The port of Skyros is leveling up, as it will be one of the first in Greece to welcome seaplanes, soon acquiring its own complete water airport!

The updated decision for the infrastructure has been approved by the Skyros Port Authority and the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, while the acceptance certificate for the technical file has been signed by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr. Michalis Papadopoulos.

These approvals mean that the Skyros Water Airport IKE, a subsidiary of Hellenic Seaplanes, which is managing the project in Skyros, can now proceed with the installation of the water airport facilities and the request for the issuance of a license for the establishment and operation of the infrastructure on the island.

The crucial role in these positive developments has been played by the Skyros Port Fund and specifically its President, Mr. Kyriakos Antonopoulos, who believed from the beginning in the importance of the port acquiring a water airport and the potential that seaplanes can bring to the island’s transportation options and the upgrade of its tourist identity.

Skyros Water Airport plans are ready!
With the construction of the water airport on the horizon, Hellenic Seaplanes is in close communication with the Skyros Port Fund, having already presented the first samples of how the land and water facilities will look during their full implementation phase. In the coming period, the signage for the water airport will be placed at the construction site.

On the immediate possibility of developing water airport facilities in Skyros, comments were made by the President and CEO of Hellenic Seaplanes, Mr. Nicolas Charalambous, and the President of Skyros Port Fund, Mr. Kyriakos Antonopoulos.

Nicolas Charalambous: “We are entering the construction stage for the facilities in Skyros, and it’s something that excites us particularly because we are getting closer to the realization of the project! The flawless cooperation with the Port Authority and Mr. Antonopoulos makes Hellenic Seaplanes raise the bar even higher, aiming for Skyros to receive the commercial and tourism upgrade it deserves through its water airport. In the network of water airports that will connect the Sporades and Evia, Skyros is one of the first ports leading the way for licensing.”

Kyriakos Antonopoulos: “The prospect of connecting Skyros with other destinations is getting closer! The island will have a new mode of transport with limitless possibilities that will eliminate any transportation weaknesses, connect Skyros with nearby islands and the rest of the island and mainland Greece, eliminate distances, simplify travel, multiply tourism options, and provide safe medical transport. Nine years have passed since the first tender for a water airport we conducted in Greece, and the start of a continuous effort, always alongside the contractor, ‘Skyros Water Airport IKE,’ to reach today’s desired result. With persistence, vision, and endless work! Seaplanes can offer endless travel options without being restricted to the narrow limits of a ferry or airline route. Their chartering ability, beyond regular schedules, expands horizons! My excitement and satisfaction from being involved in the creation and establishment of a new transportation mode is immense, and the prospects opening up for Skyros will be decisive for the island’s development, its social and tourism extroversion, and growth! The port of Skyros, the best island port in Greece, continues to innovate, this time charting new sea and air routes!”