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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, afford 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
The airport was founded in 1937. During the World War II the airport was used by German and Italian force as a base for transport and fighter aircraft. During the war the runway length was 600m. At the end of April 1949 the length 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 the 19 April 1949 from Athens operated by TAE Greek National Airlines. On 2 September 1950 HELLAS also start 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]
Airlines and destinations
The airport offers domestic flights with Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, 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.
Travel Service Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Corfu International Airport
Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 landing at Corfu International Airport
Monarch Airlines Airbus A321 taxiing at Corfu International Airport
Aeroflot Airbus A319 landing at Corfu International Airport
Aegean Airlines Airbus A320 taxiing at Corfu International Airport
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Athens Seasonal: Brussels (begins 6 June 2014), Düsseldorf (begins 01 June 2014), Frankfurt (begins 29 May 2014), Munich (begins 31 May 2014), Moscow-Domodedovo, Saint Petersburg Seasonal Charter: Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca (Begins 10 June 2014), Marseille, Nantes, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Poznań, Wroclaw, Warsaw-Chopin |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Aeroflot | Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Air Berlin | Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Zurich |
| Air Bucharest | Seasonal Charter: Bucharest |
| Air France | Seasonal: Toulouse |
| Air Méditerranée | Seasonal: Lyon, Marseille, Nantes |
| Air Serbia | Seasonal charter: Belgrade |
| Arkefly | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| Astra Airlines | Thessaloniki (PSO) |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Seasonal: Graz, Vienna |
| Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines |
Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino |
| Condor | Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle (begin 10 May 2014),[5] Munich |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | seasonal: Amsterdam |
| easyJet | Seasonal:Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Naples (begins 2 June 2014), Rome-Fiumicino, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Ellinair | Seasonal: Dnepropetrovsk (begins 27 May 2014), Donetsk (begins 26 May 2014), Kharkiv (begins 27 May 2014), Kiev-Boryspil, Luhansk (begins 30 May 2014), Lviv (begins 26 May 2014), Odessa (begins 4 June 2014) |
| Finnair | Seasonal charter: Helsinki |
| Germania | Seasonal: Bremen Charter: Erfurt-Weimar |
| Germanwings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart |
| Jet Time | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Jet2.com | Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow-International (begins 26 May 2014), Leeds/Bradford, Manchester ,[6] Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Jetairfly | Seasonal: Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Luxair | Seasonal charter: Luxembourg |
| Mistral Air | Seasonal: Bari, Naples, Verona (begins 25 July 2014) |
| Monarch Airlines | Seasonal: London-Luton Seasonal charter: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Niki | Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna |
| NordStar | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, London-Gatwick (begins 19 July 2014),[7] Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim Seasonal charter: Visby |
| Orenair | Seasonal: Perm, St Petersburg |
| Ryanair | Seasonal: Bremen, Bergamo, Billund, Charleroi, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-Prestwick, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Manchester, Moss/Rygge, Rome-Ciampino, Weeze |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Sky Express | Preveza (PSO) |
| Small Planet Airlines | Seasonal : London-Gatwick Manchester |
| SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines |
Seasonal: Budapest, Prague, Ostrava |
| Swiss International Airlines | Seasonal : Geneva (begins 31 May 2014) |
| TAROM | Seasonal Charter:Bucharest |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted (begins 2 June 2014),[8] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thomson Airways | Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast-International (begins 23 May 2014),[9] Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich |
| Transaero Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Amsterdam Seasonal charter: Groningen, Eindhoven, Rotterdam |
| Travel Service | Seasonal charter: Budapest, Košice |
| TUIfly | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg (begins 24 May 2014), Stuttgart |
| TUIfly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Ural Airlines | Seasonal: Yekaterinburg |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Venice-Marco Polo |
| Vueling | Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino (begins 25 June 2014)[10] |
| Wizz Air | Seasonal: Budapest, Warsaw-Chopin (begins 1 June 2014), Vilnius (begins 15 June 2014) |
| White Airways | Seasonal: Athens (begins 21 July 2014) , Lisbon (begins 21 July 2014)[11] |
Ground transportation
There is a taxi rank outside the terminal and a bus stop connecting[12] the airport with Corfu Town.
External links
Portal icon Greece portal
Portal icon Biography portal
Official Corfu Airport web site: "Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας - Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας" Greek/English
Greek Airports: Corfu International Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
Greek Airport Guide: Kerkira Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
Unofficial Corfu Airport web site: "Corfu Airport"
Airport information for LGKR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
References
"Greek AIP at HCAA website". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
"HCAA Corfu Airport Statistics". Retrieved 20 September 2013.
William Philip Chapman (1993). Karystos: city-state and country town. Uptown Press. p. 163. Retrieved 3 August 2012. "Actually, Russia's distinguished diplomat and Foreign Minister, and later Greece's first president (1827-3 1)..."
Corfu Airport History. www.corfu-airport.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
http://airlineroute.net/2013/09/12/de-europe-s14/
Jet2 Adds Mahon and Corfu Link from Manchester in S13 | Airline Route – Worldwide Airline Route Updates. Airlineroute.net (2012-08-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
http://airlineroute.net/2013/10/17/dy-lgw787-s14/
Choose Flights. Fly Thomas Cook (2012-10-01). Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
http://www.thomson.co.uk/thomson/page/byo/search/departureAirPortFlights.page?departureAirPort=BFS
Vueling open 24 new routes from Rome
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=676301409099145&set=a.478790142183607.112427.476290915766863&type=1&theater
"CorfuTime newspaper blog: "New Corfu Town-Airport bus route" (in Greek)". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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