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Athens Airport Information (Athens, Greece)



As Athens, Greece becomes an increasingly popular tourist destination, the city becomes even easier to reach, with extremely frequent flights and good connections from all over the world. Athens Airport is the new Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH), which opened in 2002, ready for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) - Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, 19019 Spata, Greece
Tel: +30 (0)10 353 0000
Athens Airport (ATH) serves around 12 million people every year and was a major development in Athens. This stylish, new airport is located 27 km / 17 miles northeast of Athens city centre with good connections. The airport is very much state-of-the-art, with the latest technology and equipment. Athens Airport is the main airport in Greece and one of the major airports in Europe.




Visit our Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport (ATH) Travel Guide for further Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport (ATH) information.

Athens Airport facilities include:

• Bureau de change
• 24-hour cash machines (ATMs) and banking facilities
• Restaurant, cafés and bars
• Many excellent shops, including duty-free, newsagents, boutiques and gift shops, bookstores and a range of speciality shops
• Car hire companies - including Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National / Alamo and Sixt
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• Business area, with five offices, desktop PCs, Internet access, telephones, dataports, fax machines, printers, scanners, office supplies and a large conference room
• Special facilities for disabled passengers
• There are around 4,700 parking spaces for cars at Athens Airport, in six car parks. These include both long-term and short-term parking. The long term car parking is connected to the airport by a courtesy shuttle bus that runs every 10 minutes

Athens Airport has two large terminals, a main terminal and a secondary satellite terminal with boarding gates. Passengers at Athens Airport should check in at the main terminal. There is a covered walkway that connects the Main Terminal with the airport's Satellite Terminal.

• Main Terminal - the main terminal at Athens Airport serves both domestic and international passengers. Airlines include Germanwings, Air Moldova, Aegean Airlines, Airzena-Georgian Airlines, Air Berlin, Air France, Finnair, Alitalia, British Airways, Cyprus Airways, Delta Airlines, Maersk Air, Hemus Air, Alpi Eagles, Emirates, Iberia, JAT, KLM, Air Malta, Luxair, Lufthansa, Polish Airlines, LTU International Airlines, Swiss Airlines, El Al, Malev, Middle East Airlines, Egypt Air, Olympic Airways, CSA-Czech Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, Syrianair, Singapore, Aeroflot, Turkish Airways, Tunis Air, Virgin Express, Easyjet, Volare Airlines, Aerosvit Airlines and ADA-AIR.

Athens Airport (ATH) by Train - Athens, Greece
For rail destinations in northern Greece and Europe, trains leave from Larissis station. Trains for the Peloponnese leave from Pelopónnisos station. Both stations are in the city centre. Service is restricted to domestic destinations and is slower than road travel. The railways are run by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE).

Athens Airport (ATH) by Car - Athens, Greece
Athens airport can be easily reached by car. From the centre of Athens, travel along Vas Sofias Avenue, off Syntagma Square, and then along Mesigion Avenue into Marathonos Avenue, which conveniently leads to the airport.
All the airport car hire companies are located in Arrivals hall in the Main Terminal.

Athens Airport (ATH) by Taxi - Athens, Greece
Taxis are readily available at Athens Airport and the taxi rank can be found just outside the arrivals hall. Athens taxis are a very inexpensive way to travel, particularly when shared with other passengers, which is often the case in Athens. The taxi journey should take around 30 to 40 minutes to travel into Athens city centre, depending on traffic.

Athens Airport (ATH) by Bus - Athens, Greece
There are four bus routes that connect Athens with its airport and these operate regularly throughout the day and night and the journey time is between 20 to 50 minutes. Travel by bus is a particularly cheap method of transport and more information of bus times can be found in Athens Airport. There is also an express bus that links the nearest Metro station, Ethniki Amina, to Athens Airport.

 
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