Athens Airport

Greece’s privatization agency announced on Tuesday that ten investment consortia have submitted expressions of interest for a 30 percent stake in Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (AIA). The nation of Greece holds a 55 percent stake in the airport. Germany-based...

Greek police arrested a group of ten illegal immigrants from Syria at Athens' International Airport on Saturday. The men, who were posing as a volleyball team, were attempting to travel with illegally-obtained passports. Police said on Sunday that the refugees, who...

The Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens is considered to be among the best three in the world, according to recent survey by Air Help, an air passenger rights specialist. The survey is based on several parameters. On-time performance, which...

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (AIA) announced on Wednesday the launch of a new, groundbreaking service through which Chinese visitors will be given access to airport and other information. The application through which the service will be offered is called...

The Athens International Airport El. Venizelos was granted a twenty-year extension to its concession agreement with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund worth a total of €1.115 billion ($1.301 billion). The concession currently expiring in 2026, will run to 2046 following...

Greek authorities are diverting some flights due to land at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport to other airports due to the thick plume of smoke that has covered the Greek capital from the two fires in the west and the...

A 34-year-old woman from South Africa was arrested at Athens International Airport on Thursday by narcotics officers and charged with drug trafficking. The woman, who had arrived to Greece from South Africa via Abu Dhabi, had hidden six kilos and...

Aviation enthusiasts in Athens had a rare chance to see one of the giant "Beluga" planes that landed at Eleftherios Venizelos airport recently. The plane is one of only five in operation throughout the world. It stopped at the parking area...

Arrivals at Athens International Airport rose by 6.5 percent in January 2018, compared to the same month in 2017, airport authorities said on Monday. Despite a drop in the number of domestic passengers (3.2 percent) due to a reduced number...

A new direct train service linking the port of Piraeus with Athens' international airport will begin on Thursday, Greek train operator TRAINOSE has said. The journey will take one hour and three minutes and will run once per hour. TRAINOSE said...