| Athens, the capital of Greece is well connected to | | | | more expensive. The weekend flights are also |
| major international cities. The International Airport of | | | | expensive. Of recent, many charter flights have |
| Athens', Eleftherios Venizelos, was inaugurated in | | | | begun operating to and from Greece. Most charter |
| March 2001 and was built to cater to the needs of a | | | | flights operate during summer. |
| modern world. It is located 23 miles northeast of the | | | | Olympic Airways is the national airline of Greece. It |
| city. It has 157 check-in counters and two runways | | | | operates daily flights from New York City and Boston |
| that are 2.5 miles each. The airport can accommodate | | | | to Athens. The approximate flight time from Athens |
| close to 600 flights a day. It has conference facilities, | | | | to Los Angeles is 15 hours and from Athens to New |
| a post office, a hotel, courier service, banks, | | | | York, 13 hours; Most European airlines connect North |
| currency exchanges, ATMs and many stores and | | | | American cities with Greece via major European cities. |
| restaurants. | | | | Direct flights also operate from major European cities |
| There are 5 international airports in Greece. They are | | | | to Macedonia International Airport in Thesaloniki, |
| situated in the major cities of the country namely, | | | | Northern Greece, as well as to Corfu (Kerkira), Grete |
| Athens, Corfu (Ionian), Heraklio (in Crete), Kos | | | | and Rhodes. |
| (Dodecanese) and Thesaloniki (near the region of | | | | American and Canadian citizens entering Greece for a |
| Halkidiki). Some Greek islands are not directly | | | | period of less than 3 months require a valid passport. |
| accessible by flights. The best way to travel to these | | | | There is no need to get a visa, though. Passport and |
| Islands is by organizing for a cab transfer from the | | | | visa requirements vary for tourists of different |
| Athens airport. The airfares to Greece between June | | | | nationalities, and should be checked well in advance |
| and September and during holidays are comparatively | | | | of the trip. |