Infrastructure and Transport ministry sources said on Wednesday that problems occurring in large European airports accounted for at least 80% of any minor flight delays occurring in some Greek airports while offering assurances that Greek aviation traffic was not responsible.
According to available figures, 53% of flights in the Athens international airport land on time, while of the remaining 47%, 80% of delay is attributed to delays from European airports and 20% to commercial flights outside slots - mainly in the Heraklion airport, Crete - or private flights to Greek islands.
The ministry authorities said around 600-1,000 passenger luggage from previous days' flights were delivered to the Athens international airport daily. The airport has created a temporary logistics system to deal with the situation.