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As of 2023, it is the 18th-busiest airport in Europe and the second busiest and second largest in the Balkans, after Istanbul Airport. The new Athens International Airport covers an expanse of 16,000 acres (25.0 sq mi; 64.7 km 2), making the facility among the largest in Europe and in the world in terms of land area. [4]
Ellinikon International Airport (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAT), sometimes spelled Hellinikon, was an international airport that served Athens, Greece, for 63 years. Following its closure on 28 March 2001, it was replaced in service by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos .
AIA holds a 30-year concession on the Athens airport, concession that will expire in 2026. [ 13 ] In October 2012, AIA launched the largest unified photovoltaic installation at any airport worldwide, an 8 MWp and 160,000 square meter project that cost 20 million euros and is expected to provide 20% (11 million kWh) of the airport's annual ...
Athens-Ben Epps Airport received interest from commercial airlines as a potential site for services, but officials said they expressed concern about the airport's parking accommodations.
The railway station is immediately adjacent to the airport terminal, accessible by an elevated walkway. Because of the additional cost of using the station, there is a surcharge for passengers entering or exiting the airport. As of 2023, the base fare to the airport is €9, with varying prices for round trips or groups. [5]
The station is served by Line 2 of the Athens Suburban Railway between Piraeus and Kiato. [6] The two stations are still connected by a metric line, which is a small branch of the Corinth-Kalamata railway line and which operated to promote passengers between the Peloponnese and Attica between 2005 and 2007, which is now disused.
This is a route-map template for the Athens Airport–Patras railway, a Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) line in Greece. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
Rank Airport Total passengers Annual change Rank change; 1: Athens: 24,135,736: 11.0%: 2: Heraklion: 8,098,465: 10.4%: 3: Thessaloniki: 6,689,193: 7.1%: 4: Rhodes ...