The Easter exodus from the cities to the islands and countryside, the largest recorded since before the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to enter its final stage on Easter Saturday.
TRANSPORT
Traffic has eased on the major thoroughfares out of Athens after the Easter exodus from the capital peaked on the afternoon of Good Friday.
A total of 18 ferries were scheduled to depart from the port of Piraeus on full capacity for the Aegean islands and 32 for the islands of the Argosaronic Gulf on Friday, as the last of Easter travelers depart from Athens.
Public transport services in Athens will be adjusted for the Greek Orthodox Easter long weekend, from Friday to Wednesday after Easter.
The iconic tourist trains of Pilio in central Greece will resume service on Friday on the route Ano Lechonia-Milies-Ano Lechonia on Mount Pilio.
A truck driver is expected to appear before a prosecutor after coast guard officers found 209 kilograms of cannabis in his vehicle as it arrived on a passenger ferry at the port of Igoumenitsa from Italy.
An Egypt-bound flight from Scotland had to make an emergency landing in Crete on Monday evening due to unruly conduct by a pair of passengers.
The Athens metro will operate from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. and buses and tram from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May Day, operators have said.
Public transportation in Greece, particularly in Athens, will cease on May 1 as unions and associations stage Labor Day strikes.
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nikos Tachiaos inspected railway projects connecting the northern Peloponnese with Attica on Monday.
Global airlines have voted Athens International Airport (AIA) as the best this year for its marketing strategy and efforts in developing the Athens market, in the category of airports serving more than 20 million passengers.
The Deputy Prosecutor for Appeals in Larisa, Katerina Matsi, accepted on Thursday an appeal to investigate a possible tampering with the scene of the deadly train crash in Tempe last year, in a lawsuit that includes the names of politicians.
Starting Wednesday, a pilot project for contactless payments via bank cards and digital wallets launched on Athens International Airport’s (AIA) Express bus lines.
A Transavia France plane conducted an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon at Athens’ international airport.
Passenger traffic at the country’s 39 airports increased by 14.4% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2023.
The Nikaia station on metro Line 3 will be closed on Saturday and Sunday (April 20-21), due to works for the installation of new e-ticket equipment.
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