Athens International Airport

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"), commonly initialised as AIA (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAV), is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics) and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines. It replaced the old Ellinikon International Airport.[2] Athens International is currently a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million)[3] as of 2019, it is the 26th-busiest airport in Europe.

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Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος»
IATA: ATH ICAO: LGAV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Athens International Airport S.A.
Serves	Athens, Greece
Location	Spata
Hub for	Aegean Airlines Ellinair Olympic Air Ryanair Sky Express
Focus city for	Volotea
Elevation AMSL	308 ft / 94 m
Coordinates	37°56′11″N 23°56′50″E
Website	www.aia.gr
Map
ATH Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03R/21L 13,123 4,000 Asphalt 03L/21R 12,467 3,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 25,574,030 Passenger traffic change 6.0% Aircraft movements 225,628 Aircraft movements change 3.9%
Sources: AIA Statistics[1]

History

Development and ownership

Athens International Airport under construction in June 2000

Terminal VOR/DME at Athens International Airport

AIA is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about 20 km (12 mi) to the east of central Athens (30 km (19 mi) by road, due to intervening hills). The airport is named after Elefthérios Venizélos, the prominent Cretan political figure and Prime Minister of Greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of Greek aviation and the Hellenic Air Force in the 1930s. As to-date, the airport is operated by AIA S.A. and ownership is divided between the Hellenic Republic (Greek State) and Private Sector in a 55%-45% stake following a PPP scheme for the airport company.[4] Currently, private investors include the Copelouzos Group (5%)[5] and PSP Investments of Canada (40%), following purchase of Hochtief's shares.[6]

The airport was constructed to replace the now-closed Athens (Ellinikon) International Airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.[7] Studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of Spata was chosen as suitable.[7] Athens Airport SA, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans. However, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991 with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with Hochtief of Germany being selected.[7]

In 1996, Athens International Airport S.A. (AIA) was established as a Public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.[1] That same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of February 2001. The airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to Attiki Odos not being completed.[7] The airport officially opened on 28 March 2001.

Its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively. The airport has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency[8] and the Federal Aviation Administration[8] for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the A380.[8] The first ever A380 to visit 'Eleftherios Venizelos' Athens International Airport made an emergency landing on 13 April 2011 for emergency medical reasons. The first scheduled A380 flight took place on 26 October 2012 by Emirates.[9]

Greek government debt-crisis impact (2009–2013)

The Greek government-debt crisis reduced the overall passenger traffic of the airport for six consecutive years. Many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.[10] Moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of Olympic Airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport. In 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.[1]

Recovery and new levels of passenger traffic (2014–2015)

2014 signaled a strong recovery for the airport's passenger traffic and all statistical figures. More than ten new airlines started new flights to and from Athens. Aegean Airlines strengthened its network by 30% (with many more destinations scheduled for 2015) while Ryanair established a new base in the Athens Airport and added eight destinations. The airport company recorded an increase in passenger traffic in excess of 21% during 2014, reaching 15.1 million passengers, resulted both by new destinations but also by increased capacity offered on established ones. Characteristically, Singapore and Gulf Air resumed flights[11][12] while Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways fly more frequently to/from Athens.[13][14][15] Delta Air Line resumed their weekly flights and American Airlines retained their seasonal schedules to/from USA with even more frequent connectivity. From 2017 onwards, year-round services to Singapore are going to resume after more than five years. Flights are going to be operated by Scoot.

According to AIA published statistics, total traffic for 2015 achieved an impressive performance reaching almost 18.1 million passengers, an all-time-record for the airport at that time, increased by 19% on year-over-year basis[16] and by 1.55 million (+9.4%) the previous best, which was the pre-crisis year 2007. In addition, over the same period, aircraft traffic exhibited a solid growth of 14% year-over-year.[17] Moreover, in 2015 a significant rise (+38%) was recorded by transfer passengers, with the international to international transfer traffic marking an impressive increase (+60%) demonstrating the significant enhancement of the Athens airport connectivity.

