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Substandard Face Masks Confiscated at Athens International Airport

Officials from the Greek Financial Crimes Squad have seized 850,000 substandard face masks at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, according to an announced made on Monday. Speaking at the airport, authorities said the masks not only did not meet the...

Athens International Airport Smashes Another Passenger Traffic Record for 2019

2019 was yet another record-breaking year for the Greek capital's international airport in regard to the increase in passenger traffic numbers over the previous year. According to official data released recently by the airport's authorities, passenger traffic through Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport represented...

International Bidding Opens for 30 Percent Stake in Athens International Airport

An international bidding procedure has been launched for the sale of a 30 percent stake in Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport SA (AIA), the largest airport in Greece. The country’s privatization agency, TAIPED, stated on Friday that the deadline for...

New Record-Breaking Month for Passenger Traffic at Athens International Airport

According to data released by Greece's largest airport, Athens International Airport (AIA), August 2018 was the month with the highest number of passenger traffic. 2,886,740 people passed through the airport, breaking yet another traffic record. The previous best performing month was...

Athens International Airport Expanding Main Terminal to Accommodate Rise in Passengers

Athens International Airport (AIA) is undergoing a small expansion. The small expansion will help ease passenger flow and allow AIA to better accommodate the rising amount of travelers - as many as 21.7 million people annually. The 8-million-euro project (without VAT)...

Train Workers to Hold 24-hr Strike on Friday; No Metro to Athens International Airport

A 24-hour strike has been announced for Friday, June 8 by train workers at Proastiakos in Athens and broader Attica. The Metro Blue Line 3 to and from Athens International Airport will be affected by the strike of the OSE...

Greece Signs 20-Year Extension Contract for Athens International Airport Concession

Greek authorities and Athens International Airport signed a contract to extend a concession contract for Eleftherios Venizelos airport by 20 years (to June 11, 2046). The agreed price is 600 million euros, including VAT, while the net revenue for the...

Greece Accepts AIA's Improved 600 Million Euro Bid for Athens International Airport

The state-owned asset development fund of Greece, TAIPED, recently accepted AIA’s Canadian investors submission for the concession contract's extension by 20 years, which amounts to some 600 million euros in addition to 15 percent of annual operating profits. "AIA's improved...

49-Year-Old Woman Arrested at Athens International Airport With 3.5 kg of Cocaine

A 49-year-old woman was arrested at Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" accused of drug dealing. The drug squad said that the suspect was carrying 3.565 grams of cocaine in three knapsacks hidden inside her luggage. Greek Police said that the...

Check Out The 'Greek Forests, Green Destinations' Exhibit at Athens International Airport

In order to raise awareness for the need to protect Greece's forestland, the exhibit Greek Forests, Green Destinations is on display at the Athens International Airport. The exhibition is taking place thanks to the Goulandris Natural History Museum and the...

Athens International Airport Achieves Record Passenger Traffic in 2016

Athens International Airport recorded its highest passenger traffic in its history in 2016, reaching 20.02 million passengers, the company said on Wednesday. Compared with 2015, passenger traffic increased by 1.9 million passengers, or 10.7 percent last year. Domestic as well...

Anarchists Anti-Israeli Protest at Athens International Airport, 10 Suspects Detained

Early on Wednesday morning police detained 10 suspected members of the Greek anarchist group Rouvikonas for disturbing the check-in area at Athens International Airport. The group allegedly shouted "No to the agents of Mossad" and "No tolerance to the bullying...

New Google Maps Street View Lets Travelers Take a Virtual Tour of Athens International Airport

A virtual tour of the Athens International Airport is now available at Google Street View as well as indoor maps of the airport areas. Through Google indoor map, travelers can view and experience the interior of the airport terminals, locate...

Explosives Scare Cause Flight Delays at Athens International Airport

Thirteen flights out of Athens International Airport were delayed by an average of 40 minutes on Sunday morning after authorities sounded the alarm for a female passenger flying to Madrid, who tested positive in a random screening for explosives....

Soccer Fans Fight Outside Athens International Airport

Serbian and Croatian organized football supporters clashed outside the Athens International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Around 60 Serbian fans attacked 30 Dinamo Zagreb fans, upon the latter group's arrival at the airport, Kathimerini newspaper reports. Five people are being treated in the airport's...