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	Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport
		Athens International Airport, "ElefthÃ©rios VenizÃ©los" or Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, which began operation in March 2001, serves the city of Athens in Greece.
		Athens International Airport is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about 20 km east of Athens city centre (30 km by road, due to intervening hills).
		The airport is named after ElefthÃ©rios VenizÃ©los, the Cretan politician and Prime Minister of Greece, who was prominent in the Cretan rising against the Ottoman occupation of Crete in 1896 and is considered as one of the most prominent politicians in modern Greece.
	www.airport-athens.com (96 words)

	Airport Technology - Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens, Greece
		Athens International Airport, about 30km east of Athens, Greece, was officially opened in March 2001, after five years of construction at a total cost of around €2.1 billion.
		The owner of the new airport is Athens International Airport SA, with 55% of shares held by the Greek state, and the rest owned by a private consortium.
		The new airport, called Elefterios Venizelos Airport, was necessary to replace the existing, 11 million passenger a year facility at Hellenikon to the south of Athens, which was no longer capable of coping with increasing air traffic.
	www.airport-technology.com /projects/athens (1042 words)

	Athens 21st Century - ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
		Athens new International airport is technologically the state of the arts for flight stopovers.
		It is said to be the airport par excellent of the 21st century.
		It is situated on the East side of Athens, 27 km from the centre and is connected to the capital via a new motorway with 6 lanes called Attikì Odos, which encompasses line 3 of the underground and line 1 of the suburban line.
	www.athens-today.com /e-aeroporto.htm (362 words)

	ATHENS - Greece
		The Athens International Airport is located 33km southeast of Athens and is easily accessible via Attiki Odos, a six-lane motorway constituting the Athens City Ring Road.
		Public transport to Athens and the port of Piraeus is provided by express airport bus connections on a 24 h basis, ensuring efficient transport for air travelers and facilitating linkage to key tourist attractions.
		Unlike most capital cities, Athens' history is not one of continuous expansion; it is one characterised by glory, followed by decline and near annihilation, and then resurgence in the 19th century, when it became capital of independent Greece.
	www.gto.gr /athens/athens/athens.html (2654 words)

	Athens airport: Passenger traffic up - Boston.com
		Summer passenger traffic at Athens International Airport rose 6.2 percent in 2006 over the same period in 2005, the airport said on Wednesday.
		ATHENS, Greece --Summer passenger traffic at Athens International Airport rose 6.2 percent in 2006 over the same period in 2005, the airport said on Wednesday.
		AIA said international flights increased 12 percent in the April-September period, while the overall increase in flights was 5 percent, compared to the summer of 2005.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/10/04/athens_airport_passenger_traffic_up (84 words)

	Athens Airport Information
		If you are stuck in the Athens airport because of a delay or a missed flight or because it is easier to hang out in the airport than do anything else you will be happy to know that the food at the airport concessions is great and there are plenty of choices.
		Athens International Airport is connected via the suburban Rail to Larissis Station (Athens Central Railway Station) with stops at Koropi,Kantza,Pallini,Doukissis Plakentias (Connection with Metro Line 3),Kifisias, Nerantziotisa (Connection with Metro Line 1), Iraklio, Aharnes Railway Junction (S.K.A) and Larissis Station (Connection with Metro Line 2 and trains to Northern Greece).
		Once you are in Athens it is easier to take a ferry to an island then it is to fly, mainly because you don't have to go all the way back top the airport and go through the lines and check-in situations that are required of flying.
	www.athensguide.com /airport.html (3704 words)

	Getting around Athens Greece - bus schedules, train, airport shuttle, ferry schedules
		Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport serves the Greek capital with both international and domestic flights.
		Athens suffers from heavy traffic but even so, hiring a car is an option because car parking is plentiful within the city.
		Athens International Airport is served on a daily basis by four express bus lines.
	www.greeceathens.com /athens_transport.htm (512 words)

	Athens International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The airport is named after Elefthérios Venizélos, the prominent Cretan political figure and Prime Minister of Greece, who had an outstanding contribution in the Cretan rising against the Ottoman occupation of Crete in 1896.
		The Airport was honoured with the title of "European Airport of the Year 2004", within the framework of the annual Institute of Transport Management (ITM) Awards, for its innovative entrepreneurial scheme and the airport's successful operation and achievements.
		The new airport is equipped with two robotic systems (robots "Hercules" and "Ulysses") capable of handling suspect devices, designed to protect the lives of individuals as well as airport spaces, by safely identifying and removing explosives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athens_International_Airport (593 words)

	Athens Airport - Athens International Airport Athens Greece
		It is approximately 40 minutes to drive from to the city of Athens from the airport.
		This airport has all the modern up to date facilities for its passengers, including a variety of shops for whatever you need, plenty of places to stop and dine in and business services for the traveling professionals.
		This will be your first experience in Athens, the Athens International Airport hopes you will like the way they have updated their airport.
	www.athenscitytourist.com /athens-airport.html (310 words)

