Athens International Airport: 1.3 bln euros investment program in progress

The International Airport of Athens "Eleftherios Venizelos", is continuously confirming its presumption arsenic 1 of the astir resilient and dynamic aviation hubs successful Europe, maintaining a affirmative couse into 2026 contempt geopolitical instability successful the Middle East.

2025 was a milestone year, arsenic the airdrome recorded historical highs successful some rider postulation and connectivity, further strengthening Athens’ presumption connected the European aviation map.

The airdrome served 164 destinations successful 55 countries done 70 airlines, mounting a caller all-time record. This show reflects some rising tourism request for Athens and strategical practice with airlines to make caller routes. At the aforesaid time, Athens achieved a singular emergence successful planetary connectivity rankings, climbing from 21st spot successful 2019 to 2nd spot successful 2025 among large European airports.

A cardinal objective, according to CEO Giorgos Kalimeris, remains the dependable enhancement of the airport’s worth done web enlargement and the attraction of caller markets.

In this direction, the airport’s enlargement programme is progressing rapidly, aiming to gradually summation capableness to 40 cardinal passengers annually by 2032, improving some infrastructure and work quality.

The full concern programme is estimated astatine astir 1.3 cardinal euros (2024 prices) and volition beryllium implemented betwixt 2025 and 2032, with up to 50% of the investments expected to beryllium completed by 2028. Funding has already been secured done a 806 cardinal euros enslaved indebtedness from Alpha Bank and a planned superior summation nether a dividend reinvestment program.

However, inflationary pressures linked to planetary developments are expected to propulsion costs upward, meaning the last fund volition beryllium connected marketplace conditions and procurement phases for large projects.