Athens International Airport

Ryanair announced on Tuesday it is cutting its seat availability from Athens by 22 percent this winter, and also criticized the government on its policy and Athens International Airport for its charges.

British Airways has launched direct summer flights to the Greek holiday destination of Skiathos, the island jewel featured in the smash-hit 2008 film "Mamma Mia!"

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After a five-year absence, the year-round daily air link between Athens and the New York area is scheduled to resume as Dubai-based airline Emirates on Monday announced it will be starting flights on the route from March 12.

Emirates on Monday announced that it will be launching a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport via Athens on March 12.

Emirates already has four daily flights to New York's JFK and hopes to strengthen its connection with the American metropolis with the new daily service, while also providing a direct link between Athens and the United States.

Emirates on Monday announced that it will be launching a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport via Athens on March 12.

Emirates already has four daily flights to New York's JFK and hopes to strengthen its connection with the American metropolis with the new daily service, while also providing a direct link between Athens and the United States.

International arrivals in Greece by road and air rose considerably last year from 2015, according to data from the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).

Athens International Airport enjoyed its best year ever in 2016, as it served a total of 20.02 million passengers, adding 1.9 million passengers to its traffic from 2015, or 10.7 percent year-on-year.

December 2016 fared even better, with a 14.3 percent increase compared to the same month a year earlier.

State sell-off fund TAIPED had two reasons to be happy on Thursday, as it looks set to secure the extension of the concession contract for Athens International Airport and to complete the deal for the concession of a plot at Cassiope, in the northern part of Corfu island, after almost four years of delays.

Expanding its 2017 summer season flight itinerary, British Airways (BA) has included two direct flights from Heathrow Airport in London to Zakynthos.