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Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA) rose 20.1% in March 2024, compared to March 2023, with passengers reaching 2 million.

According to AIA statistics, both domestic and international passenger traffic exceeded 2023 levels by 12.6% and 23.5%, respectively.

The year 2023 was a record year for the Athens International Airport (AIA) in terms of passengers, though it also made a strong recovery in all economic indicators, its administration said on Wednesday.

The presentation of results was the first after the company's successful entry into the Athens Stock Exchange about a month ago.

Aegean Airlines has secured another slot at London's Heathrow airport and is adding to its schedule a fourth daily flight from Athens to the UK's busiest international hub, it said on Tuesday.

The new flight will operate every day throughout the year except on Saturdays, leaving Athens at 4 p.m. local time and London/Heathrow at 7 p.m. local time.

Greek and foreign airlines are investing even more this year in the strong prospects of Greek tourism, as well as of Athens International Airport.

Athens International Airport (AIA) will implement a three-phase investment plan to increase passenger service capacity in the coming years.

The company that has the airport concession contract until 2046 will proceed in February with the public registration of its share capital through the sale of the 30% stake currently held by TAIPED.

An 18-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were killed on Thursday morning when their cars smashed into each other on the road linking Spata to Artemida, east of Athens.

After a temporary dip in August, price increases at Athens hotels resumed in September, setting the average cost of accommodation for their guests in the first month of the fall almost 40% higher than the levels of 2019, the last year before the pandemic and a record year for Greek tourism.

Athens ranks among the world's 20 cities that are most accessible and most attractive to remote workers, according to research by the global human resources platform WorkMotion.

Ring-tailed lemurs enjoy licking a fruit popsicle at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata suburb, eastern Athens, on Friday. With temperatures soaring to 40°C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and expected to rise further, the zoo is providing frozen meals to a wide variety of animals to help them cope with the scorching conditions during the fourth heatwave in less than a month.

Arrivals and departures at Athens International Airport came to almost 3.3 million in July, 16.1% higher than a year ago, the airport administration announced Wednesday. Traffic was also 10.5% higher than 2019, the last pre-Covid-19 year, a sign that 2023 tourist arrivals will exceed that record-breaking season. International traffic rose 17.7% year-on-year and domestic traffic 12.7%.