Athens Airport

    Qatar Airways has announced it is the first airline to ever fly the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 to Greece. The carrier temporarily upgraded its current thrice-daily service to Athens to an ultra-modern A350 on Monday, with the arrival of the flight greeted...

The Athens former airport, Hellinikon, has become a graveyard for many abandoned Olympic Airways planes. As the airport awaits redevelopment, these spectacular images captured by a drone video remind viewers of the glory days when the airline founded by Greek...

Traffic growth at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport is attributed mainly to Greeks who have moved abroad and visit their homeland, said Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President Andreas Andreadis. Andreadis made the comment via Twitter, where he wrote, "But all the...

Greek authorities on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old Iranian national and a 42-year-old from Kazakhstan, on the basis of international warrants issued against them. The Iranian was arrested in Athens by Attica Security Police organized crime officers, on the basis of...

Planes will remain grounded in Greek airports as of Sunday due to the rolling 24-hour strikes called by air traffic controllers. The workers are protesting against the new legislation approved by parliament that foresees the restructuring of the Civil...

An anonymous caller announced that there is a bomb at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport. "It will be the same as Brussels, it is not a hoax," said the man in a call to news website Zougla.gr. The call comes 24...

Greece participated in the worldwide Earth Hour movement with an hour of darkness at landmark sites across the country on Saturday evening in a move to raise public awareness on climate change. From the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis hill in downtown Athens to...

Passenger traffic at Athens' International Airport (AIA) "Eleftherios Venizelos" increased 27.95% in January compared to the same month last year, reaching 975,000 passengers. The number of domestic travelers jumped 43.9% to 375,994, versus 261,361 in January 2014, while international passengers...

Two Chinese companies, with a letter sent to the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, expressed their interest in jointly acquiring a 55% stake in Athens International Airport (AIA), Eleftherios Venizelos. According to the letter, signed by the chairmen of Friedmann Pacific...

Athens International Airport workers, who said they were going to disrupt air traffic with strikes from Aug. 9-11 at the height of the tourist season in protest against the coming involuntary transfer or firing of public workers, including those...