Exceeding twenty million passengers (2016–2018) and beyond

2016 was a landmark year for the Athens International Airport, both for domestic and international destinations. Annual results reflected a solid performance for a third year in a row fueled by double-digit growth, this time passing the twenty million mark, increased by 10.7% on year-over-year basis.[18] Healthy growth continued in 2017 with the airport showing traffic increase of 8.6% to a total of 21.7 million passengers, yet another all-time record for the Athens airport.[19] During 2018, the airport achieved yet another record high, reporting increased passenger traffic by 11% to more than 24.1 million passengers.[20] Equally, aircraft traffic achieved a new record with a reported annual growth of 10.8% to 217,094 movements.[21]

For the first three quarters of 2019, the airport traffic shows signs of further increase with passenger numbers up by 6.5%[22] to 19.97 million passengers and aircraft movements up by 3.2%.

Terminals

Check-in-area

Waiting-area

Overview

The airport currently has two terminals, the main terminal and the satellite terminal accessible by an underground link from the main terminal. It is designed to be extended in a modular approach over the ensuing years in order to accommodate increases in air travel. These extensions are planned in a six-phase framework. The first (and current) phase allowed the airport to accommodate 26 million passengers per year. When the airport originally opened, the current phase called for a capacity of only 16 million passengers per year; however, the capacity was able to increase without progressing to the next phase thanks to advanced IT logistics.[23] The sixth and final expansion phase will allow the airport to accommodate an annual traffic of 50 million passengers, with the current layout leaving enough space for five more terminals to be added.[7] As such, the parallel runway system currently in place has been designed to accommodate flight traffic with this high equivalent annual passenger load upon completion of the final expansion phase.[23]

Main Terminal

The main terminal building handles all intra-Schengen flights, as well as several non-Schengen flights. All of the airport's 144 check-in desks are located in the Main Terminal and it has three separate levels, one for arrivals, one for departures and a food court level complete with a view of the eastern runway. Finally, the terminal is equipped with fourteen jet bridges and eleven belt conveyors for luggage.

• Hall A is used for flights to Non-schengen countries and Non-European countries.
• Hall B handles flights to Intra-schengen countries as well as domestic services.

In March 2018, the Athens International Airport issued a tender for its first physical expansion, concerning the south wings of the main terminal.[24] The tender called for a building expansion with a total area of approximately 14,950 square meters over five levels (levels 0 to 4). The construction company to build the expansion has been awarded in summer 2018 and the project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2019. It will add 18 more counter check-in decks as well as additional space for arrivals, departures, security and automated control gates, it will also add expanded shopping area and new lounges by mid-2020.

Satellite Terminal

The satellite terminal has two levels, one for arrivals and the other for departures.[23] It is easily accessible through an underground link complete with moving walkways. The terminal is equipped with ten jet bridges and is capable of handling annual traffic of six million passengers.

