Passenger traffic rises over 13 percent in first half 2005

Aegean Airlines has shown dynamic growth in the first six months of 2005, having carried 1,851,963 passengers achieving thus an increase of 13.3% in passengers uplift against the same period of 2004.

To be specific, on the domestic network, Aegean Airlines carried in the same period 1,301,245 passengers achieving a growth of 5.9% as against the same period last year.

The company's performance on international flights, where competition is tougher and competitors more, is even more impressive. In the first six months of 2005 passengers carried to/from international destinations on scheduled and charter flights were totally, 550,718, indicating an increase of 35.7% as against the same period of 2004. Aegean covers three out of the five most important international destinations from Greece apart from the domestic market.

After its successful development abroad, the company is planning an expansion to more international destinations, adding to its network direct flights from Athens to Istanbul and Sofia from November, 1st. Aegean will start a code-sharing agreement with Germany's Lufthansa from October 30, under which the companies offer trips under shared flight numbers.

AEGEAN AIRLINES:

• Has carried over 15 million passengers on 200,000 flights since May 1999.


• Operates 18 jet aircraft (12 Boeing 737/300-400 and 6 Avro RJ100) on scheduled and charter flights to 60 domestic and international airports.


• Serves 14 scheduled destinations in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes, Chania, Alexandroupolis, Kavala, Corfu, Mytilini, Ioannina, Santorini, Mykonos, Chios and Kos) and 12 international (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Larnaca, Rome and Milan plus via code-share Genoa, Turin, Palermo and Venice.)


• Has signed a code-sharing agreement with Italy’s Air One extending coverage of the Italian market.


• Employs more than 1.700 well-trained staff, with the primary objective of providing top quality comprehensive services on the ground and in the air.


• Is consistently ranked as the airline with the best on-time departures in Athens, a fact independently acknowledged by Athens International Airport.


• During the past two years, Aegean has contributed 65 percent of the passenger growth at the new Athens International Airport (AIA), making Aegean the dominant traffic development force in Athens. As a result, in 2004 Aegean received from AIA the following awards: "Overall Fastest Growing Airline", "Fastest Growing Airline in Western European Routes" and "Fastest Growing Airline in Domestic Market".


• Is the only Greek airline offering electronic ticket (e-ticket) and e-check-in and online sales through www.aegeanair.com.


• Offers the "Miles & Bonus" frequent flyer programme.