Skiathos Airport traffic 2021: annual report
In 2021 Skiathos Airport (JSI) handled 206,007 passengers on 2,972 flights (landings and take-offs), up 131.7% on 2020. August was the busiest month with 73,540 passengers, and 97.9% of the year’s passengers travelled between May and October. The United Kingdom was again the biggest market abroad with 23.2% of all passengers, ahead of Italy. Travel […]
TUI Air B737 MAX 8, “Skiathos” arrived in… Skiathos!
TUI Air brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 with registration G-TUMH was named “Skiathos” during spring of 2019. Unfortunately the plane was waiting at Boeing Field airport (KBFI/BFI) to be delivered to TUI Air, since the aircraft type was grounded after the Ethiopian crash. TUI Air “Skiathos” Boeing 737 MAX 8 (G-TUMH) made its first […]
First flight from Netherlands for 2021!
Yes, finally the first flight from Netherlands arrived in Skiathos on 20 July 2021. It was Transavia HV-1861 arrived from Amsterdam with Boeing 737-800 (PH-HSJ) and departed as HV-1861 back to Amsterdam via Mitilini. Of course if we compare this late date of first flight with last year, 2020, with no flights from Netherlands at […]
Flights from Cyprus to Larnaca for 2021 – TUS Airways first flight
On Monday 12 July 2021 first flight of TUS Airways arrived from Larnaca in Skiathos. The flight CYF-852/853 arrived with the new Airbus A320 of TUS Airways (5B-DDL). TUS Airways fleet renewal completed with the replacement of old Fokker 70/100 aircraft by Airbus A320. The renewal was announced on 2019 but due Boeing 737Max grounding […]
First charter flight from U.K. for 2021!
Today, 9 July 2021 the first charter flight from U.K. arrived at Skiathos. It was British Airways / City Flyer CFE-2225 from London-City with Embraer 190SR (G-LCYL), arrived at 14:12 and departed at 15:04. During the first summer after COVID-19 pandemic, summer of 2020, the first flight from U.K. arrived on 15 July 2020 by […]
Switzerland is back at Skiathos!
After many years direct charter flight from Switzerland is back! On 7 July 2021, Edelweiss flight EDW-364 arrived direct from Zurich with Airbus A320 (HB-JJK) at 16:32 local time, and departed one hour later to Corfu-Zurich. Previous charter flight from Switzerland at Skiathos was 13 years ago, during summer of 2008, again by Edelweiss. Few […]
New Sky Express ATR72-600 at Skiathos
The brand new ATR72-600 of Sky Express arrived at Skiathos for the first time on Saturday 3 July 2021. The aircraft is registered as SX-ELV (shortcut of word “eleven”) and delivered to Sky Express on 1 July 2021 using for flight number the serial number, SN-1643 (ex F-WWEL) Toulouse-Athens. It is the first time an […]
First charter flight for 2021 at Skiathos
We welcomed the first charter flight at Skiathos airport this year, on May 21, 2021. First charter flight in Skiathos arrived at 21:00 local time from Munich. It was Condor flight DF-1604 with Airbus A320 (registration D-AICH, retro livery). The return flight to Munich was scheduled to depart Skiathos as DF-1605 at 22:00 Local time. […]
Ryanair launches Pisa-Skiathos route
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (15 Mar 2021) announced three new routes connecting Mykonos to Naples, Rhodes to Dublin (both commencing on 3rd July) & Skiathos to Pisa (from 4th July) flying up to twice weekly as part of Ryanair’s Greek Summer 2021 schedule. Greek consumers can now book a summer getaway to Italy or […]
Skiathos Airport traffic 2020: annual report
In 2020 Skiathos Airport (JSI) handled 88,916 passengers on 1,600 flights (landings and take-offs), down 80.1% on 2019. It was the quietest year since records began in 1986. August was the busiest month with 37,059 passengers, and 95.8% of the year’s passengers travelled between May and October. The United Kingdom was again the biggest market […]