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Transportation

Airlines

Aegean Airlines www.aegean-airlines.gr

Private airline offering flights from Athens to a number of European cities as well as domestic flights.

British Airways www.britishairways.com

British Airways is the UK's largest international scheduled airline, flying to over 550 destinations at convenient times, to the best located airports. The airline offers three daily flights to Athens from Gatwick and Heathrow Airports.

Easyjet www.easyjet.com

The airline was founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyJet is Europe's leading low-cost airline. The airline offers daily flights from both Gatwick and Luton.

Olympic Airways www.olympic-airways.gr

Olympic Airways was founded by the shipping magnet Aristotle Onassis on 6th April 1957. The airline has been operating as the national carrier since 1975.

Airports

Athens International Airport www.aia.gr

The Athens International Airport opened in March 2001 and since then it has been voted as one of the top three world airports carrrying 15 million passengers per annum. It is situated about 40 minutes from the centre of Athens by cab. There are regular bus services to both Athens centre and Piraeus which run every 15 minutes.

Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority www.hcaa.gr

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority deals with all aviation issues.

Buses, Coaches & Trams

Greek Bus Operators www.ktel.org

The Greek bus companies (KTELs) have a dense network all over Greece and carry approximately 80% of intercity public transport of the country.

Trams Network www.tramsa.gr

These two new lines will be serving the southern suburbs of Athens and linking them with the centre.

Organisations

Athens Urban Transport Organisation www.oasa.gr

The organisation is responsible for running all the transport means in and around Attica.

Ministry of Transportation and Communications www.yme.gr

Outlines information on the projects undetaken by the ministry and its policies.

Railways

Attiko Metro www.ametro.gr

Attiko Metro is the company that runs the underground service in Athens. It carries about 400,000 passengers per day. The new extension to the Athens International Airport is due to open in the spring of 2004.

National Railway Network www.ose.gr

The National Railway Network offers information on the timetable, outlines the major work undertaken by the company and explains the ways fares can be purchased.

Roads

Attiki Odos www.aodos.gr

The Attiki Odos is one of the most modern motorways in Europe. The highest standards have been observed in its design as a high-speed toll motorway, enabling drivers to travel from one end of Attica to the other in safety and with no traffic lights.

transportantion

Egnatia Motorway www.egnatia.gr

The Egnatia motorway is one of the largest road construction projects in Greece: A modern, closed motorway, 680 kilometres long and 24.5 metres wide running across Northern Greece from Igoumenitsa to Evros.

Transportation

Attiki Odos www.aodos.gr

A priority project that forms part of the Athens peripheral ring road, allowing transport to bypass Athens and connects the main Attica infrastructures (airport, ports, railway stations, metro, coach stations etc).

Rio-Antirion Bridge www.gefyra.gr

The Rion-Antirion bridge shall cross the Corinth strait near the city of Patras connecting Peloponnese with mainland Greece.