Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"

Italian authorities occupying the Dodecanese complete an airfield at Maritsa, featuring a passenger station and aircraft hangars, serving both civilian and military traffic.

Following WWII and the Dodecanese's union with Greece, the Maritsa airfield is transferred to the Greek Civil Aviation Authority.

The airport receives its first jet aircraft landing, arriving from Sweden, signaling the shift toward jet-age tourism traffic.

International operations move to a new, larger site better suited to the island's growing tourism needs; the airport is named Diagoras after the ancient Rhodian Olympic champion, and the old Maritsa site ceases international operations.

A new passenger terminal, covering roughly 60,000 square meters, opens to accommodate the growing volume of European charter flights and tourists.

In December 2015, Greece finalizes the privatization of Rhodes and 13 other regional airports; a Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture wins a 40-year concession to operate them starting in 2016.

Following takeover in 2017, Fraport Greece carries out terminal remodeling and apron reorganization, expanding check-in counters by 13% and security lanes by 71%.

The airport handles about 6.9 million passengers in 2024, up 12.7% year-on-year, with Olympic Air as hub carrier and Aegean Airlines as focus-city carrier.