Greece
Crime
Greek Authorities Arrest Wanted Serbian At Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
A Serbian citizen, who has been wanted since 2009 for committing a homicide, was arrested at the "Eleftherios Venizelos" Athens International Airport on Saturday.
Greek police note that the 34-year old Serbian, who flew in from Thailand through Doha, Qatar, arrived at...
Art
Athens Byzantine and Christian Museum Exhibition at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
A concise photographic presentation of the Permanent Collections of the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens will be hosted at the International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.
Visitors and travelers will have the unique opportunity of attending from January 10 until April...
Greece
Eleftherios Venizelos Airport Ranks 2nd Best in Europe
The biggest international meeting of airports and airports companies, 'Routes 2011' (from the 2nd to the 4th of October) in Berlin, rank Greece second amongst major European airports.
The position of Athens' International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in the European arena...
Greece
Cycladic Art Museum Exhibition at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
The Cycladic Art Museum will present at the Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport an exhibition titled: “Scenes from the Every-Day Life in Ancient Greece”. The exhibition invites visitors to make a brief trip back in space and time. Starting from the world of gods,...
Greece
AirHelp Ranks Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Second Best Airport in the World
Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, is the second best airport in the world according to the latest annual ranking from AirHelp.
AirHelp, a startup flight compensation company, based their ranking on three vital criteria to travellers - the quality of...
Environment
Eleftherios Venizelos Becomes 25th European Airport Certified Carbon Neutral
Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, was recently certified by the independent carbon management program Airport Carbon Accreditation as being certified carbon neutral. This makes the airport the 25th certified carbon neutral airport in Europe.
Niclas Svenningsen is the head of...
Greece
Explosive Packages Found at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos
Two suspicious packages were discovered at the Athens Airport and are to be detonated by police. Ιt's not clear if these were found as cargo or if they were deposited at the airport. Police have confirmed that the devices contained...
Greece
Eleftherios Venizelos: The Leader Who Expanded Greece’s Borders
Born in Mournies, Chania on August 23, 1864, Eleftherios Venizelos served seven times as Greece's prime minister. For most people, he was viewed as the country's most important politician because he expanded Greek borders and brought Constitutional reforms that...
Greece
Greece Opens New Metro Station Linking Piraeus Port and Athens Airport
On Monday, Greece opened three new metro stations, which include Piraeus, that will link the busy port with the Athens airport.
The stations Maniatika, Piraeus, and Dimotiko Theatro on the extension of Metro Line 3 (the blue line) are expected...
Greece
Athens Airport Bustling with Passengers Despite COVID-19
From the scene at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport this afternoon, it appears to be almost a normal August this year, with summer in full swing -- or as close that as we are going to come to that,...
Greece
Twenty-One Covid-19 Cases Recorded at Greek Airports Since Reopening
Greek health authorities announced on Monday that twenty-one Covid-19 cases were detected among 9,349 airline passengers from abroad between June 15, when the country opened to tourism, and June 21.
Over the first week, more than 120 flights have arrived...
Greece
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...
Greece
Greek Airports Set Impressive New Passenger Records in January
Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by a significant 5.4 percent in January 2020 in comparison to January 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece said in a report on Monday.
Total passenger traffic came to 2,250,000 passengers, up from...
Greece
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...
Animals
Dog Lost at Athens Airport Desperately Seeks Owner
The story of a dog which was lost at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in October has moved animal rights organizations who are desperately seeking to find her owner.
Airport officials had apparently refused entry to the dog, which had...