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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, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, USA and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 Game was discussed.
The airport is closed to all aviation. 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.
267 CE – Agora sacked by Germanic Heruli forces. [6] 396 CE – City taken by forces of Visigoth Alaric. [6] 582 – City sacked by Slavic forces. [6] 1146 – City "plundered by Roger, King of Sicily." [8] 1204 – Othon de la Roche of Burgundy becomes Duke of Athens.
AIA received a 250 million-fund from the EU to build the new Athens airport [10] Operations of the Athens International Airport started March 29, 2001. In 2004, it was declared European airport of the year. [11] The airport was built in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics. [12] AIA holds a 30-year concession on the Athens airport ...
Athens-Ben Epps Airport Director Mike Mathews wants to actively pursue American Airlines as a potential new provider of commercial passenger service at the facility, he told members of the airport ...
TWA Flight 847 was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. [1] On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens. [2][3] The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the ...
Rail transport in Greece. Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940. From the 1950s onward, the railway system entered a period of decline, culminating in the service cuts of ...
Athens–Ben Epps Airport covers an area of 425 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 812 feet (248 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 is 3,995 by 100 feet (1,218 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 6,122 by 100 feet (1,866 by 30 meters).