Passenger numbers at Athens International Airport (AIA) dropped by 68.4% across the pandemic-hit 2020. Figures published by AIA show that the airport received a total of 8.08 million passengers in 2020, from…
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Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ has emerged as the world’s sixth safest airport for effective implementation of novel coronavirus-related health as well as safety protocols. Greece entered its second nationwide lockdown last weekend. Furthermore,…
Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias announced that Thessaloniki, like Athens, is ready to start receiving tourists from June 15. After meeting with the health personnel that will…
Trouble continues for a number of Greek nationals who happened to be in Australia at the time of the coronavirus outbreak and are now unable to return to Greece, mainly because the…
Crete is set to become home to a new international airport, which will be Greece’s second-largest airport, after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis laid the foundation stone at Kastelli, on Saturday. “This airport…
Greece’s National Emergency Centre (EKAB) conducted yesterday a large-scale simulation and preparedness exercise at Athens international airport with the General Hospital for thoracic diseases “Sotiria” for the treatment of a suspected case…
Athens’ International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” is set to receive a huge expansion and major renovations, after the massive project was given the green light. According to Ypodomes, this is the first major…
A group of Chinese tourists from Wuhan, where the Coronavirus broke out, arrived in Athens via Italy on Sunday afternoon to depart for their holiday to Santorini. There was an alert at…
The decade that ended a few days ago ended in the most impressive way for Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport. Passenger traffic reached a new record in 2019, at 25.57 million, up 6%…
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport was blessed with the unexpected birth of a baby girl on Friday, as a woman went into labour shortly after disembarking from her overseas flight. The airport’s EKAV…
Ten investment schemes have submitted expressions of interest for a 30% stake in Athens International Airport (AIA), Greece’s privatization agency announced on Tuesday. Greece holds a 55% stake in the airport. Germany-based…
The “Eleftherios Venizelos” Athens International Airport won the ‘Highly Commended’ award at the World Routes 2019 Airport Awards, held in Adelaide, Australia on September 21-24. Athens international airport won the award in…
Athens International Airport was swamped with hundreds of women who arrived to catch a glimpse of Turkey’s “hottest actor” Can Yaman. *Watch the video here- The 30-year-old performer stars in Turkey’s…
Greek police announced they have arrested 10 Syrian migrants posing as a volleyball team at Athens airport after they attempted to travel to Switzerland with illegally obtained Ukrainian passports. Migrants carrying fake…
Lamda Development has announced it is issuing a cash call for up to 650 million euros to take over the “Hellinikon Project” making it 100% Greek-owned after international investors withdrew interest in…
American Airlines celebrated the inaugural flight between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport on Friday, May 3rd, marking the first non-stop flight between the two cities. “New nonstop…
Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” has been named best airport in Europe in the ‘Over 20 million passenger’ category, winning first prize at the Routes Europe 2019 awards held in Hanover on…
Well-known American fast food chain Burger King is opening up their second store at a Greek airport, this time at Athens ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ International Airport. The news comes after the popular burger…
Greece’s airports have peaked with international visitors in 2018, recording an additional 680,000 passengers in the January-October period and a 9.6 percent increase in the number of flights, compared to the whole year in…
Greek carrier Aegean Airlines is inaugurating its first direct flight between Athens and Skopje today, November 1, amid a thaw in relations following a deal to rename FYROM “North Macedonia.” FYROM’s Deputy…