A six-lane freeway linking Athens` new international airport with the city will not be ready until two years after the facility`s planned 2001 March opening, the Greek government…
A six-lane freeway linking Athens` new international airport with the city will not be ready until two years after the facility`s planned 2001 March opening, the Greek government has admitted.
Transport Minister Christos Verelis last week clarified that the
Furthermore, by March 1 only light maintenance service will be available for planes at the airport, in
As for the
Additionally, the 48 international carriers operating in Greece have expressed concerns over their transfer to the new facility. In a positive development, however, the ministry announced that two express bus lines will service travellers using the airport. Buses will travel on a 24-hour basis between the airport and central Athens` Syntagma Square as well as Piraeus and Glyfada.
Twenty new airconditioned buses, with luggage compartments, will ferry passengers from March 1, 2001, the date the airport is planned to open.
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