In recent years its parking stands were utilized for long term storage of airliners, specifically two ex-Olympic Airways Airbus A340-300s (both aircraft were transferred to its new owner in February 2017)[25] and a Boeing 767-300ER of defunct Greek start-up carrier SkyGreece Airlines. However, as of June 2017, the parking space of the satellite terminal is in full use for both Schengen and non-Schengen area flights and to accommodate increased traffic. From June 2017 some low-cost carriers were using it. On 24 May 2018, the Satellite Terminal officially restarted full operations. The airlines using it are Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling, Eurowings, Norwegian, Transavia and Transavia France, TUIfly Belgium, Brussels Airlines, Aer Lingus, Air Transat and Scoot.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Alexandroupoli, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin–Tegel, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Chania, Copenhagen, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Heraklion, Ioannina, Istanbul, İzmir, Jeddah, Kiev–Boryspil, Kos, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Madrid, Marrakesh, Milan–Malpensa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Mykonos, Mytilene, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rhodes, Rome–Fiumicino, Santorini, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zurich Seasonal: Alexandria–Borg El Arab, Bari, Bordeaux, Casablanca, Catania, Dublin, Edinburgh, Hanover, Ibiza, Kraków, London–Gatwick, Luxembourg, Lyon, Málaga, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Nuremberg, Pisa, Podgorica, Porto, Saint Petersburg, Skiathos, Split, Strasbourg, Tallinn, Toulouse, Tunis, Valencia
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
airBaltic	Seasonal: Riga
Air Canada	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air China	Beijing–Capital
Air Europa	Madrid
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse
Air Serbia	Belgrade
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Milan–Linate, Tel Aviv
American Airlines	Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare (resumes 6 May 2021), Philadelphia (resumes 7 May 2021)
Asiana Airlines	Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal charter: Lyon, Nantes, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Aviolet	Seasonal charter: Banja Luka
Blue Air	Bacău (begins 7 October 2020),[26] Bucharest (begins 29 March 2021),[27] Larnaca
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels
Bulgaria Air	Sofia
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb
Cyprus Airways	Larnaca
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: New York–JFK (resumes 1 April 2021)[28]
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin–Tegel, Bristol, Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Naples Seasonal: Geneva, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly
EgyptAir	Cairo
El Al	Tel Aviv
Ellinair	Thessaloniki
Emirates	Dubai–International, Newark (resumes 1 September 2020)[29]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Moscow–Domodedovo
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi
Eurowings	Düsseldorf, Stuttgart Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Gulf Air	Bahrain
Iberia	Madrid
Israir Airlines	Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Jonika Airlines	Seasonal: Kiev–Zhuliany, Lviv
KLM	Amsterdam
Korean Air	Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Olympic Air	Alexandroupoli, Chios, Corfu, Ikaria, Ioannina, Karpathos, Kavala, Kephalonia, Kos, Kythira, Lemnos, Leros, Milos, Mykonos, Mytilene, Naxos, Paphos, Paros, Samos, Sitia, Skiathos, Skyros, Zakynthos Seasonal: Preveza/Aktion
Oman Air	Seasonal: Muscat
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia
Ryanair	Barcelona, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bologna, Bratislava (resumes 27 October 2020), Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Katowice, Kiev–Boryspil, Kraków, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Marrakesh (resumes 26 October 2020), Odesa (begins 27 October 2020), Palermo, Rome–Ciampino, Sofia (resumes 25 October 2020), Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin Seasonal: Aqaba, Chania, Gdańsk, Gyumri (begins 27 October 2020),[30] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen, Poznań, Santorini, Vilnius, Wrocław
Saudia	Jeddah (resumes 2 September 2020)[31]
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Gothenburg, Oslo–Gardermoen
Scoot	Singapore
Sky Express	Alexandroupoli, Astypalaia, Chania, Chios, Corfu, Heraklion, Ikaria, Ioannina, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kastoria, Kephalonia, Kithira, Kos, Kozani, Lemnos, Milos, Mytilene, Naxos, Paros, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Syros, Zakynthos Seasonal: Mykonos
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zurich
TAROM	Bucharest
Transavia	Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels, Lille
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines	Kiev–Boryspil
United Airlines	Seasonal: Newark (resumes 6 May 2021)[32]
Volotea	Heraklion, Rhodes, Santorini, Venice Seasonal: Bari (resumes 2 April 2021), Cagliari (begins 28 May 2021),[33] Corfu, Dubrovnik, Genoa (resumes 28 May 2021), Lyon, Marseille, Mykonos, Split, Strasbourg (resumes 2 June 2021), Verona (resumes 1 April 2021)
Vueling	Barcelona
Wizz Air	Abu Dhabi (begins 2 October 2020), Budapest, Dortmund, Katowice, Kiev–Zhuliany, Kutaisi, Larnaca, London-Gatwick (begins 22 October 2020),[34] London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Varna, Vienna Seasonal: Chișinău

Statistics

Athens International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Greece. By the end of 2019, it was the 26th busiest airport in Europe handling a total traffic of 25.57 million passengers.[1]

Annual statistics

Passenger, aircraft movement and cargo statistics at "El. Venizelos" airport: 2002–2020[1]

