Kos Island International Airport

Kos Island International Airport, Hippocrates Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω, Ιπποκράτης
IATA: KGS – ICAO: LGKO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek state
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Kos Island
Location	Andimachia, Greece
Focus city for	Aegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL	409 ft / 126 m
Coordinates	36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E / 36.7933361°N 27.09167°ECoordinates: 36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E / 36.7933361°N 27.09167°E
Map
KGS Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,874 2,400 asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2,143,860 Passenger traffic change 3.2% Aircraft movements 17,018 Aircraft movements change 2.9%
Info,[1] Statistics[2]

Kos Island International Airport, "Hippocrates" (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO), or Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω, Ιπποκράτης in Greek, is an airport serving the island of Kos, Greece. The airport is located near to Andimachia village. It is also the second-closest airport to Bodrum after Milas-Bodrum Airport.

History

The airport was opened on 4 April 1964. In 1974 the runway was extended to 2,400 metres. With the increased traffic at the airport in 1980 was built new terminal building. In 1997, the terminal building was renovated and expanded.

In December 2015 the privatisation of Kos Island International 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.^[3] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.^[4] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kos Island International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin–Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Innsbruck,[5] Linz, Vienna
Aviolet operated by Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Astra Airlines	Thessaloniki
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow[6]
Condor	Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Manchester, Stuttgart
Condor operated by AirBaltic	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Eindhoven (begins 18 April 2017), Groningen (begins 18 April 2017)
easyJet	Seasonal: Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Germania[7]	Seasonal: Bremen, Dresden, Erfurt, Friedrichshafen, Münster/Osnabrück
Germanwings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Germania Flug	Seasonal: Zürich[8]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted (begins 1 May 2017),[9] Manchester
Neos	Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Olympic Air	Athens
Olympic Air operated by Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens, Thessaloniki [10]
S7 Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 29 April 2017)[11]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Trondheim
Sky Express	Heraklion
SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines	Seasonal: Brno, Budapest,[12] Ostrava, Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[13] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines operated by SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal: London-Gatwick [14]
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium	Seasonal charter: Brussels, Liège
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki
Thomson Airways[15]	Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin,[16] East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[17] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven,[18]
Travel Service Airlines	Seasonal charter: Brno, Budapest, Ostrava, Prague
TUI Airlines Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Vienna
TUIfly Belgium[19]	Seasonal: Brussels, Liège, Ostend/Bruges
Tus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca[20]
Volotea	Seasonal: Venice[21]
Vueling	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Accidents and incidents

• In 2013, an Air Explore Boeing 737 made an emergency landing due to the left engine overheating. Once taxied to the gate, the engine caught Fire. The pilot ordered an evacuation using the emergency slides either side of the aircraft. No one was injured during the incident.

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. http://www.alxd.gr/AirportGuide/kos/kosE.html
2. "KOS AIRPORT "IPPOKRATIS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
3. http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/new-investments/13859-greece-signs-privatization-of-14-regional-airports-with-germany-s-fraport-for-e1-2-bln.html
4. http://uk.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-privatisation-idUKL8N1431P720151214
5. http://airlineroute.net/2014/10/24/os-innkgs-s15/
6. http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/food--travel/article/british-airways-to-add-routes-to-corfu-and-kos
7. "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
8. https://www.germania.ch/en/
9. http://www.jet2.com/timetable
10. https://www.olympicair.com/en/Travel/Reservations/Tickets
11. Liu, Jim (31 October 2016). "S7 adds new Moscow – Europe routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
12. http://airlineroute.net/2015/03/23/qs-hungary-s15/
13. "Book Cheap Flights to 60+ destinations from £39.99". flythomascook. 1 October 2012.
14. https://www.thomascook.com/flights/
15. "First Choice | Flights | Book flights online with First Choice | Timetable". Flights.firstchoice.co.uk.
16. http://info.flightmapper.net/route/YY_KGS_DUB
17. TUI UK. "Thomson Flights – all the assurances and service you've come to expect from Thomson – Flight timetable". Flights.thomson.co.uk.
18. http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/11/hv-ein-s16/
19. "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
20. http://www.tusairways.com
21. http://www.volotea.com/en/destinations/

External links

• Kos Airport stats