An investment program of €1.3 billion at Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” – New connectivity record with 164 destinations in 55 countries, via 70 airlines

Athens International Airport continues to corroborate its presumption arsenic 1 of the astir resilient and dynamic aviation hubs successful Europe, maintaining a affirmative trajectory successful 2026 contempt challenges stemming from geopolitical instability successful the Middle East.

The twelvemonth 2025 was a milestone, arsenic “Eleftherios Venizelos” recorded historical highs successful some rider postulation and connectivity, further strengthening Athens’ presumption connected the European aviation map.

Athens International Airport served 164 destinations successful 55 countries done 70 airlines, mounting a caller all-time record.

This show reflects some the strengthening of tourism request for Athens and strategical partnerships with airlines to make caller routes. At the aforesaid time, Athens made a singular leap successful planetary connectivity rankings, rising from 21st spot successful 2019 to 2nd spot successful 2025, placing it among the large European airports.

A cardinal objective, arsenic highlighted by the airport’s CEO, Giorgos Kallimasias, during the yearly wide gathering of shareholders, remains the dependable enhancement of the airport’s worth done web enlargement and the attraction of caller markets.

To this end, the airport’s enlargement programme is progressing astatine a dependable pace, aiming to gradually summation capableness to 40 cardinal passengers annually by 2032, improving not lone capableness but besides work quality.

The full concern programme is estimated astatine astir €1.3 cardinal (in 2024 prices) and volition beryllium implemented gradually from 2025 to 2032, with up to 50% of the full investments expected to beryllium completed by 2028.

According to CEO Giorgos Kallimasias, financing needs person already been secured done 2028/2029 via a €806 cardinal enslaved indebtedness from Alpha Bank, arsenic good arsenic a planned superior summation of up to €240 cardinal nether the approved Scrip Dividend Reinvestment Program for 2025–2028. However, inflationary pressures owed to planetary developments are expected to propulsion the full outgo higher, arsenic the €1.3 cardinal estimation is based connected 2024 prices.

Expansion of Main and Satellite Terminals

During the reporting period, the plan bureau liable for the enlargement of the main and outer terminals, arsenic good arsenic related craft parking projects, successfully completed the Outline Design phase. The enlargement foresees an summation of astir 150,000 quadrate meters successful full terminal space—about a 68% summation compared to existing facilities.

Upon completion, important improvements volition beryllium made successful capableness and work levels, including:

• upgraded rider processing facilities (check-in, information control, passport control, boarding areas),
• additional craft parking stands,
• more than doubling commercialized space,
• expanded baggage handling areas,
• support facilities and precocious technological systems.

At the aforesaid time, the airdrome institution launched an planetary tender for the enlargement works, adopting the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) strategy, ensuring timely feedback from experienced contractors and optimizing cost, risk, and constructability. Contractor enactment is expected successful the 2nd fractional of 2026.

Multi-storey Car Park and Northwest Aircraft Apron

In 2025, operation began connected a caller multi-storey car parkland and a caller craft parking apron successful the northwest conception of the airport. The car parkland volition beryllium a seven-storey gathering with a capableness of astir 3,365 spaces, replacing the erstwhile short-stay P1 parking area.

The caller apron volition supply 32 Code C craft stands, on with work infrastructure, taxiways, and 2 caller work conveyance bridges. Construction is underway, with completion scheduled for 2027.

New VIP Terminal Building

Alongside the terminal enlargement studies, the plan bureau completed the outline plan for a caller VIP terminal gathering and related apron works. The facility, covering astir 600 quadrate meters, is intended to service heads of authorities and authorities officials, importantly upgrading existing VIP infrastructure.

Following a tender process, the elaborate plan and operation were assigned to a specialized contractor successful aboriginal 2026, with completion expected successful 2027.

Finally, during 2025, respective cardinal capacity-enhancing projects were completed, including further autobus boarding gates, enlargement of departure passport power areas, and instauration of a caller distant parking area. These projects contributed importantly to the creaseless cognition of the airdrome and strengthened its operational resilience, peculiarly during the highest summertime season.