Transport in Athens

The renovation and expansion projects for Greece’s largest airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, are set to begin in the first quarter of 2025, with early indications showing positive pre-bookings for the 2024/2025 winter season.

An Air Horizont aircraft with 177 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Athens' international airport on Saturday afternoon.

The aircraft of the the Maltese charter airline was flying from Larnaca to Bratislava but had to land at Eleftherios Venizelos airport due to a reported crack in the windshield

The 35 million tourist arrivals expected this year are reflected in the performance of leading companies linked to tourism. The strengthening of the first-half figures of Aegean Airlines,

Athens International Airport and Autohellas are consistent with the tourism explosion, but also highlight the need for infrastructure improvement.

Difficulties in traffic are being encountered by drivers on Kifissos Avenue, due to a a car accident that occurred at the height of Iera Odos.

Specifically, on the afternoon of Friday, September 13, a truck collided with a car on the stream to Lamia.

A railway accident was avoided at the last moment this morning, just outside Athens, with a near collision between two trains which due to a wrong order risked being on the same single line running in opposite directions.

Significant traffic is currently being seen on theAttiki Odos, just past the Hymettus regional toll road, due to a car accident.

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LAMDA Development has released an update on key milestones of the Elliniko project, which is in full progress, ahead of the publication of its H1 2024 financial results.

Here are the main developments:

Further growth in passenger traffic moving into double digits for the full year is expected for 2024 by Greece’s largest airport, having already posted an eight-month increase of 13.9% with a total of 21.26 million passengers.

GEK Terna has signed a 3.3 billion euro deal for the lease of a toll highway in Athens, two sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters.

The deal will be key for the government to meet its fiscal target for revenue of 5.8 billion euros from privatizations and stake sales in banks this year.

Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport took off last month, registering a 10.5% increase compared to August 2023.

According to data from AIA, passenger traffic reached 3.64 million in August 2024, up 10.5% compared to August 2023 levels.