There will also be increased traffic on the National Road in both directions, both towards Corinth and towards Lamia
The departure of the Easter excursions culminates today, Good Friday as the last big wave is expected to depart from Attica to the region.
The ships from the port of Piraeus leave with 100% occupancy for the islands with the excursionists departing early in the morning.
There will also be increased traffic on the National Highway in both directions, both to Corinth and to Lamia as the percentage of excursionists is correspondingly large, they choose the region by traveling by KTEL and cars. At the same time, the traffic police is on foot due to the increased traffic.
In particular, with occupancies reaching 100%, the movements of Athenians from the Kphisos and Liosion KTELs, with the traffic at both intercity bus stations being greater than last year, and indeed increased by 20%.
KTEL buses reach 100% occupancy for routes in the regions of Peloponnese, Aitoloakarnania, Epirus, Thessaly and Magnesia, Pierria, Evrytania, Fthiotida, Boeotia and Evia.
For today Good Friday, 250 routes are planned, of which 50 are emergency, and for Holy Saturday 180 routes.
The routes from the intercity bus station in Liosion have also increased, they exceed 100 daily, until Holy Saturday, for all 11 destinations: Evia, Fthiotida, Larissa, Magnesia, Karditsa, Trikala, Pieria, Fokida, Evrytania, Livadia, Thebes.
Flights
The traffic at the Athens International Airport has also increased, with aircraft departing with very high occupancy both on the domestic and international networks.
For tomorrow Good Friday, all flights (arrivals and departures) from “El. Venizelos” are 537, of which 268 are arrivals and 269 are departures. On Holy Saturday, the total number of flights is 467, of which 238 arrivals and 229 departures, while on Easter Sunday a total of 437 flights, 217 arrivals and 220 departures are expected. For Easter Monday, May 6, all flights on “El. Venizelos” is 504 (250 arrivals and 254 departures), for Easter Tuesday, May 7, 533 flights, with 265 arrivals and 268 departures and for Wednesday, May 8, 516 flights (261 arrivals and 255 departures).
The preferences of the excursionists
Top domestic destinations for this year’s Easter, according to AEGEAN data, from its two largest bases, Athens and Thessaloniki, are:
From Athens, the traditionally popular Corfu, while Ikaria and Sitia are this year’s “surprise” due to the high occupancy rates on the flights. Of particular interest are Ioannina, Zakynthos and Kos.
From Thessaloniki, Kos, Samos, Chios, Mytilini, Rhodes and Lemnos are especially popular this year.
Great mobility is also observed on popular routes, such as Athens – Thessaloniki, Athens – Heraklion, Athens – Rhodes and Athens – Chania.
The top foreign destinations from the Athens base are Marrakesh, Lisbon, Malaga, Naples, Paris and Stockholm, while from the Thessaloniki base the top preferences are Paris, Barcelona, ​​Rome, Larnaca, Berlin, Frankfurt.
The exodus of excursionists began yesterday as over 84 thousand vehicles left Attica.
According to the Traffic Authority, from 6 am on Maundy Thursday to 6 pm, 49,300 cars passed from Athens-Corinth and 35,009 from Athens-Lamia, i.e. a total of 84,309 vehicles.
In the corresponding period last year, 45,547 vehicles left for Corinth and 34,765 for Lamia.
Source: Skai
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