How to Transit at Athens International Airport Greece - Connecting flight Layover
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your baggage will not be checked through to the final destination.
After exiting your aircraft, Navigate through the terminal following the signs to the Baggage Reclaim Area situated on ground floor of the Main Terminal Building.
If you're Travelling from a non-Schengen country, you will be arriving at Hall A, Go through passport control/ immigration clearance. Retrieve your luggage and proceed to customs clearance.
The Schengen Area:
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
If you're Travelling from a Schengen country, you will be arriving at Hall B, Retrieve your luggage.
you do not have to pass through Passport control and customs clearance. However, you have to make sure that you carry a valid document (passport or ID card)
After reaching the arrival hall, head to the Departures level on the first floor. Passport control applies only to non-Schengen international departures. You have to go through security control again before your connecting flight, except for Schengen to Schengen flight transfer.
Then proceed to board your flight.
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You do not have to collect and re-check your baggage in.
If you don’t have the boarding pass for your connecting flight, please proceed to the nearest transfer desk staffed by the various airlines and ground handlers.
If the transfer desk is not staffed, you may use the available Self-service kioks/ CUSS or web check-in unit for boarding card retrieval
Pass through security check at the transfer area.
Proceed to board your flight.
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If you don't go out trough Immigration you won't need a visa. You can go to departure gates through the transfer section. And passing the security check has nothing to do with visa or passport regulations.
Nationals of the following 12 countries are required to hold an airport transit visa (ATV) when transiting through any airport in the Schengen Area even if they remain airside:
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ghana
Iran
Iraq
Nigeria
Pakistan
Somalia
Sri Lanka
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1:55 - Things to do during Transit
Various Business Lounges operated by airlines or handlers are available at the Airside Departures areas of the Main Terminal building. You can get access depending on your airline membership, ticket, credit card, or priority pass. Lounge access can also be purchased.
Experience Athens and be back in time for your departing flight on a private 3 or 5 hour sightseeing tour to the Acropolis, Plaka, Mount Lycabettus and others.
You can store your Luggage at the airport if required.
Begin your duty-free shopping after passing through security, with a fusion of international brands, Hellenic products, crafts, figurines, Greek spirits, such as ouzo, perfect for your last minute haul.
On the 2nd Floor outside security, explore the airport's Archaeological Findings Museum, travel through Art & culture, interactive and multimedia exhibitions.
Indulge in traditional Greek treats like cheese pie and sesame bread rings, and venture into various eateries, cafes, and the food court to discover more culinary delights.
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Thank you so much for the information!!!
I am traveling from Lebanon to Serbia on the Aegean airlines on the first of June in 2 days! I got a single ticket so the 2 flights have 1 pnr and 1 ticket number, I was worried first because i didn't know at all that i need a visa to transit, but i contacted the Aegean airlines and i saw your video randomly on CZcams and it was really helpful!!! So i dont need a visa for the transfer.
Again thank you so much!
I forgot to mention that the transfer time is 7 hours and 20 mins, I need to wait that time without checking my luggage again and not passing by the passport control, am i right? This waiting time won’t change anything because its kinda long?
Thank you for your help
@@jean-pierreachy8091 Hi, yes with single PNR ticket, your luggage will be checked through to the final destination and no need to go through passport control. 7 hours + is fine.
It’s not really a small airport, don’t forget that there’s the satellite terminal where all low-cost and some long haul airlines operate
What a great video, right on time!
Thanks!
Thank you😊
you're welcome!
This is a big airport!
Hello. There is one question for you .
What if we have 2 different ticket and without baggage. Do we have to exit to main hall to check in and get new boarding pass? Or we have to find transfer desk in transfer area to get a new boarding pass?
All flights is international flight.
Its so helpful. Is it quickly all the transfer process?
