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May 2008
Athens International Airport was honoured with the GreenBuilding Award 2008, in recognition of the remarkable energy
saving performances of its facilities and buildings.
May 2008
The New Acropolis Museum is added as a “new destination” to the Athens International Airport’s schedule.
8 July, 2008
A Brotherhood Agreement was signed in Beijing, between Beijing Capital International Airport, the airport then
preparing to welcome the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games guests, and Athens International Airport, that had the honour of
welcoming and bidding farewell to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games four years earlier.
October 2008
Athens International Airport wins the OAG-Routes Airport Marketing Award for the 4th consecutive year, for the
innovative marketing programmes. In 2008 Athens and Brussels International Airports shared the 1st place.
November 2008
Athens International Airport had the honour of hosting the IATA 123rd Schedules Conference, another major aviation
event in Athens.
December 2008
Athens International Airport’s www.aia.gr Web Award winner
December 2008
AIA’s cargo increase broke all previous records, presenting an increase of 2.7% and reaching 122 thousand tonnes,
despite the considerable decline (-4%) in worldwide cargo traffic.
2009: Airport City
January 2009
The Athens International Airport City presents the most modern and largest integrated Exhibition & Conference Centre
in Greece: The Metropolitan Expo, a building complex with a total of 50,000m2 of covered space.
27 May, 2009
Once again and in difficult economic conditions, Europe’s airlines awarded Athens International Airport for its consistent
and dynamic support of their route development, via the airport’s wide-reaching innovative marketing programmes,
within the “ROUTES Europe” framework.
June 2009
Athens International Airport announces its commitment to participate in Airport Carbon Accreditation at the launch of
the new voluntary carbon emissions management programme.
October, 2009
A new era for Athens airport and the Greek air transport market. Following the successful privatization procedure
completed in March 2009, Olympic Air commenced operations from “Eleftherios Venizelos”.
December 2009
Besides being a major aviation infrastructure, Athens International Airport has evolved into a multifaceted entity and a
significant business and employment engine for Greece. Primary-source results show that Athens International Airport is
a major asset for the Greek economy, with a significant impact on employment, entrepreneurship, and tourism, at local,
regional, and national level.
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Athens International Airport was honoured with the GreenBuilding Award 2008, in recognition of the remarkable energy
saving performances of its facilities and buildings.
May 2008
The New Acropolis Museum is added as a “new destination” to the Athens International Airport’s schedule.
8 July, 2008
A Brotherhood Agreement was signed in Beijing, between Beijing Capital International Airport, the airport then
preparing to welcome the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games guests, and Athens International Airport, that had the honour of
welcoming and bidding farewell to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games four years earlier.
October 2008
Athens International Airport wins the OAG-Routes Airport Marketing Award for the 4th consecutive year, for the
innovative marketing programmes. In 2008 Athens and Brussels International Airports shared the 1st place.
November 2008
Athens International Airport had the honour of hosting the IATA 123rd Schedules Conference, another major aviation
event in Athens.
December 2008
Athens International Airport’s www.aia.gr Web Award winner
December 2008
AIA’s cargo increase broke all previous records, presenting an increase of 2.7% and reaching 122 thousand tonnes,
despite the considerable decline (-4%) in worldwide cargo traffic.
2009: Airport City
January 2009
The Athens International Airport City presents the most modern and largest integrated Exhibition & Conference Centre
in Greece: The Metropolitan Expo, a building complex with a total of 50,000m2 of covered space.
27 May, 2009
Once again and in difficult economic conditions, Europe’s airlines awarded Athens International Airport for its consistent
and dynamic support of their route development, via the airport’s wide-reaching innovative marketing programmes,
within the “ROUTES Europe” framework.
June 2009
Athens International Airport announces its commitment to participate in Airport Carbon Accreditation at the launch of
the new voluntary carbon emissions management programme.
October, 2009
A new era for Athens airport and the Greek air transport market. Following the successful privatization procedure
completed in March 2009, Olympic Air commenced operations from “Eleftherios Venizelos”.
December 2009
Besides being a major aviation infrastructure, Athens International Airport has evolved into a multifaceted entity and a
significant business and employment engine for Greece. Primary-source results show that Athens International Airport is
a major asset for the Greek economy, with a significant impact on employment, entrepreneurship, and tourism, at local,
regional, and national level.
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