Year	Passenger traffic	Passenger % change	Cargo handled (kg.)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2002	11,827,448	n/a	106,813,249	n/a	159,467	n/a
2003	12,352,394	3.6	109,741,122	2.7	170,129	6.7
2004	13,662,332	11.5	118,999,247	8.4	191,048	12.3
2005	14,281,020	4.5	115,942,974	2.6	180,936	5.3
2006	15,079,708	5.6	120,174,745	3.6	190,872	5.6
2007	16,538,043	9.7	118,972,376	1.0	205,295	7.6
2008	16,466,491	0.4	122,195,965	2.7	199,418	2.9
2009	16,225,589	1.5	104,520,932	10.5	210,147	5.4
2010	15,411,099	5.0	96,676,103	7.5	191,766	8.7
2011	14,446,971	6.3	85,831,845	11.2	173,296	9.6
2012	12,944,041	10.4	76,424,557	11.0	153,295	11.5
2013	12,536,057	3.2	74,874,633	2.0	140,448	8.4
2014	15,196,369	21.2	77,337,956	3.3	154,530	10.0
2015	18,087,377	19.0	80,475,761	4.0	176,156	14.0
2016	20,016,998	10.7	88,477,196	9.9	189,137	7.4
2017	21,737,787	8.6	90,176,471	1,9	195,951	3.6
2018	24,135,736	11.0	92,573,026	3.1	217,094	10.8
2019	25,574,030	6.0	93,997,875	1.5	225,628	3.9
2020 (Jul)	4,793,460	66.3	tbc	tbc	61,627	51.7

  Passenger traffic 2002–2019 (x1000)

  Aircraft movements 2002–2019 (x10)

  Cargo handled 2002–2019 (tonnes)

Busiest passenger routes by country

The table below shows passenger totals at Athens International Airport by country destination during 2018. [35]

Passenger traffic per country destination (2018)

Rank	Country destination	Passengers	Change %
GR	Domestic	7,730,535	5.6
1	Germany	1,811,273	12.7
2	Italy	1,632,395	10.3
3	United Kingdom	1,449,640	9.0
4	Cyprus	1,128,182	6.5
5	France	1,074,206	10.6
6	Turkey	806,655	13.8
7	Switzerland	723,134	6.4
8	Spain	590,241	22.5
9	Netherlands	542,530	10.9
10	United States	483,029	14.3

Airline market share

Top Airlines at Athens[35]

Rank	Airline	Market Share
1	Aegean Airlines	47.5%
	Olympic Air
2	Ryanair	10.7%
3	Sky Express	3.2%
4	Lufthansa	3.1%
5	Emirates	2.2%

Passengers 2018

Busiest European destinations from Athens Airport[35]

Rank	Destination	Airport(s)	Passengers	Top carriers
1	London	LHR, LGW, STN	1,264,641	Aegean Airlines, British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair
2	Larnaca	LCA	1,099,142	Aegean Airlines, Blue Air,
3	Rome	FCO, CIA	808,041	Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, Ryanair, Vueling
4	Istanbul	IST, SAW	786,072	Aegean Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines
5	Paris	CDG, ORY	777,555	Aegean Airlines, Air France, easyJet, Transavia France
6	Frankfurt	FRA	631,852	Aegean Airlines, Lufthansa
7	Milan	MXP, BGY	485,622	Aegean Airlines, easyJet, Ryanair
8	Zurich	ZRH	478,652	Aegean Airlines, Swiss Air Lines
9	Munich	MUC	477,311	Aegean Airlines, Air China, Lufthansa
10	Amsterdam	AMS	473,413	Aegean Airlines, KLM, Transavia

Busiest intercontinental destinations from Athens Airport[35]

Rank	Destination	Airport(s)	Passengers	Carriers
1	Tel Aviv	TLV	427,083	Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, El Al, Israir
2	New York City	JFK, EWR	392,027	Delta Air Lines, Emirates, United Airlines
3	Dubai	DXB	318,012	Emirates
4	Doha	DOH	289,013	Qatar Airways
5	Cairo	CAI	236,939	Aegean Airlines, EgyptAir
6	Abu Dhabi	AUH	152,937	Etihad Airways
7	Beirut	BEY	152,729	Aegean Airlines, Middle East Airlines
8	Toronto	YYZ	132,629	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat
9	Montreal	YUL	114,660	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat
10	Philadelphia	PHL	91,002	American Airlines

