Athens International Airport
Culture
Tourists Can Vote on Elgin Marbles' Debate at Athens Int'l Airport
The Greek government has installed four new polling systems at Athens International Airport, asking Greek and foreign passengers to vote on the Parthenon Marbles’ return debate.
This action is part of a high-profile campaign which includes Amal Alamuddin Clooney who...
Greece
Delta Air Lines Increases Frequency of Athens-New York Flights
Delta Air Lines is increasing its scheduled flights from New York JFK International Airport to Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport for the 2015 summer season, it was announced earlier today by the American company. Delta will resume operations with a...
Crime
Accomplice of Greece's No1 Fugitive Arrested at Athens Airport
Self-proclaimed anarchist and accomplice of Greece's number one fugitive Vassilis Paleokostas, was arrested today at Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" while attempting to flee the country boarding to a Brussels flight, in violation of his parole. Polykarpos Georgiadis was recently...
Greece
Greek PM Meets With his Chinese Counterpart in Milan
The good level of communication and the strong economic ties between their countries were confirmed earlier today by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, who met on the sidelines of the European Union-Asia Summit Meeting....
Greece
"I'm an Aθenian too" Application Advertises Athens
Athenians are enthusiastic, hospitable people who know how to reinvigorate the old Classical myth. At least these are some of their characteristics, according to a new application that aims to "fill the world" with Athenians.
Tuesday, the "I'm an Aθenian...
Greece
Athens International Airport Wins World Routes Award
Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" has been the recipient of another distinction from World Routes, a forum for airports and airline companies, which took place in Chicago from September 20 to 23.
Specifically, during the 20th Word Routes Development Forum which...
entertainment
Lady Gaga Arrives in Athens As Half-Naked “Venus”
Lady Gaga halted in front of hundreds of fans, journalists and photographers waiting outside the airport. In a carefully-orchestrated maneuver, sporting a see-through skirt and an eccentric brazier, she was hoisted into her limo by two male dancers.
Her "dress" was supposedly influenced...
Economy
Athens Airport Passenger Throughput at Record 8.24 Million
Greece, and Athens in particular, hit a new record this summer according to data released by the Athens International Airport (AIA), the only international airport of the Greek capital.
July was a record-breaking month for passenger throughput that had an increase of...
Greece
International Award for Athens Airport
With constant changes and flexible to prevailing circumstances, the Athens International Airport (AIA) "Eleftherios Venizelos" wins one award after another.
According to the Global Annual Benchmarking Report, an annual survey counting the efficiency of nearly 200 commercial airports in the world, Air...
Business
China Reaffirms Interest in Majority Stake of Athens Airport
The Chinese consortium Friedmann Pacific Asset Management (FPAM) and Shenzhen Airport reaffirmed their interest in buying a majority stake in the Athens International Airport at a meeting held on Thursday, July 3.
During the meeting, attended by Development and Competitiveness Deputy...