Athens meets Olympic bizav traffic challenge
With 2,166 movements (1,088 departures and 1,078 arrivals) by general aviation aircraft in August, including 160 for heads of state, Athens Eleftherios Ven

With 2,166 movements (1,088 departures and 1,078 arrivals) by general aviation aircraft in August, including 160 for heads of state, Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport faced the toughest challenge in its history while handling and parking this traffic during the Olympic Games.

AIN spoke with Athina Kapeni, manager of airline commercial services and ground handling at Athens International Airport (AIA), and E. Stergiopoulos and Jitte Boutens, managing director and account manager, respectively, of Athens Aviation Services (AAS), the local FBO (see page 16), to assess how business aviation fared during the event.

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