# Aktion National Airport

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.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Aktion National Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| arkia | Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Avanti Air | Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen |
| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Aalborg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Norrköping, Skellefteå, 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: Düsseldorf (begins 3 May 2025), Stockholm–Arlanda (resumes 17 May 2025), Stuttgart |
| Jet2.com | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands (begins 6 May 2026), Edinburgh, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 27 May 2026) |
| 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, Kefalonia, Sitia, Zakynthos |
| Smartwings | Seasonal: Prague Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Brno, Budapest, Ostrava |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Sundor | Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 29 May 2025) |
| 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, 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 | 5,9% |
| 2024 | 6,712 | 14,357 | 810,537 | 824,894 | 0,9% |
The record (highest) figure to date is highlighted in bold

### Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Aktion National Airport – 2024 :
| Place | Country | Total pax |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 230.024 |
| 2 | Germany | 114.705 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 92.010 |
| 4 | Denmark | 73,971 |
| 5 | Sweden | 61.619 |
| 6 | Italy | 55.446 |
| 7 | Norway | 36.130 |
| 8 | Austria | 28.381 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 28.177 |
| 10 | Finland | 27.547 |
| 11 | Hungary | 20.139 |
| 12 | Greece | 14.357 |
| 13 | Israel | 11.897 |
| 14 | Poland | 9.443 |
| 15 | Cyprus | 8.081 |
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.