Getting to Athens by air
The Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (El Vel), a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million passengers), is the 18th-busiest airport in Europe, connected with direct flights to 176 destinations
Paris Aegean airlines 224
Prague Aegean airlines 200
Rome Aegean airlines 140
Sofia Sky Express 170
Stocholm SAS 195
Tallinn Swiss 240
Tel Aviv Aegean 110
Vienna Austrian airlines 220
Warsaw LOT 180
Zagreb Croatian Airlines 120
Zurich Swiss 160
Indicative airfare for round and direct trip to Athens in euro, all with national airlines and tickets purchased in advance
Amsterdam Aegean Airlines 250
Belgrade Turkish Arlines 260
Berlin Aegean airlines 260
Bucarest Tarom 90
Copenhagen Aegean or SAS 220
Edinburgh Turkish airlines 275
Frankfurt Aegean airlines 190
Geneva Swiss 170
Istanbul Turkish airlines 190
Lisbon Aegean airlines 180
London Aegean airlines 190
Madrid Aegean airlines 220
Munich Aegean airlines 190
Milan Aegean airlines 105
Getting to Naxos by air:
From Athens: After flying into Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, you can catch a flight directly to Naxos with either Aegean Airlines-Olympic Air (www.aegeanair.com ) or with Sky Express airlines (www.skyexpress.gr ). Apollon Airport is national and 6 flights per day, 30 min long, land on it from Athens land; it is 3.3 km away from the Congress Venue by taxi. You may also fly out of the international airport of Thessaloniki, in case that your city is better connected with this city and then on to Naxos.
Alternatively, you can use the national airport at the nearby island of Paros, or the international airports of Santorini, Mykonos, or Crete islands), as they are directly connected with many major European cities (plus Dubai and Doha);
-for Mykonos see: Mykonos airport (33 destinations)
-for Santorini (Thira) see: Santorini airport (48 destinations)
-for Crete see: Heraklion airport (82 destinations).
From these airports, connection to Naxos is then by sea, via frequent service by ferry or catamaran, see tab "by boat".