cook Airlines (1 October 2012). Retrieved on 20 August 2013.
  24. ↑ http://www.thomson.co.uk/thomson/page/byo/search/departureAirPortFlights.page?departureAirPort=BFS
  25. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/04/30/7o-s15/
  26. ↑ http://www.volotea.com/en
  27. ↑ Vueling open 24 new routes from Rome
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External links

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