Aktion National Airport (IATA: PVK, ICAO: LGPZ) is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.

History

In December 2015, the privatisation of Aktion National 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. "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Fraport Greece’s investment plan

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On 22 March 2017, Fraport-Greece presented its master plan for the 14 Greek regional airports, including the International Airport of Chania.

Immediate actions that will be implemented at the airports, as soon as Fraport Greece takes over operations, before the launch of the 2017 summer season include:

• General clean-up
• Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
• Upgrading sanitary facilities
• Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
• Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will start in October 2017 and will be implemented for Aktion National Airport under Fraport-Greece's investment plan by 2021:

• Terminal expansion by 2,381 m and refurbishment
• HBS inline screening
• Reorganizing airport apron area
• Refurbishing airside pavement
• 75 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 14)
• 60 percent increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 8)
• Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 4)

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Aktion National Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Braathens International Airways	Seasonal charter: Aalborg, Copenhagen, Göteborg-Landvetter, Norrköping, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Cyprus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet	Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Naples
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: London--Gatwick
Eurowings	Seasonal: Stuttgart
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, London–Stansted, Manchester
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Warsaw–Radom
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Munich
Marabu	Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Marathon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Innsbruck
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair	Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Budapest, London–Stansted, Nuremberg, Rome–Fiumicino, Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda
Sky Express	Corfu, Sitia, Zakynthos
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague Seasonal charter: Budapest
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca, Tel Aviv
Volotea	Seasonal: Bari (begins 3 July 2024), Naples
Vueling	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic

Year	Flights	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	% annual change
1994	1,648	11,650	161,229	172,879
1995	1,898	14,786	198,300	213,058	23.2%
1996	1,906	18,347	183,933	202,280	5.1%
1997	2,043	20,177	217,774	237,951	17.6%
1998	2,250	18,832	244,561	263,393	10.7%
1999	1,837	14,213	227,932	242,145	8.1%
2000	2,331	16,933	282,482	299,415	23.7%
2001	2,208	15,025	286,857	301,882	0.8%
2002	2,337	13,257	315,791	329,048	9.0%
2003	3,011	15,690	283,162	298,852	9.2%
2004	3,156	17,613	271,362	288,975	3.3%
2005	3,061	16,701	284,152	300,853	4.1%
2006	3,014	17,654	270,901	288,555	4.1%
2007	3,260	19,673	302,088	321,761	11.5%
2008	3,256	17,715	310,404	328,119	2.0%
2009	3,034	15,690	295,233	310,923	5.2%
2010	2,758	6,343	286,105	292,448	5.9%
2011	2,728	4,891	289,265	294,156	0.6%
2012	2,858	4,629	284,206	288,835	1.8%
2013	3,166	7,758	308,607	316,365	9.5%
2014	3,590	5,861	352,384	358,245	13.2%
2015	3,940	8,284	380,011	388,295	8.4%
2016	4,510	18,570	454,300	472,870	21.8%
2017	5,295	12,771	532,879	569,082	20.3%
2018	5,394	8,152	541,283	583,666	2.6%
2019	5,592	16,763	609,027	625,790	7.2%
2020	2,342	5,561	155,847	161,408	74.2%
2021	4,520	11,433	360,663	372,096	130.5%
2022	6,610	12,973	760,614	773,587	107,9%
2023	6,684	12,642	804,564	817,206	5.6%
2024(May)	941	2.863	86.342	89.205	3,5%

The record (highest) figure to date is highlighted in bold

Traffic statistics by country (2022)

Traffic by country at Aktion National Airport – 2022

Place	Country	Total pax
1	United Kingdom	248,184
2	Germany	92,184
3	Netherlands	76,923
4	Italy	73,971
5	Denmark	50,894
6	Sweden	42,865
7	Austria	25,552
8	Czech Republic	24,410
9	Finland	23,302
10	Norway	20,173
11	Hungary	15,446
12	Greece	12,973
13	Israel	11,590
14	Romania	11,353
15	France	10,350

Source:

Accidents and incidents

• On 14 July 1996, a NATO-operated E-3 Sentry (serial number LX-N90457) overran the runway and crashed into a sea wall when the pilot attempted to abort takeoff after thinking the aircraft had ingested birds. There were only minor injuries and no fatalities, however, the fuselage broke, causing total loss of the aircraft. During the investigation of the incident, no indications of bird ingestion were found. The aircraft was subsequently written off.

See also

• Transport in Greece