Hi, yes it was very quick, it took us about 30 minutes from landing, complete passport control, to the arrival hall. We transferred from an international flight to domestic (Santorini)
It was in December
There is no clear grom video do I need to go through the passport control if traveling from non Schengen to non Schengen zone with one ticket
Hi, usually with one ticket and baggage checked through, you don't have to go through the passport control for non-Schengen to non-Schengen transfer.
hello, i have flight with the same PNR with Aegean airlines from Tirana to Izmir and transit there, i hope i dont need transit visa right? but some point at Aegean website saying i need to pass the security control
Hi,
According to the forum, As you are not entering the Schengenzone but just transiting in the airport, you will not need a Schengen visa.
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g189400-i194-k10946263-Transit_Visa_Ex_Schengen_to_Ex_Schengen_transfer_in_Athens-Athens_Attica.html
However on the Aegean website, For Extra Schengen - Extra Schengen connecting passengers have to go through passport control.
As there are contradicting information, maybe you have to check with the airline.
Hi
I'm travelling from UK to Naxos in September, I'm Schengen European nationality, and there is no check-in luggage, not on the same ticket , how much time do you think I need to transit?
Is fast-track options will help?
Many thanks
Hi, it's hard to estimate the transit time. It will be much faster without check-in luggage. Fast track option is helpful if you have a short time to transit.
Hi - if traveling to Athens on a domestic flight, and transferring to an international flight (so arriving Schengen and departing non Schengen) with carry on luggage (no checked bag) - would we still need to exit through baggage claim and then “re check” in or is there a direct path from B gates to A gates?
Hi, yes you need to exit the Schengen hall, through the baggage reclaim area. You need to check in your baggage (if baggage is not checked through), then go through passport control to enter the non-Schengen Departure area.
We are flying from Paros to Athens on Olympic Air 063 (May 2024) The flight is scheduled to arrive at 10:20. We are booked on 2 separate tickets, so we then have to get our baggage and recheck into our KLM flight to Amsterdam leaving at 1:30, and then go thru security. I have checked the records of this Olympic flight and it has rarely been very late. Have I given us enough time to do this?
I think 3 hrs 10 min would be enough.
But it's hard to be sure.
Thank you! My flights are on different tickets, but I’m travelling with a carry on only. Can I transfer as if they were on a single ticket?
Hi, as I know with different tickets, you have to clear immigration (for international to international), not sure about the case where there's carry on only though.
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g189400-i194-k13698686-Self_Transfer_at_Athens_need_visa-Athens_Attica.html
@@theresearchfiles oh no, I’m German and traveling within the Schengen Zone, so there’s no immigration. Normally I’d just walk from my arrivals gate to my departure gate… I wasn’t sure if it was different on two tickets. I will have my boarding pass with me (SkyExpress offers online check in)
@@athnatai4710 Hi, yes travelling from Schengen to Schengen area, there's no need to pass immigration.
What about single ticket layovers? Do they have transite zone with separate passport control or we should pass it together with others, who's final destination is Athens?
Hi, I think I am not understanding it correctly, the final destination is Athens, so where is the layover?
@@theresearchfiles my destinafion is Yerevan-Athens-Madrid. Should I pass my passport control in Athena with everyone, or I should go to transit zone and there pass it?
@@sonakhachatryan9187 As you are transferring from non-Schengen to Schengen flight, usually you have to go through passport control.
Hello, I travel from India to UK. I have transit at ATH Athens airport. Do I need transit visa ? Is 1.5 hrs enough to transit ? I need to change my baggage too
If your flights are under different PNRs and your baggage will not be checked through, you have to go through passport control, and visa is required. 1.5 hours may be too little time.
@@theresearchfiles okay. thank you !
I have a flight from Cairo to Zurich with 1h50min of connection in Athens. The flight will be in one single ticket (Aegean Airlines). Do you think this time is enough to go through passport control and head to Schengen departure? In this case, do I have to reclaim baggage or take it in the destination?
Hi, usually with one ticket/ PNR, your baggage will be checked-through and the airline will make sure you have enough time to transfer to the connecting flight.
The airport is not big. I think 1h 50min would be enough. but it's hard to be sure.
@@theresearchfiles thank you, considering that and the tickets cost maybe it is worthy. i will think about it. Thank you!
thanks for the video , big help !🫡
you're welcome!