	Success Story - Athens International Airport
		Athens International Airport (AIA) is a state-of-the-art facility that ensures top level and secure services to a growing number of airport travelers-especially in view of the forthcoming 2004 Olympic Games.
		The airport is a pioneer international Public-Private Partnership-the first major greenfield airport in the world constructed with the participation of the private sector.
		Athens International Airport is planning to add more functionality to its portal by using additional components of the Sun Java Enterprise System to help enable users to access maintenance applications and flight information systems using PDAs and other mobile devices.
	www.sun.com /service/about/success/aia.xml (2155 words)

	HOCHTIEF Airport Capital - - Asset Portfolio / Athens International Airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos was the world's first privately financed airport project concluded on the basis of a BOOT contract.
		For example, the airport was labeled as Europe's high performer in the Winning Airports-Benchmark Survey issued by the University of British Columbia and the Air Transport Research Society.
		Athens International is 55 percent owned by the Greek state, which has already announced that it plans to dispose of part of this stake in 2007.
	www.htac.com /htac/9.jhtml (150 words)

	ELKE e-News
		The €2.15 billion airport was constructed to meet the needs of Athens as it fulfils its role as the economic capital of Southeast Europe.
		One of the airports most forward looking achievements is its state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, a €70 million investment that not only serves the needs of all airport users but has the potential to serve the greater Athens business community as well, with corporations able to host their networks on the AIA computer systems.
		By installing an IT structure that goes beyond the bounds of the traditional airport, AIA not only is a transportation hub but an important IT hub, combining services that meet the changing needs of the 21st century.
	www.elke.gr /newsletter/newsletter.asp?nid=13&cat=19&id=39&lang=1 (549 words)

	Hotels near Athens Airport
		The hotel Galini Palace is a three-star hotel,which is located in Voula.It is approximately 16 km away from Athens city centre and 20-25 km from International airport Eleftherios Venizelos....
		The Avra Airport Hotel is strategically located right by the Marina Port of Rafina town with an average travelling time of 20 to 30 minutes from the Athens international airport, Olympic venues and the centre of Athens....
		Athens Airport: Athens International Airport, Athens, Attiki, Sterea Ellada And Ewoia, Greece
	www.activereservations.com /hotel/attr/en/5191 (303 words)

	News @ Cisco: Athens International Airport off to a Flying Start in 2005 with Cisco Solution
		Athens, Greece, March 22, 2005 - Voted as European Airport of the Year 2004 at the Institute of Transport Management (ITM) awards, Athens International Airport's (AIA) commitment to customer services and innovative facilities has positioned them as a benchmark to other airports.
		AIA, which is run by a public-private partnership, is the largest airport in Greece and serves more than 13 million travellers annually.
		The smooth running of the airport was never so important as during this years Olympic games when flawless operations and efficient handling resulted in four new records being set for the airport.
	newsroom.cisco.com /dlls/2005/prod_032205a.html (1093 words)

	Customer Profile: Athens International Airport (AIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Athens International Airport is Greece's brand new state-of-the-art facility that was under construction for 51 months and opened to the public on March 28, 2001.
		Built as a 'greenfield airport (completely new), AIA's goal is to be one of the major airports in the region, and expects that more than 16,000,000 passengers will pass through the airport annually.
		The AIA went live in January 2001 with its financial management system, which includes Oracle applications and a third-party billing system that is a seamless extension of the Oracle applications, and processed airport-specific billing and invoicing from day one.
	www.oracle.com /pls/cis/Profiles.print_html?p_profile_id=7306 (411 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Athens Airport to increase security April 1
		ATHENS, Greece -- Security at Athens International Airport will be increased four months before the start of next year's Olympics to cover final test events and the start of the tourist season.
		Papanikolaou said discussions at the conference, which was closed to the media, focused on biometric systems being tested at airports around the world, but added that devices such as iris scanners and fingerprint readers would not be perfected in time for the games.
		Airport security is a key concern for the organizers of the first summer Olympics held since the terrorist attacks.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2003/1119/1666054.html (318 words)

	Athens international airport transportations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Athens the public transportation is not of the best, not because the buses are not of the latest technology but because the amount of people standing is usually triple the amount of those seated.
		In Greece (except at airports) Taxi ranks are hardly used, mainly due to the fact that Greeks hate to wait in queues.
		he Airport's Hotels, are classified as five star international standards (Sofitel is connected with a bridge to the main terminal building and Holiday Inn 10 Km from the main terminal building on the new highway).
	www.greecetaxi.gr /index/athens_airport.html (1295 words)

	CNN.com - Athens to bolster airport security - Nov. 20, 2003
		Security at Athens International Airport will be increased four months before the start of next year's Olympics to cover final test events and the start of the tourist season.
		Airport security is a key concern for the organizers of the first summer Olympics held since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
		The Avsec World conference, held in Athens because of the Olympics, is jointly organized by a consortium made up of the Air Transport Association, Airports Council International, European Civil Aviation Conference and International Civil Aviation Organization.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/11/19/athens.airport.ap/index.html (351 words)