Busiest domestic destinations from Athens Airport[35]

Rank	Destination	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	Thessaloniki	SKG	1,537,097	Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Ryanair
2	Santorini	JTR	1,133,994	Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Ryanair, Sky Express, Volotea
3	Heraklion	HER	1,018,118	Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Sky Express
4	Rhodes	RHO	624,864	Aegean Airlines, Ryanair
5	Chania	CHQ	547,210	Aegean Airlines, Ryanair
6	Mykonos	JMK	473,612	Aegean Airlines, Ellinair, Olympic Air, Ryanair, Sky Express, Volotea
7	Corfu	CFU	327,144	Olympic Air, Ryanair
8	Mytilene	MJT	269,410	Aegean Airlines, Volotea
9	Kos	KGS	242,837	Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air
10	Alexandroupoli	AXD	207,004	Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air

Ground transport

Railway and Metro

Main article: Athens Airport Station

Metro station

Station's platforms

A railway station is immediately adjacent to the airport terminal, accessible by an elevated walkway. Athens Metro line 3 and the suburban railway service Proastiakos run trains to and from this station.[36]

Road

The airport is accessible by the Attiki Odos toll highway from the centre and northern Athens, Varis-Koropiou Avenue from the western part, Laurio Ave. from the South, and Spata-Loutsa Avenue from the East. A variety of parking options are available on site at the airport in three different parking lots. Located at the arrivals level, opposite the airport terminal, the airport offers short-term parking for up to five hours with 1,357 parking spaces available in lots P1 and P2.[37] Long-term parking is located across the airport's main access road (Attiki Odos) with 5,802 parking spaces in lot P3.[38] A free shuttle bus is available to transport passengers, while the lots are also accessible by foot to the terminal. Premium valet service is also offered at the Departures level by Entrance 3.[39]

Taxi

Taxis are available at the designated Taxi waiting area located by exit 3 of the arrivals level.[40] Limousine service is also available upon request by the inner curbside of the arrivals level between exits 3 and 4.[40]

Bus

Four bus lines (X93, X95, X96, X97)[41] connect directly to the Athens greater area, X95 starts from Syntagma square, X93 connects the airport to intercity bus stations (KTEL Kifissos Bus Terminal and Liosion bus terminal), X96 to Athens main port Piraeus and X97 to Elliniko metro station the Southern terminal of Line 2.[42] Buses disembark passengers at the departures level and depart from the arrivals level between exits 4 and 5.[42] Regional bus services by KTEL Express operate to the airport, currently connecting the airport to Rafina, Markopoulo, Lavrio, Kalyvia and Keratea.[42]

Other facilities

Sofitel Athens Airport

Aerial view of the retail park

• Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air have their head office in Building 57 on the airport property.[43][44] Olympic Air also has offices in Building 53A.[45]
• The Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board has an office in Office 1311 in Building 11.[46]

• The Greek fast food company Goody's S.A. has its head office in Building 14B.[47]
• Sofitel Hotel
• Retail Park

Accidents and incidents

• On 14 August 2005, Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737 was a scheduled passenger flight of Helios Airways that crashed into mountain north of Marathon and Varnavas 40 km from Athens. All 115 passengers and 6 crew on board the aircraft were killed. This is the deadliest aviation disaster in Greek history.[48]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Greece
• Transport in Greece

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43. "Olympic Air officially welcomed with full honors the Hellenic Paralympic team." (Archive) Olympic Air. 2012. Retrieved on 6 April 2013. "The arrival ceremony in honor of our athletes was held at Olympic Air's headquarters (Building 57), Athens International Airport, with emotions of great pride and excitement."
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External links

Media related to Athens International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Accident history for ATH at Aviation Safety Network
• Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"