For most people the journey to the city or the island will mean a flight to Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos at Spata which opened to commercial flights on 29th March 2001. All international and domestic flights operate from the new airport, located 27km northeast of Athens. Eleftherios Venizelos has 163 check-in counters, 24 boarding bridges, 11 baggage claim belts, a huge new shopping centre and is predicted to handle 16 million passengers per year. The following information links point to the services and facilities available:

vat refund	car rental	hotel
banks	currency exchange	post office
travel agencies	baggage storage	business centre
business class lounge	conference facilities	food and beverage

Airport public transport to/from Athens

Airport public transport to/from Piraeus

Airport public transport to/from Rafina

ATM facilities provided by Alpha Bank and Commercial Bank are available at the Arrivals level in the main terminal building and the Departures level between entrances 2-5. Olympic Airways have kindly provided maps of the new airport which show the different levels.

All scheduled flight timetable information for the airport is now available in pdf format* and can be downloaded from the following link:-

Timetable to and from Athens International Airport

*you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view

Real-time Arrivals and Departures are now available direct from the airport site.

Online timetables and fare information is also available for all domestic, European and international flights by Olympic, the national airline. Aegean Airlines, formed as the result of a merger between Aegean and Cronus Airlines, has timetables and online booking available on their site for their domestic and international flights.

One excellent source of Greek aviation information can be found at Captain Chris's Greek Air Travel News