At the international airport “El. Venizelos ”in Athens, a suspicious passenger was arrested. A Portuguese citizen was detained Monday at the airport while trying to smuggle 33 cocaine capsules in his stomach, Greek media reported. The suspicions of the airport officials were caused by the nervous behavior of one of the passengers on the Lisbon-Athens […]
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Eleftherios Venizelos named the best in Europe
Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” named the best European airport in 2021 and awarded for excellence during the pandemic. Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos was the best this year in the category of airports with 25-40 million passengers, in the framework of the award of the Airports Council International ACI-Europe. Athens Airport honored for its overall performance […]
Athens airport company to receive 130 million euros compensation for pandemic
The Greek Ministry of Finance has submitted for consideration the issue of compensation for the Athens International Airport, operated by the German company German Hochtief, as well as 14 regional airports operated by the German Fraport, for losses in 2020 due to the pandemic. A bill to allocate 177.9 million euros to 14 regional airports […]