Fraport Greece and Crete Region to promote Chania as winter destination

Sign at the entrance of Chania airport reads: 110 million euro budget for the expansion and improvement of the terminal and the grounds of the airport. Funded by EU with the contribution of the Greek state. The work is still in progress.

Tornos News  — Fraport Greece CEO Alexander Zinell, attending a meeting with regional authority officials in Chania, Crete on Friday, expressed the company’s intention to begin dialogue with local authorities on working together to attract companies to regional airports during winter months. The meeting took place to brief the regional authority on plans for the development of Chania’s “Daskaloyiannis” airport, Greek agency ANA reports.

Concerns were expressed at the meeting about Ryanair’s decision to scrap its base in Chania, which Fraport executives explained as a result of Ryanair’s business plans. During the meeting, Fraport was presented with a joint memorandum of all participants at the meeting stating that “our shared goal must be the economic development of Western Crete.”