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Two shops were launched, one at the Eastern, and one at the Western Airport in Athens, Greece. In 1998 "Hellenic Duty Free Shops" was listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. The abolition of the sale of duty-free goods to passengers travelling within Europe in 1999 was a crucial point for the future of duty-free shopping.
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]
The airport's official capacity was 11 million passengers per year. [8] The airport was closed on 28 March 2001. The last aircraft to depart from Ellinikon was an Olympic Airways Boeing 737 bound for Thessaloníki. All flights were transferred to the new Athens International Airport, located 20 km east of the city in Spata. [9]
Greek Airport Guide at Alexandroupolis Airport website (in Greek) Greek Airports at airliners.GR; Greek Airports "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. "IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "UN Location Codes: Greece". UN/LOCODE 2012-1.
Airport staff members met in February with representatives of “five major airlines to discuss the possibilities of starting service in Athens” during an industry conference aimed at matching ...
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 ...
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 ...
Athens Airport (Greek: Αεροδρόμιο, Aerodromio), also known as Athens International Airport (Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών, Diethnis Aerolimenas Athinon) on signage, is a railway station and metro station that serves the international airport of Athens, Greece.