Athens Airport in Greece, or also “Eleftherios Venizelos Airport”, has been in existence since March 28, 2001. It is a replacement for the old and congested Athens Airport. It is new, spacious and modern. It has ranked first in the global “Overall Passenger Satisfaction” charts for the past 4 years, in its airport size category. Athens airport in Greece already employs 14,000 people. The Athens airport in Greece covers a total of 17.5 square kilometers and consists of 2 independent parallel runways, each 4 kilometers long.

It also has 89 aircraft parking spaces, 24 passenger boarding bridges, 48 ​​gates, 114 check-in counters, and 11 baggage claim conveyor belts with an hourly capacity of about 7,000 pieces. AIA can accommodate up to 16 million passengers and 220 megatons (220,000 tons) of cargo per year, 600 aircraft movements per day, and 65 landings or takeoffs per hour. During 2004 it has handled some 191 thousand flights, transported 119 megatons of cargo and transferred 13.6 million passengers.

Telephones, OTE offices (Hellenic Telecommunications Organization) and all public phone booths with card are the cheapest way to make local or international calls. To do this, all you have to do is purchase a phone card at any kiosk or periptero and make your call. There are plenty of card phones on the streets of Greece and the islands, so it shouldn’t be hard to find one. OTE offices are open from 08:00 to 14:00. Phone cards can be purchased at OTE kiosks and offices.

At the Athens airport you can find travel agencies that offer hotel reservations, air travel, boat tickets, cruises and inclusive travel packages.

You can access Athens airport in Greece via the 6 lane Attiki Odos highway coming from the south. The means of transport you can use are various: by one of the 4 “airport express bus” lines (E93, E94, E95, E96), by 2 KTEL express bus lines (one from/to Markopoulo, the other from /to Rafina ), by suburban train or metro, by taxi or in your own vehicle.

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Athens airport in Greece

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