Cephalonia International Airport

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The Kefalonia " Odysseus " airport (English Kefalonia International Airport " Odysseus " ) is the international airport of the Greek island of Kefalonia and is located southeast of the island's capital, Argostoli near the village of Milies. The airport is only used for civil aviation. In addition to a scheduled flight to Athens, he is primarily served during the summer months of charter airlines.

Infrastructure

The airport has a tower and a terminal. The transfer to the city takes place almost exclusively on taxis and rental cars, buses only on flights to and from Argostoli. Car rental companies have offices at the airport.

History

Kefalonia Airport was opened in 1971 and was served only by Olympic Airlines by aircraft type YS -11 from Athens, before the island only ferry and helicopter services ( air taxi ) was reached. A special feature was a route that linked several Ionian Islands, and therefore " Leoforio " (Greek for bus ) was called. It existed until about 2005. During the 1980s, the terminal was built and the runway extended. During this time, offered the first from Germany to Aero Lloyd Flights from Frankfurt.

Airlines and destinations

  • Athens Airways to Athens
  • Austrian Airlines to Innsbruck, Vienna, Graz
  • Monarch Airlines to Birmingham, Dublin, London -Gatwick, Manchester [ seasonal ]
  • Olympic Air to Athens
  • Thomas Cook Airlines ( UK ) to Birmingham, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle
  • Thomson Airways to: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London -Gatwick, London - Luton, London - Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Viking Airlines: Bristol, London - Gatwick, Zurich
  • Ryanair to London Stansted
International Civil Aviation Organization airport code IATA-Code
339514
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