El. Venizelos

The statue was originally designed by the late Yiannis Pappas, a renowned sculptor who personally knew Eleftherios Venizelos through his father, a minister in the statesman's Cabinet

According to reports, the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Athens due to a problem with its hydraulics system

The numbers are aligned with estimates which see tourism in Greece growing 20% in 2024

The airport is estimated to serve around 43.7 million passengers by 2023, approaching its 50 million passenger capacity limits, with projections indicating an increase to 28.2 million passengers in 2023