Athens Airport - Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)

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Athens Airport, known officially as Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAV) and commonly initialized as "AIA", is located between the towns of Koropi, Markopoulo and Loutsa, 30 km to the east of Athens.

The Athens Airport (IATA: ATH) is the primary international airport in Athens, the capital of Greece, and the region of Attica.

The official name of the aiport is Elefthérios Venizélos Airport and is Greece's busiest airport with more than 18M passengersa.

Athens airport is located between the towns of Koropi, Markopoulo, Spata and Loutsa, about 12 miles (20 km) to the east of central Athens (19 miles (30 km) by road).

The airport has two terminals: the Main Terminal and the Satellite Terminal.

The fifth busiest passenger routes from Athens Airport are Domestic flights of Greece, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and France.

The AIA airport is the Greece's busiest airport and it serves as the hub and main base of Aegean Airlines and, as well, as other Greek airlines. It is the 27th busiest airport in Europe with more than 21M passengers (2017).

The busiest passenger routes from Athens Airport are London, Larnaca, Rome, Paris and Istanbul. In 2017, Athens International Airport (AIA) handled more than 21M passengers, which meant another all-time record for the airport, increasing traffic by 8.6% regarding 2016.

Terminal information

Athens Airport consists of two terminals: the Main Terminal and the Satellite Terminal.

See below related information about the terminals:

Main Terminal

It has two Halls: Hall A: Flights to Non-schengen countries and Non-European countries. Hall B: Flights to Intra-schengen countries and domestic services. The Main Terminal has 144 check-in desks and three separate levels: arrivals, departures and a food court level. More information

Satellite Terminal

It has two levels: Arrivals and departures and it can handling annual traffic of 6M passengers. Some of the airlines which uses the terminal are Niki, Volotea and Germanwings. More information

Services

Athens Airport has a children’s play area at the 2nd floor of the Main Terminal Building and other facilities such as:

- Baby rooms

- Seven business lounges operated by airlines

- Banks, ATM’s & Post

- Minimarket

- Pharmacy

- Company of lotteries and sports betting games

See more services here.

It has also restaurants, cafés and shops, some of them with best price guarantee as Massimo Duty, Armani Jeans, Porsche Design or DutyFree shops, just to mention a few.

Transport

At Athens Airport you can find a wide variety of options regarding ground transportation:

- Rail: Athens Airport is connected via the suburban rail with Athens Central Railway Station (Larissis Station), Port of Pireaus and kiato (call 14511 for more information). More information

- Metro: To acces by metro, take Athens Metro Line 3 at the Airport's Railway Starion. More information

- Bus: There are 4 bus lines (X93, X95, X96, X97) which connects directly the airport to the Athens greater area. There are also regional bus services operated by Ktel Express. All buses depart from the Arrivals Level (between Exits 2 and 3.) More information

- Taxi: Get to downtown Athens within 35 minutes. Taxis are available at the waiting area in the Exit 3, Arrivals Level. More information

- Road: Athens airport is accessible by some highways: Attiki Odos (from the centre and northern Athens), Varis-Koropiou Avenue (from the West), Laurio Avenue (from the South) and Spata-Loutsa Avenue (from the East). There’s a variety of parking options in the airport. More information

Contact information

Athens International Airport “El. Venizelos” SA, Spata, 19019, GREECE

Telephone: (+30) 2103530000
Fax: (+30) 2103530001
Email: airport_info@aia.gr

Athens Airport (ATH)