	Athens International Airport: Ready, Set, Go
		Travelers heading to Athens this summer will not be able to rely on wings, but thanks to a dedicated team of professionals at the Athens International Airport (AIA) and Sun Microsystems support and solutions, travel to the 2004 Olympic Games is on course to be a smooth and safe experience.
		Unlike the gods, humans do need to face issues such as scalability and the security of their communications systems, especially when that system will be asked to perform the computer equivalent of a marathon by handling a sudden spike in both usage and data.
		At the heart of AIA's Olympic-ready technology is an information portal that will enable airport staff to securely access and convey critical information to the more than 1,000 airline and airport employees throughout the facility—as speedily as Hermes himself could deliver messages.
	www.sun.com /br/0804_ezine/gov_athens.html (960 words)

	Athens International Airport
		Located 27km north-eastern of Athens, the new Athens International Airport, is accessible via "Attiki Odos", a six-lane motorway constituting the Athens City Ring Road.
		Public transport is provided by express airport bus connections with Athens centre on a 24 h basis, ensuring efficient transport of air travellers and facilitating linkage to key tourist attractions.
		Passengers of the new Athens Airport will be able to use the 3 public transport lines scheduled to accommodate their needs.
	www.skopelos.net /travel/airport.htm (253 words)

	HOCHTIEF AirPort - Environment / Athens International Airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new airport in the Greek capital is operated by Athens International Airport S.A. (AIA), in which HOCHTIEF AirPort/HTAC has a stake of just under 40 percent.
		The airport went into operation at the end of March 2001.
		Under this environmental management system, every company operating on the airport premises is required to comply with environmental regulations.
	www.hochtief-airport.com /airport_en/23.jhtml (130 words)

	Greece Travel Information,Greece Travel Guide,Internet Guide to Greece
		The Eleftherios Venizelos airport, named after the Greek statesman who rebuilt Greek-Turkish Relations in the inter-war period, is due to open in April 2001.
		The new airport's most important client will be Olympic Airways, which plans to build a GDR 26bn base for administrative and technical operations on site.
		Because of severe constraints on expansion at airports in central Europe, Athens airport could become a secondary hub for major international carriers such as Lufthansa and British Airways and their airline alliance partners.
	www.ellada.net /travelinfo/a_airport.html (408 words)

	CNN.com - New Athens airport opens - March 28, 2001
		The commercial airport, called Eleftherios Venizelos after a prominent 20th century Greek statesman, is located at Spata 30km east of Athens.
		It replaces two existing airports, for Olympic Airways and all other airlines, which have been criticised for lax security and poor standards.
		The new airport has been built at a cost of $1.97 billion, partly funded by the European Union.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/03/28/greekairport (409 words)

	the NewGreece network - International Airport
		The new Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" is now scheduled for opening during the late spring of 2001.
		The airport is many years in the making and the early planning stages date as far back as the late 1970's.
		Designed for the 21st Century, Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport will initially be connected to the national road network via a new 6-lane motorway link, scheduled for opening at the same time as the airport, and it is hoped that the new Athens/Imittos peripheral motorway link will open during 2002.
	www.newgreece.8m.com /airport.htm (286 words)

	Arriving in Athens Greece, Athens International Airport,
		Located 27km northeastern of Athens, the new Athens International Airport, is accessible via Attiki Odos, a six-lane motorway constituting the Athens City Ring Road.
		Public transport is provided by express airport bus connections with Athens center and the port of Piraeus on a 24 h basis, ensuring efficient transport of air travelers and facilitating linkage to key tourist attractions.
		Inquire about the bus to Athens; it runs often and will return you within the hour to the Areos Park Terminal, Odos Mavromateon 29, near the junction of Leoforos Alexandras and Odos Patission (about 25 minutes by trolley from Syntagma Square or 1 block from the Victoria Square Metro stop).
	www.travelinfo.gr /athens/getto.htm (798 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Arriving by air —The new Athens International Airport (ATH), formally named the Eleftherios Venizelos Athens International Airport, is in Spata, 16 miles northeast of downtown Athens.
		Athens' public transportation system, run by the Athens Urban Transport Organization, was once one of the worst in Europe but has improved with the addition of two new subway lines.
		Traffic is horrendous in Athens, and parking anywhere in the city is difficult, so we don't recommend driving.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/extraday/athens/airport.htm (1370 words)

	AThens International Airport facts and figures - SkyscraperCity
		Athens International Airport the first Hellenic company to receive the European Commission's GreenLight Award for the implementation of a series of preventive maintenance activities and energy efficient measures in lighting, thus reducing emissions related to the greenhouse effect.
		Athens International Airport has been honoured with the "Recognised for Excellence" Award of the European Foundation for Quality Management (E.F.Q.M.), acknowledging the level of business excellence and the quality of services of the Airport's Information Technology and Telecommunications Department.
		Athens International Airport was honoured with the title of "European Airport of the Year 2004", within the framework of the annual Institute of Transport Management (ITM) Awards, for its innovative entrepreneurial scheme and the airport's successful operation and achievements.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=262885 (1485 words)

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