Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport
Thessaloniki · Greece · Europe/Athens
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Airport HistoryEst. 1948
Thessaloniki's airport grew out of Allied airfields established on the Macedonian front during World War I, with a purpose-built civilian facility begun in 1938 and finally opened in 1948 after wartime delays. Renamed 'Makedonia' in 1993, the airport underwent a transformative expansion after Fraport and the Copelouzos Group took over a 40-year concession in 2017, adding a second terminal and a widened runway.
Government efforts to promote civil aviation lead to the start of construction on a purpose-built civilian airport, building on the legacy of WWI-era Allied airfields (Little and Big Mikra) on the site.
After construction is suspended during World War II, the airport finally opens to civilian air traffic.
With funding tied to Greece's NATO membership, the runway is expanded to 2,440 meters and a new terminal building is inaugurated.
The 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake damages the airport's control tower, requiring construction of a new tower that remains in operation.
The airport formally adopts the name 'Makedonia,' ahead of Thessaloniki's designation as European Capital of Culture in 1997.
On April 11, Fraport AG and the Copelouzos Group begin operating Thessaloniki and 13 other Greek regional airports under a 40-year concession secured in December 2015, pledging roughly €400 million in investment.
A runway 10/28 expansion project, originally initiated in 1997 at a cost of about €179 million, finally enters service on September 11.
Construction of Terminal 2, begun in September 2018, finishes in February, three months ahead of schedule, roughly doubling the airport's gate and check-in capacity.
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (ypa.gr) and general encyclopedic sources (Wikipedia). Note the concession was signed in December 2015 but did not take operational effect until April 2017; sources sometimes cite one date or the other.